Movie connections for
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001)
"Law & Order: Trial by Jury" (2005)

Version of

"Law & Order Special Victims Unit: Russia" (2007)
 -  International version of series.

Spin off from

"Law & Order" (1990)
"Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993)

Spin off

"Conviction" (2006)
 -  Alex Cabot began as an ADA on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999) and now stars on this show.

Referenced in

Homicide: The Movie (2000) (TV)
 -  The character of Det. Munch was a regular on this show at the time. Munch also explains how he ended up on L&O.
"The Beat: They Say It's Your Birthday (#1.2)" (2000)
 -  Det. John Munch appears
SVU: The Beginning (2003) (V)
 -  Discusses creation and 1st year of series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Police Sketch: Dann Florek (2004) (V)
 -  Florek discusses his work on the series.
"Neighbours: Keeping Mum" (2004)
 -  Stingray mentions he got an idea from this show to search for clues
"Saturday Night Live: Cameron Diaz/Green Day (#30.16)" (2005)
 -  Referenced Extreme makeover home edition
"Law & Order: Trial by Jury: Skeleton (#1.8)" (2005)
 -  SVU's Munch appears in this episode, and his own unit is mentioned.
George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing (2005) (TV)
 -  title mentioned in passing
"Arrested Development: Exit Strategy (#3.12)" (2006)
 -  Det. Munch appears.
The TV Set (2006)
 -  seen on TV schedule
Stephanie March: 'Conviction' (2006) (V)
 -  March mentions her departure from that series.
The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006) (TV)
 -  Series is mentioned
"Saturday Night Live: Jake Gyllenhaal/The Shins (#32.10)" (2007)
 -  referenced in "Law & Order" Master Class
"30 Rock: SeinfeldVision (#2.1)" (2007)
 -  A clip is shown of this show in "Seinfeld-Vision"
"Nip/Tuck: Joyce and Sharon Monroe (#5.2)" (2007)
 -  comment that Mariska Hargitay won a TV award
"Nip/Tuck: Candy Richards (#5.14)" (2008)
 -  Candy Richards says she had a role on both Law & Order SVU and Law & Order Trial by Jury
"Saturday Night Live: Tina Fey/Carrie Underwood (#33.5)" (2008)
 -  Promo shown for 'The Apprentice Special Victims Unit'
The Love Guru (2008)
 -  After Pitka makes the 'Mariska Hargitay' greeting, she herself actually receives it. He then presents Mariska with a "Law and Order" themed ashram miniature.
The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2009) (TV)
 -  Announced as nominee.
"Psych: He Dead (#4.2)" (2009)
 -  Shawn and Gus discuss a series of "Law & Order" D.A.s, including Angie Harmon and Mariska Hargitay.
"The Jay Leno Show: (#1.8)" (2009)
 -  Jay says that "Law & Order" was on preceding his show tonight ("Special Victims Unit" was the specific edition shown)

Featured in

The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2005) (TV)
 -  clips
"TV Land Confidential: Locations (#2.5)" (2007)
 -  clip
"30 Rock: SeinfeldVision (#2.1)" (2007)
 -  one of the shows Jerry Seinfeld is digitally inserted into

Spoofed in

"Sesame Street: (#37.1)" (2006)
 -  "Special Letters Unit" segment shows detectives searching for the missing letter M.
"The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien: (#1.9)" (2009)
 -  "Law & Order: Tonight" depicts NBC turning the cop show into a talk show format

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