Law & Order

Law & Order, the longest running crime series and the second longest-running drama series in the history of American broadcast television, started its 18th season on NBC in the winter of 2008. The brainchild of creator Dick Wolf, Law & Order is the most successful brand in the history of primetime television. Filmed entirely in and around New York City, this realistic yet fictional drama looks at crime and justice from a dual perspective .

The series is shot on location in New York City and is known for its extensive use of local color. Keeping many local actors and actresses employed around the edges of the series . In recent seasons, New York City mayors Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg, attorney William Kunstler and Bronx Congressman José Serrano have all appeared on the show as themselves. Local personalities also have had recurring cameos as fictional characters, such as Donna Hanover and Fran Lebowitz as judges. On September 14, 2004 a road leading to Pier 62 at Chelsea Piers where the series is mostly shot was renamed “Law & Order Way” in tribute to the series.

The cold open, lead-in of the show usually is a slice of life in New York ,walking a dog in Manhattan, jogging in Central Park, etc. unrelated to the main story until the character(s) in the scene suddenly discover, witness, or become victims of a crime . The scene cuts to the police’s preliminary crime scene examination wherein the featured detectives make their first observations and proffer theories followed by a witticism or two, before the title sequence begins.

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories.

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