Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Also known as Law & Order: SVU SVU Genre Police procedural Legal drama Created by Dick Wolf Starring Mariska Hargitay Christopher Meloni Richard Belzer Dann Florek Michelle Hurd Stephanie March Ice - T B.D. Wong Diane Neal Tamara Tunie Adam Beach Michaela McManus Danny Pino Kelli Giddish Raúl Esparza Peter Scanavino Opening theme Theme of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Composer (s) Mike Post Country of origin United States Original language (s) English No. of seasons 19 No. of episodes 415 (list of episodes) Production Executive producer (s) Dick Wolf Robert Palm (season 1) David J. Burke (season 2) Neal Baer (seasons 2 -- 12) Ted Kotcheff (seasons 2 -- 13) Peter Jankowski (season 2 -- present) Warren Leight (seasons 13 -- 17) Michael Smith (season 14) Julie Martin (seasons 14 -- present) Jonathan Starch (season 15 -- present) Arthur W. Forney (season 17 -- present) Rick Eid (season 18) Mariska Hargitay (season 18 -- present) Michael Chernuchin (season 19 -- present) Running time 40 -- 44 minutes Production company (s) Wolf Films Studios USA (1999 -- 2002) Universal Television (2002 -- 04, 2011 -- present) NBC Universal Television Studio (2004 -- 07) Universal Media Studios (2007 -- 11) Distributor NBCUniversal Television Distribution Release Original network NBC Picture format NTSC (480i) HDTV 1080i Original release September 20, 1999 (1999 - 09 - 20) -- present Chronology Related shows Law & Order franchise External links Website www.nbc.com/law-order-special-victims-unit
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