Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Also known as Law & Order: SVU SVU Genre Police procedural Legal drama Thriller Created by Dick Wolf Starring Christopher Meloni Mariska Hargitay Richard Belzer Dann Florek Michelle Hurd Stephanie March Ice - T BD Wong Diane Neal Tamara Tunie Adam Beach Michaela McManus Danny Pino Kelli Giddish Raúl Esparza Peter Scanavino Philip Winchester 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 20 No. of episodes 440 (list of episodes) Production Executive producer (s) Dick Wolf Ted Kotcheff (seasons 2 -- 13) Peter Jankowski (season 2 --) Michael Smith (season 14) Julie Martin (seasons 14 --) Jonathan Starch (season 15 -- 17) Arthur W. Forney (season 17 --) Mariska Hargitay (season 18 --) Showrunners: Robert Palm (season 1) David J. Burke (season 2) Neal Baer (seasons 2 -- 12) Warren Leight (seasons 13 -- 17) Rick Eid (season 18) Michael S. Chernuchin (season 19 --) Camera setup Single - camera Running time 40 -- 44 minutes Production company (s) Wolf Films Studios USA (1999 -- 2002) Universal Television (2002 -- 04, 2011 --) 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
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