Law & Order

Mariska Hargitay talks about watching herself in old episodes of “Law & Order: SVU” and shares the story of how she got fired from a “Power Rangers” movie.

Mariska Hargitay talks about watching herself in old episodes of “Law & Order: SVU” and shares the story of how she got fired from a “Power Rangers” movie.

That familiar “cha-CHUNG” sound effect from the opening credits of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” this Thursday will signal the debut of a new season and something else — TV history. The show’s 21st season launch makes it the longest running prime-time live-action series in U.S. TV history and will finally fulfill a goal that eluded show creator Dick...

Benson and Stabler, back together? At least on Instagram. “Law & Order: SVU” star Mariska Hargitay reunited with her former on-screen partner Christopher Meloni ahead of the long-running show’s history-making season 21. Meloni left the series after season 12.

‘Law & Order: SUV’ star Mariska Hargitay says she hasn’t been in touch with friend Linda Fairstein since the former “Central Park Five” prosecutor was dropped by her publisher, though the actress acknowledged Fairstein resigned from the board of a charity she founded.

Ice T chats with Jimmy Fallon about nearing the record for longest-running drama in television history with “Law & Order: SVU” and how his wife Coco’s obsession with Oxygen’s “Snapped” inspired him to host the true crime series, “In Ice Cold Blood.”

Two of the stars of NBC’s ‘Law & Order: SVU’, Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T, chat with Seth Meyers ahead of the premiere of the 20th season of the show. The pair reflects on what it’s been like working on the show together for 20 years.

“Black Panther” broke box office records, but “Luke Cage” once crashed Netflix. The streaming service suffered a massive outage for more than two hours in 2016, one day after the premiere of “Luke Cage,” a drama-action series starring Mike Colter who plays the show’s superhero with indestructible and bulletproof skin.

NBC has revealed the premiere dates for its 2018-19 fall schedule, which includes “Sunday Night Football”; “This Is Us” and the launch of Oscar winner Robert Zemeckis’ new drama, “Manifest.”

The network quickly swooped in after Fox dumped it last week, adding it to NBC’s midseason schedule. While the fan outcry was heartening, NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt said Sunday that because of business considerations, the pickup already was in the works. The show is made by an NBC Universal-owned studio.

Here’s what to know for Thursday, Feb. 8.

If you’ve ever wanted to see Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T sing Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” next to a corpse, boy are you in for a treat. NBC released its latest star-studded Super Bowl commercial featuring the casts of “Law & Order: SVU,” “The Good Place,” “This Is Us,” “Will & Grace” and more getting down in honor of the network’s...

A coffee urn left near a Manhattan courthouse by caterers for the TV show “Law & Order: SVU” caused a brief scare after it was mistaken for a suspicious package, prompting the NYPD to briefly shut down the vicinity.

Mariska Hargitay, who plays the tough, dogged lead on “Law & Order: SVU,” testified on behalf of real-life rape survivors Friday in front of a task force on sexual violence in the Capitol. Hargitay’s Joyful Heart Foundation has led a national campaign to pass legislation ending backlogs in processing rape kits. She teared up while concluding her remarks, thanking the...

Sophia Bush is hanging up her badge, gun and packing up that winter parka after four seasons on NBC’s “Chicago PD” after four seasons, Deadline reported. The season four finale of “Chicago PD” featured Bush’s character, Det. Erin Lindsay, getting a job offer with the FBI in New York. Bush has been with the show, a spinoff of “Chicago Fire,”...

The U.S. Senate has voted to name Nashville’s new federal courthouse after former Sen. Fred Thompson, the late actor who appeared in at least 20 movies and in the TV series “Law & Order.”

New hits and old favorites are coming back to NBC’s fall schedule, with “Will & Grace” making a return to the small screen, as well as “Great News,” “This is Us,” and “Timeless.”

Miriam Colon, a pioneering actress in U.S. Latino New York theater who starred in films alongside Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, died Friday. Her husband, Fred Valle, told The Associated Press that Colon died early Friday in a New York hospital because of complications from a pulmonary infection. She was 80 years old. Colon — whose image appeared on posters...