Law & Order (1990)
Truth matters.
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 13 September 1990 |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Genre | Crime, Drama |
| Created by | Dick Wolf |
| Starring | Maura Tierney, David Ajala and Tony Goldwyn |
| Seasons | 26 seasons, 549 episodes |
| Episode length | about 47 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 430 hours |
| Rated | TV-14 |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.3/10 |
Where to watch Law & Order
Law & Order is streaming on Netflix ($17.99 a month) in the US. It is also on Hulu ($18.99 a month), Fubo and Peacock ($16.99 a month). At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 10 months of Peacock, or $169.90 at list price.
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| Algeria | Prime Video |
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| Bulgaria | SkyShowtime €5.99 |
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| Chile | Prime Video $6490 CLP |
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| Costa Rica | Prime Video |
| Croatia | SkyShowtime €5.99 |
| Cyprus | Prime Video €5.99 |
| Czechia | SkyShowtime 219 Kč |
| Denmark | Prime Video 69 kr DKK, SkyShowtime 89 kr DKK |
| Dominican Republic | Prime Video |
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| Luxembourg | Prime Video €8.99 |
| Malaysia | Prime Video RM25.00, Max |
| Mexico | Prime Video $99 MXN |
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| Netherlands | Prime Video €4.99, SkyShowtime €9.99 |
| New Zealand | Prime Video $8.99 NZD |
| Nicaragua | Prime Video |
| North Macedonia | SkyShowtime |
| Norway | Prime Video 79 kr NOK, SkyShowtime 89 kr NOK |
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| Papua New Guinea | Prime Video, Max |
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| Peru | Prime Video S/25.90 |
| Philippines | Prime Video ₱149, Max |
| Poland | Prime Video 25.99 zł, SkyShowtime 24.99 zł |
| Portugal | Prime Video €4.99, SkyShowtime €6.99 |
| Qatar | Prime Video QR16.00 |
| Romania | SkyShowtime 29.99 lei |
| San Marino | Prime Video |
| Saudi Arabia | Prime Video ﷼16.00 |
| Serbia | SkyShowtime 701 din |
| Singapore | Prime Video $4.99 SGD, Max |
| Slovakia | SkyShowtime €5.99 |
| Slovenia | SkyShowtime €5.99 |
| Spain | Prime Video €4.99, SkyShowtime €6.99 |
| St. Lucia | Prime Video |
| Sweden | Prime Video 69 kr SEK, SkyShowtime 89 kr SEK |
| Taiwan | Prime Video NT$290, Max |
| Thailand | Prime Video ฿149, Max |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Prime Video |
| Tunisia | Prime Video |
| Turks & Caicos Islands | Prime Video |
| Türkiye | Prime Video ₺39.90 |
| United Arab Emirates | Prime Video AED16.00 |
| Uruguay | Prime Video $U249 |
| Vatican City | Prime Video |
| Venezuela | Prime Video |
| Yemen | Prime Video |
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What kind of watch this is
Dick Wolf’s procedural anchors the show in the second half of the episode. The first half is police work; the second is the courtroom. It is 430 hours of legal procedure, which is a long time to watch someone explain a burden of proof. The tagline is "Truth matters," which is a dry way to describe a show that spends its runtime on the fine print of justice.
How it did with audiences
No box office figures survive in the data. What remains is a 7.3 TMDB user score. That number sits comfortably in the middle. It suggests the show did its job. Viewers watched, rated, and moved on. No budget to compare against, no gross to calculate. Just the quiet consensus of people who pressed a button. A solid mark.
What came next for the cast
Sam Waterston moved from Crimes and Misdemeanors to Miss Sloane, while Jerry Orbach traded Dirty Dancing for Universal Soldier. S. Epatha Merkerson jumped from She's Gotta Have It to Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Steven Hill went from Raw Deal to The Firm. The credits list what followed, not why it followed.
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Sources
- Law & Order on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q321423 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Law & Order” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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