Longtime Law & Order: SVU star Tamara Tunie spoke out in court against her former accountant Jospeh Cilibrasi, who allegedly stole more than a million dollars from her (and some other famous people, too) during the decade they worked together. more ›

Remember last week, when a bizarrely meta Law & Order: SVU shoot depicting Occupy Wall Street protestors was rudely interrupted by actual Occupy Wall Street protesters? Here's a look at the trippy "Mockuppy" set, complete with a fake kitchen and tents, which was broken up by actual NYPD officers who rescinded the show's filming permit and ordered the production crew to dismantle the set. Unsurprisingly, the Writers Guild of America-East was not pleased with the little debacle, and they're taking a totally non-partisan approach by just scolding everyone: more ›

Normally, Law & Order: SVU rips its stories from the headlines after they actually take place in the real world. But could it be possible that just this once, SVU predicted a scandal before it broke? Regular viewers may be struck by the similarities between the horrifying child abuse allegations against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky—accusations that legendary coach Joe Paterno knew about—and the crime tackled in the recent SVU episode "Personal Fouls." Here's the preview: more ›

A Christopher Meloni-less Law & Order: SVU kicked off its 13th season last night in typically sensational fashion, going straight for the ripped-from-the-headlines jugular with a DSK-inspired episode. more ›

Carrying on in its long and fruitful tradition of ripping stories straight from the headlines, Law & Order: SVU is apparently planning an episode based on the real-life Arnold Schwarzenegger secret lovechild scandal that ended his marriage with Maria Shriver. more ›

Law & Order: SVU has cast two new detectives for its upcoming season, to fill the gaping void left by Christopher Meloni's departure and Mariska Hargitay's reduced screen time. And the winners are... more ›

Sad news today for fans of dedicated detectives who investigate vicious sexually-based offenses: Christopher Meloni, aka Detective Elliot Stabler, announced that he will not be returning to the next season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Will justice ever be the same? more ›

It's been a rough week for Law & Order: SVU fans: first, rumors have been swirling that star Mariska Hargitay might be replaced by Jennifer Love "Vajazzle" Hewitt (no!), and now, Rosie Perez is suing the show's production companies over injuries she received while filming a guest spot in 2009. Chung chung! more ›

We are entirely unashamed to admit to our love of Law & Order: SVU—after all, what other show on network television has seen cameos from a Real Housewife, Mischa Barton and scary corn alike? And the hits just keep coming: Tomorrow night, the man formerly known as Uncle Jesse, John Stamos, will guest as a "reproductive abuser" who pokes holes in condoms to impregnate unwitting women across the city. The horror! We spoke to Stamos and SVU producer Neal Baer about the stint, which we are not-so secretly hoping develops into a mutli-episode arc (though it's sadly not likely). more ›

The NYPD has decided to mix things up a little. Going forward patrol officers will no longer be the first to respond to reported sex crimes. Instead—chung, chung—that job will go directly to the dedicated detectives of the special victims unit. The change comes after complaints that the police were not taking victims' allegations seriously enough—which the police maintain isn't quite true even if they are shaking things up. Either way, anything that helps victims feel more comfortable coming forward seems like a good move to us. Still, we wonder how long till Dick Wolf brings the new arragnement to L&O:SVU... more ›

It couldn't have been scripted better: A cute receptionist helps catch a career criminal—thanks to her deep love for Law & Order: SVU—and then appears on the Today Show and gets props from Detective Olivia Benson herself! more ›

It's a story that Dick Wolf would approve of: A receptionist helped the cops catch a career criminal by setting aside a paper cup he used—all thanks to the armchair detective knowledge she acquired from watching crime dramas like Law & Order: SVU! Of course, the cops initially declined to take evidence—Detective Eliot Stabler would totally rage out about that. more ›

Isabel Gillies may be familiar to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit viewers for her role as Detective Stabler's wife, Kathy, but her real life role as a wife and mother is what takes center stage in her debut memoir, Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story, which vividly describes the arc of a heady love affair through happy marriage and blissful parenthood into a painful divorce and awakening. Her memoir is charming, self-deprecating, harrowing and ultimately triumphant. We spoke to her last week about why she wanted to tell her story. more ›

Michaela McManus, Fordham graduate who was recently on One Tree HIll, is going to be the new ADA on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Producer Dick Wolf said he looked forward to creating "another interesting and memorable character in the Law & Order universe." Previous ADA Casey Novak (played by Diane Neal) left because of her over-aggressive tactics to nail a suspect and the ADA before that, Alexandra Cabot (played by Stephanie March), went into witness protection. more ›

It may be hard to believe, but tonight’s episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (10:00 p.m., WNBC 4) is the 200th episode for the first of the Law & Order spin-offs. more ›

We already covered the Super Bowl half time show alternatives, but what if you're not a football fan or your team didn’t make it? What if you don’t want to sit through a football game to watch commercials or if you hate Joe Buck and Troy Aikman? Well, don’t worry, there are some television alternatives for you if you don’t want to watch either the game or the countless hours of pre-game shows. more ›

A look at some noteworthy television this week: Art in the Twenty-First Century (Sunday, 10:00 p.m., WNET 13) Four artists - Robert Adams, Mark Dion , Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle Ursula von Rydingsvard – who explore the intersection between nature and culture. Billy Crystal: The Mark Twain Prize (Monday & Thursday, 9:00 p.m., WNET 13; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. WLIW 21) Billy Crystal receives the tenth annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in... more ›