Law and Order Reviews

Reviews for the long-running NBC drama, Law & Order, have been mixed over the years but no can deny the success of a program has survived for 19 seasons. Law & Order depicts the lives and work of police officers and prosecutors in New York City. The program dedicates the first half to the investigation of a crime and the second half features the prosecution.

• "Creator and executive producer Dick Wolf is close to fulfilling his goal of seeing his flagship show surpass Gunsmoke's record 20 years on the tube. NBC should not reward these mediocre efforts."—Boston HeraldBoston Herald: Out of Order (November 5, 2008)

• "The thorough overhaul of the cast that Dick Wolf, the show's pugnacious creator, has carried out over the last two seasons, particularly the additions of Jeremy Sisto as the lead detective, Cyrus Lupo, and Linus Roache as the lead assistant district attorney, Michael Cutter."—New York TimesNY Times: Cops and Prosecutors on a 19-Year Beat (November 4, 2008)

• Sam Waterston as District Attorney Jack McCoy
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt. Anita Van Buren
• Linus Roache as Executive Assistant District Attorney Michael Cutter
• Alana de la Garza as Assistant District Attorney Connie Rubirosa
• Anthony Anderson as Detective Kevin Bernard
• Jeremy Sisto as Detective Cyrus Lupo