Keep browsing, heaps of Law And Order DVDs to choose from here. When the first Law & Order series started it broke the TV conventions. Was it a cop show? Was it a courtroom drama? What was it? It was very unique at the time to have two types of shows molded together. The creator tried hard not to emphasise the character's personal lives. He wanted to concentrate on their job and not bring their personal lives into it even though NYPD Blue was very popular at the time and largely concentrated on the cops down time.
When they launched SVU, critics say it wouldn't last. It's too in-your-face, uncomfortable subject matter, appauling crimes to depict and really, how could they come up with fresh story lines being boxed into one type of crime. Well, how wrong they were, 16 seasons later, countless Emmy awards and millions of fans, SVU continues to go from strength to strength.
Criminal Intent broke conventions again with having different stars with 2 sets of cops alternating episodes. This didn't work as well but was thrust upon them with Vincent D'Onofrio unable to work a full 24 episode season due to health issues but that allowed us all to see Mr Big from Sex And The City come back to where he began in Law And Order.