Michael S. Chernuchin

Michael S. Chernuchin
Date of birth October 3, 1954
IMDb profile

Michael S. Chernuchin is a producer, writer, and story editor who was involved with many episodes from Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Chernuchin also wrote the Homicide: Life on the Street crossover episode "For God and Country".

He was the showrunner for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from Season 19 to Season 20.

On April 22, 2019, it was confirmed that Chernuchin would leave SVU as showrunner and join Dick Wolf's CBS series FBI.

Chernuchin is married to writer Janis Diamond, who wrote a few episodes of Law & Order.

Credits

Writer

• Law & Order:
  • Written by:
    • Season 2: "Renunciation" • "The Fertile Fields"
    • Season 3: "Conspiracy" • "The Corporate Veil" • "Helpless" • "Right to Counsel" • "Night and Fog" • "Animal Instinct" • "Virus"
    • Season 4: "Discord" • "Black Tie" • "Apocrypha" • "Born Bad" • "Breeder" • "Sanctuary" • "Doubles"
    • Season 5: "Second Opinion" • "Competence" • "House Counsel" • "Rage" • "Seed" • "Cruel and Unusual"
    • Season 6: "Savages" • "Paranoia" • "Humiliation" • "Angel" • "Charm City" • "Savior"
    • Season 13: "Shangri-La" • "The Ring" • "Chosen" • "Bitch"
    • Season 14: "Bounty" • "Blaze" • "Ill-Conceived"
    • Season 16: "Thinking Makes It So"
    • Season 17: "Home Sweet" • "Talking Points"
  • Story & Teleplay by:
    • Season 1: "The Torrents of Greed: Part 1" • "The Torrents of Greed: Part 2"
    • Season 2: "Misconception" • "Vengeance"
    • Season 4: "Mayhem"
  • Story by:
    • Season 2: "Aria"
    • Season 4: "Wager"
    • Season 6: "Aftershock"
    • Season 14: "Bodies" • "Vendetta"
  • Teleplay by:
    • Season 1: "Sonata for Solo Organ"
    • Season 2: "Severance" • "Silence"
    • Season 3: "Conduct Unbecoming"
    • Season 13: "Smoke"
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent:
  • Story by:
    • Season 2: "Malignant"
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit:
  • Written by:
    • Season 19: "Gone Fishin'" • "Something Happened" • "The Undiscovered Country" • "In Loco Parentis" • "Sunk Cost Fallacy" • "Remember Me" • "Remember Me Too"
    • Season 20: "Man Up" • "Man Down" • "Revenge" • "Exile" • "Mea Culpa" • "Alta Kockers" • "Part 33" • "Missing" • "Exchange" • "Diss" • "Assumptions" • "End Game"