The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU is a TV special event honoring Law & Order: Special Victims Unit after the series surpassed Law & Order and Gunsmoke as the longest-running US primetime drama series. It aired on January 2, 2020 while the twenty-first season was airing.
Cast[]
- Mariska Hargitay as Self
- Kelli Giddish as Self
- Ice-T as Self
- Christopher Meloni as Self
- Peter Scanavino as Self
- Stephanie March as Self
- Raúl Esparza as Self
- Tamara Tunie as Self
- Danny Pino as Self
- Jamie Gray Hyder as Self
- Dick Wolf as Self
- Warren Leight as Self
- Julie Martin as Self
- Debra Messing as Self
- Wyclef Jean as Self
- Margaret Cho as Self
- James Van Der Beek as Self
- Marlee Matlin as Self
- Bob Saget as Self
- Blair Underwood as Self
- Dan Matteucci as Self
Trivia[]
- Messing, Jean, Cho, Van Der Beek, Matlin, Saget and Underwood previously guest-starred on episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Messing guest-starred on the twelth season episode Pursuit, Jean guest-starred on the eighteenth season episode Broken Rhymes, Cho guest-starred on the twenty-first season episode Counselor, It's Chinatown, Van Der Beek guest-starred on the thirteenth season episode Father Dearest, Matlin guest-starred on the fifth season episode Painless and the sixth season episode Parts, Saget guest-starred on the eighth season episode Choreographed and Underwood guest-starred on the eighth season episode Burned. Each actor and actress was chosen to take part in the special due to their notable guest roles on the series.
- This is the only episode in the franchise that is not scripted or fictional.
- According to some reports, Diane Neal was allegedly meant to appear but she was unavailable at the time.