SVU was almost played by another actor! In the casting stage, Christopher Meloni had competition from THESE well-known names.

In the world of TV series, few relationships have been as closely followed and eagerly anticipated as that of Olivia Benson ...

Christopher Meloni stars as Det. Elliot Stabler, a role he originated on "Law & Order: SVU." Danielle Moné Truitt stars as Stabler's sergeant and task force leader, Ayanna Bell. Her team also ...

The good news: Law & Order: Organized Crime will be back for a fifth season. But it won’t be airing with the other two Law & Orders, the original and SVU, on Thursday nights on NBC anymore.

"We want Elliot and Olivia please!" a different follower added. Although we don't know when (or if) Stabler will return to SVU later this season, he'll still be back in the Law and Order universe at ...

Before stepping into their iconic Law & Order: Special Victims Unit roles as Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler, Hargitay, 60, and Meloni, 63, were just two actors — and total strangers — in an ...

Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni met on the set of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 1999 — and ... Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler, to come together romantically, but that never ...

While Mariska Hargitay has carried television’s historic prime-time drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” on her back ... Detective Elliot Stabler, who’s portrayed by Christopher ...

SVU has seen multiple cast exits and entries in its multiple-season run, but Dann Florek's Captain Donald Cragen has been important in the franchise.

Credit: Scott Gries/NBC Get ready to return to the vast "Law & Order" universe ... protagonist is Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), Benson's partner for 12 seasons of "SVU".