Law & Order

Law & Order is a televison police procedural and legal drama set and shot in New York City. The award-winning Law & Order and its several spin-off series ("Special Victims Unit", "Criminal Intent", "Trial by Jury") are broadcast on the NBC network and syndicated on other US networks. The franchise totals more than 700 hour-long episodes, with three series still going strong.

Several Law & Order cast members (such as Christopher Meloni and Richard Belzer) have appeared in Henson/Muppet productions.

The format of the shows and the large amount of episodes, require a large amount of non-recurring and incidental characters in each episode. The list of guest actors who have appeared on the show is enormous (and with some actors returning years later as different characters). The show is filmed and produced in Kaufman Astoria Studios, the same studio Sesame Street is filmed in. As a result many Sesame Street cast members have played guest roles in episodes.

Muppet Mentions
In the Law & Order episode "American Jihad" (first aired on October 2, 2002), Detective Lennie Briscoe retorts with the sarcastic wisecrack "I guess I missed that day on Sesame Street" after the twisted nature of the crime is revealed.

Spoofs
In Season 37, Sesame Street added its own spoof of the Law & Order franchise, "Law and Order: Special Letters Unit." The sketch featured Anything Muppet caricatures of Special Victims Unit characters, style and infamous "Chung-chung". In a TV Guide interview, producer Carol-Lynn Parente expressed interest in taping more segments for Season 38, possibly featuring the voices of the original actors.

Law & Order
Cast Members:
 * Sam Waterston as Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy
 * Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
 * Josh Pais as Assistant M.E. Borak (15 episodes, 1990-2002)

Guest Appearances:
 * Sesame Street regulars/Muppet performers


 * Other guests:


 * Sônia Braga as Helen ("Genius," 2003)
 * Bob Gunton as Gil Hines ("Happily Ever After," 1990)
 * Russell Horton as Markham ("Prescription for Death," 1990)
 * James Earl Jones as Horace Mc Coy ("Profile," 1993)
 * Kelly Karbacz as Jenny Snyder ("Dazzled", 2002)
 * Lonny Price as Dr. Lieber ("Sonata for Solo Organ," 1991) and Frank Hoover ("Prince of Darkness," 1991)
 * Rex Robbins as Steinman ("Intolerance," 1992) and Kettering ("L.A.: Turnaround," 1997)
 * Sam Rockwell as Randy Borland ("Intolerance," 1992) and Weddeker ("Manhood," 1993)
 * Louis Zorich as Judge Milton Erdheim ("Indifference," 1990) and Judge Edgar Hynes ("Jeopardy," 1995)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Cast Members:
 * Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
 * Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch
 * Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
 * B. D. Wong as Dr. George Huang

Guest Appearances:
 * Sesame Street regulars/Muppet performers


 * Other guests:


 * Shirley Jones as Felicity Bradshaw ("Choice", 2003)
 * Kelly Karbacz as Jill Foster ("Runaway", 2001)
 * John Bedford Lloyd as Mike Tucker ("Outcry," 2004)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Guest Appearances:
 * Sesame Street regulars/Muppet performers


 * Other guests:


 * Kelly Karbacz played Renata Virgini ("Unchained", 2005)
 * Liza Minnelli played Bethany Harner ("Masquerade," 2006)