1990 · NBC · Crime, Drama
How long does it take to watch Law & Order?
Law & Order runs about 409 hours so far: 544 episodes aired, across 25 seasons.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 544
- Seasons
- 25
- Per episode
- 45 min
- Status
- Airing now
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 17.3h | 22 eps | |
| Season 2 | 17.4h | 22 eps | |
| Season 3 | 17.3h | 22 eps | |
| Season 4 | 17.1h | 22 eps | |
| Season 5 | 18.1h | 23 eps | |
| Season 6 | 18.2h | 23 eps | |
| Season 7 | 18.0h | 23 eps | |
| Season 8 | 18.6h | 24 eps | |
| Season 9 | 18.3h | 24 eps | |
| Season 10 | 18.1h | 24 eps | |
| Season 11 | 18.0h | 24 eps | |
| Season 12 | 18.0h | 24 eps | |
| Season 13 | 17.7h | 24 eps | |
| Season 14 | 18.0h | 24 eps | |
| Season 15 | 18.0h | 24 eps | |
| Season 16 | 16.5h | 22 eps | |
| Season 17 | 16.5h | 22 eps | |
| Season 18 | 13.5h | 18 eps | |
| Season 19 | 16.5h | 22 eps | |
| Season 20 | 17.3h | 23 eps | |
| Season 21 | 7.0h | 10 eps | |
| Season 22 | 14.9h | 22 eps | |
| Season 23 | 9.3h | 13 eps | |
| Season 24 | 14.7h | 22 eps | |
| Season 25 | 14.6h | 21 eps |
Longest: season 8, 18.6 hours. Shortest: season 21, 7.0 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 544 nights, about 18 months
- 3 episodes a night
- 182 nights, about 6 months
- Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
- 26 weekends
- Straight through, no sleep
- 17 days, 0 hours
Counts aired regular-season episodes only; specials are excluded. Runtimes come from TMDB, so totals can differ from other sources.
How it holds up
- Best-rated season
- Season 23 8.3
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 18 7.1
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Airing now. Next up: season 26, episode 1.
- Network
- NBC
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- First aired
- 1990
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