2001 · NBC · Drama
How long does it take to watch Law & Order: Criminal Intent?
Law & Order: Criminal Intent takes about 142 hours to watch: 195 episodes across 10 seasons, 8,499 minutes in all.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 195
- Seasons
- 10
- Per episode
- 44 min
- Status
- Ended in 2011
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 16.1h | 22 eps | |
| Season 2 | 16.9h | 23 eps | |
| Season 3 | 15.4h | 21 eps | |
| Season 4 | 16.9h | 23 eps | |
| Season 5 | 16.1h | 22 eps | |
| Season 6 | 15.9h | 22 eps | |
| Season 7 | 15.8h | 22 eps | |
| Season 8 | 11.4h | 16 eps | |
| Season 9 | 11.4h | 16 eps | |
| Season 10 | 5.8h | 8 eps |
Longest: season 4, 16.9 hours. Shortest: season 10, 5.8 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 195 nights, about 6 months
- 3 episodes a night
- 65 nights, about 2 months
- Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
- 9 weekends
- Straight through, no sleep
- 5 days, 21 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 1 7.7
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 4 5.6
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Ended in 2011
- Networks
- NBC, USA Network
- Genres
- Drama
- First aired
- 2001
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