Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 1

[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]], an American [[police procedural]] television series, premiered on September 20, 1999 on [[NBC]]. Created by [[Dick Wolf]], it is the first spin-off of [[Law & Order]] and follows the detectives of a fictionalized version of the [[New York City Police Department]]'s [[Special Victims Unit]], which investigates [[sexually based offenses]]. SVU originally aired on Monday nights at 9:00 p.m. EST, but it was moved to Friday nights at 10:00 p.m. after the ninth episode. Showrunner [[Robert Palm]] felt too disturbed by the subject matter and left after the season's conclusion.