Law & Order List Exclusions

Titles researched for the Law & Order List but deliberately left out, with the reason for each, kept so the decisions can be revisited. Categories excluded by rule: documentaries and reality series; retrospective specials; unproduced series; interactive titles and games; spin-offs of unofficial productions with their own characters; and one-character cameos in unrelated shows. Books are out of scope.

Rows shaded like this are unofficial productions.

Released / first aired	Last aired	Title	Type	Medium	Notes	Reason excluded
2002-06-16	2004-07-17	Crime & Punishment	TV series	Live-action	NBC; Dick Wolf reality series following San Diego prosecutors	Reality/documentary series
2020-01-02		The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU	TV special	Live-action	NBC; hour-long retrospective for SVU's 21st season	Documentary/retrospective
2020-11-12		The Paley Center Presents Law & Order: Before They Were Stars	TV special	Live-action	Retrospective special, aired before SVU season 22	Documentary/retrospective
2020-10-06	2021-08-18	The FBI Declassified	TV series	Live-action	CBS; real FBI cases, narrated by Alana de la Garza	Documentary series
2023-02-28	present	FBI True	TV series	Live-action	Paramount+; real FBI agents' stories; no connection to the fictional shows	Documentary series
		Law & Order: Hate Crimes	TV series	Live-action	Ordered 2018, sent back to development 2019; never produced	Unproduced
		Law & Order: For the Defense	TV series	Live-action	Ordered 2021, cancelled before airing	Unproduced
2002-2011		Law & Order video games	Video game	Animated	Dead on the Money, Double or Nothing, Justice Is Served, Criminal Intent, Legacies	Interactive title/game
2010-01-07	2011-11-08	The Pupil	TV series	Live-action	Singapore legal drama, Code of Law's prequel	Spin-off of an unofficial show, with its own characters; not an adaptation of Law & Order
		Forensik, Derek, Derek: The Movie	TV series / Film	Live-action	Code of Law spin-offs, named in the franchise article; no Wikipedia articles of their own	Spin-offs of an unofficial show, with their own characters
1997		John Munch cameos	Various	Live-action	Richard Belzer's Munch in The X-Files ("Unusual Suspects"), The Wire, Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Sesame Street and others	One-character cameos, not crossovers between shows (the "Tommy Westphall" problem)