Order & law can be a American police procedural and legal drama television series. It originally aired on many different cable networks and in syndication, on NBC. Order & law premiered on September 13, 1990, also completed its 20th and last season. At the time of its recurrence, Law & Order was the crime drama on American primetime television. Following the Simpsons Gunsmoke & Order and Law tied to the second longest-running scripted American primetime series with characters.