# Long running shows with no Law & Order guest spots by cast members? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-running-shows-with-no-law-order-guest-spots-by-cast-members/565656 "2010-12-28T22:58:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-running-shows-with-no-law-order-guest-spots-by-cast-members/565656/21 "2010-12-29T19:14:46Z")
I didn’t find any crossover with Gimme a Break or What’s Happening. I don’t have time to look up every actor on Soap but that’s a possibility. Rhea Perlman knocked out Cheers, and I though Barney Miller for a nanosecond but I’m watching through season 6 of L&O right now and Abe Vigoda appears as retired detective…Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley are out. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-running-shows-with-no-law-order-guest-spots-by-cast-members/565656/22 "2010-12-29T19:20:59Z")
Aw,hell got the dates wrong. I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-running-shows-with-no-law-order-guest-spots-by-cast-members/565656/23 "2010-12-29T20:00:43Z")
Looking at every show that was on the 1990 season primetime lineup with L&O (I’m the only one at work today and am bored and looking up old TV shows is a fun trip down memory lane), it looks like there are 4 (maybe 5) shows that went on to qualify. Another 10 met the requirements for consideration but did have cast members do L&O. **Appears to Qualify** _Empty Nest_ - Not seeing anbody who has done at least 10 episodes out of 170. _Family Matters_ - Not seeing anybody who has done at least 10 episodes out of 215 _The Simpsons_ - Not seeing anybody who has done at least 10 episodes out of 485. _The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air_ - Not seeing anybody who has done at least 5 episodes out of 148. **Ruling Needed** _Married…with Children_ - Seasons 4-11 in period and David Garrison (Steve) has appeared as a judge several times on L&O. However, he left the show in the middle of the fourth season but returned four more times over the years. **Eligible But Disqualified** _Beverly Hills, 90210_ - All 10 seasons in period. Luke Perry in SVU _Coach_ - 8 of 9 seasons in period. Kenneth Kimmins (43 episodes of 199) in SVU _Full House_ - 5 of 8 seasons in period. Bob Saget in SVU _In Living Color_ - All 5 seasons in period. David Alan Grier on SVU; Kelly Coffield Park on L&O x2; Kathleen Robertson in CI _In the Heat of the Night_ - Seasons 4 through 8 in period; Cyrstal R. Fox in L&O _Matlock_ - Seasons 4 through 9 in period; Daniel Roebuck in L&O; Kene Holliday (Matlock’s first PI) has done CI and SVU but all of his seasons with _Matlock_ were out of the eligibility period. _Murder, She Wrote_ - Seasons 7 through 12 in period; Angela Lansbury was in 1 ep of _Trial by Jury_ _Murphy Brown_ - Seasons 3 through 10 in period. Candace Bergen in L&O and Trial by Jury x3; Grant Shaud in L&O; _Roseanne_ - Seasons 3 through 9 in period. Sara Gilbert in SVU; Alicia Goranson in SVU; Estelle Parsons in SVU; Martin Mull in SVU; Michael O’Keefe in CI x2, SVU x2, and L&O; Sandra Bernhard in SVU; Tom Arnold in CI _Wings_ - All 8 seasons in period. Tim Daly in SVU; Steven Weber in SVU; Rebecca Schull in L&O and CI; **Not Eligible for Consideration** _American Dreamer_ - \> 1 season _Babes_ - Only 1 season on air _Bagdad Cafe_ - Only 2 seasons on air _Carol & Company_ - Only 2 seasons on air _Cheers_ - Only 3 of 11 seasons in period _China Beach_ - Only 3 seasons on air _Cop Rock_ - \> 1 season on air _The Cosby Show_ - Only 2 of 8 seasons in period _Dallas_ - Only 1 season out of 14 in period _DEA_ - \> 1 season on air _Dear John_ - Only 4 seasons on air _Designing Women_ - Only 3 of 7 seasons in period _A Different World_ - Only 3 of 6 seasons in period _Doctor Doctor_ - Only 3 seasons on air _Doogie Howser, M.D._ - Only 4 seasons on air _E.A.R.T.H. Force_ - \> 1 season on air _Evening Shade_ - Only 2 seasons on air _The Family Man_ - Only 1 season on air _The Fanelli Boys_ - Only 1 season on air _Father Dowling Mysteries_ - Only 3 seasons on air _Ferris Beuller_ - \> 1 season on air _The Flash_ - Only 1 season on air _Gabriel’s Fire_ - Only 1 season on air _Get a Life_ - Only 2 seasons on air _Going Places_ - Only 1 season on air _The Golden Girls_ - Only 2 of 7 seasons in period _Good Grief_ - \> 1 season on air _Grand_ - Only 2 seasons on air _Growing Pains_ - Only 2 of 7 seasons in period _Haywire_ - Only 2 seasons on air _Head of the Class_ - Only 1 of 5 seasons in period _The Hogan Family_ - Only 1 of 6 seasons in period _Hull High_ - \> 1 season on air _Hunter_ - Only 1 season of 7 in period _Jake and the Fatman_ - Only 2 of 5 seasons in period _Knot’s Landing_ - Only 4 out of 14 seasons in period _L.A. Law_ - Only 4 of 8 seasons in period _Lenny_ - Only 1 season on air _Life Goes On_ - Only 4 seasons on air _Lifestories_ - \> 1 season on air _Macguyver_ - Only 3 of 7 seasons in period _Major Dad_ - Only 4 seasons on air _Married People_ - Only 1 season on air _Midnight Caller_ - Only 3 seasons on air _Night Court_ - Only 2 out of 9 seasons in period _Over My Dead Body_ - \> 1 season on air _Parenthood_ - \> 1 season on air _Parker Lewis Can’t Lose_ - Only 3 seasons on air _Perfect Strangers_ - Only 3 out of 8 seasons in period _Quantum Leap_ - Only 3 out of 5 seasons in period _thirtysomething_ - Only 4 seasons on air _The Trials of Rosie O’Neill_ - Only 2 seasons on air _Top Cops_ - Only 3 seasons on air _True Colors_ - Only 2 seasons on air _Twin Peaks_ - Only 2 seasons on air _Uncle Buck_ - Only 1 season on air _Who’s the Boss_ - Only 3 of 8 seasons in period _WIOU_ - \> 1 season on air _The Wonder Years_ - Only 3 of 6 seasons in period _Working It Out_ - \> 1 season on air _The Young Riders_ - Only 3 seasons on air ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-running-shows-with-no-law-order-guest-spots-by-cast-members/565656/24 "2010-12-29T20:46:42Z")
_Seinfeld_ and _Northern Exposure_ should go into the eligible but DQ category. Jerry Stiller was in the _L&0_. John Collum has been in multiple episodes of both _L&O_ and _SVU_. I would guess that someone from _The Drew Carey Show_ would disqualify it. What about _Whose Line is it Anyways_? ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-running-shows-with-no-law-order-guest-spots-by-cast-members/565656/25 "2010-12-29T20:55:10Z")
This seems crazy, but what about ER? I know they did a crappy crossover with Third Watch, but I never followed L&O too closely… ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-running-shows-with-no-law-order-guest-spots-by-cast-members/565656/26 "2010-12-29T21:11:30Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > This seems crazy, but what about ER? I know they did a crappy crossover with Third Watch, but I never followed L&O too closely… Just glancing through, Maura Tierney and Julianna Margulies were on Law and Order, Alex Kingston was on SVU. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-running-shows-with-no-law-order-guest-spots-by-cast-members/565656/27 "2010-12-29T21:18:47Z")
For ER: Maura Tierney (Abby Lockhart) did an episode of L&O way back in Season 2 (1992). Alex Kingston (Elizabeth Corday) had a multiple episode guest appearance on SVU. Sherry Stringfield (Susan Lewis) did an episode of L&O in 2008. Julianna Margulies did an episode in 1993. Paul McCrane (Dr. Romano) did one in 1993 as well. Ming-Na did SVU in 2004 Gloria Reuben did 3 episodes of SVU ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-running-shows-with-no-law-order-guest-spots-by-cast-members/565656/28 "2010-12-29T21:24:01Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I would guess that someone from _The Drew Carey Show_ would disqualify it. I checked it last night and had my hopes up until I hit Cynthia Watros (52 episodes as Kellie Newmark on Drew Carey and a 2007 appearance in L&O: CriminalIintent). ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-running-shows-with-no-law-order-guest-spots-by-cast-members/565656/29 "2010-12-29T23:54:19Z")
The Colbert Report? Aw, shit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-running-shows-with-no-law-order-guest-spots-by-cast-members/565656.md?page=1)