Law & Order/Sweeps

Sweeps
Season 4, Episode 1
Airdate	September 15, 1993
Production Number	69009
Written by	Craig McNeer & Robert Nathan
Directed by	James Frawley
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Law & Order — Season Four

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Sweeps is the first episode of the fourth season of Law & Order, and the sixty-seventh episode overall.

Starring (Law): Jerry Orbach (Detective Lennie Briscoe), Chris Noth (Detective Mike Logan), S. Epatha Merkerson (Lieutenant Anita Van Buren)

Starring (Order): Michael Moriarty (Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone), Jill Hennessy (A.D.A. Claire Kincaid), Steven Hill (D.A. Adam Schiff)

Also Starring: Carolyn McCormick (Dr. Elizabeth Olivet)

Guest Stars: Robert Klein (Rick Mason), David Krumholtz (Scotty Fisher), Alexandra Gersten (Sarah Fisher), Steve Ryan (Sid Fisher), David Little (Hudson), Margaret Gibson (Debby Corrio)

and Melissa Leo (Alice Sutton)

with Paul Geier (Barry Talbott), Susan Blommaert (Judge Steinman), William Bogert (Reardon), John Ramsey (Judge Schreiber), Charles E. Gerber (Jack Horland), Stewart Steinberg (Dr. Joseph Vinton), Jim Beaudin (Tommy Turner), Jim Boyd (Howard Turner), Mark Bailey (Joey), Jim Fromewick (Stage Manager), Jeremy Gold (Perkins), Yvette Thor (Bonnie), Frank Anderson (Court Clerk), Sharon Watroba (Jury Forewoman)

Plot Overview

After a convicted child molester is murdered while appearing on a controversial talk show, the detectives find evidence that suggest that the talk show host set up the murder in order to gain high TV ratings.