Target Audience Analysis Of 'Law And Order SVU'

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The show I chose, for my target audience analysis, is called Law and Order SVU. Law and Order appears every Wednesday at nine o’clock on NBC. Law and Order: SVU has been around for 19 seasons, it is produced by Dick Wolf. The show takes place in New York City, and it is about a unit of police officers that investigate sexually-based offenses. During the season premiere, Sergeant Odafin Tutuola, catches Byron Marks, a fugitive rapist, in Havana, but is soon accused of kidnapping Marks. The case puts the Assistant District Attorney, Rafael Barba, in a political controversy, which has the potential to severely damage the case. Meanwhile, Luietenant Olivia Benson saves her son Noah from being hit by a taxi and unintentionally gives him a bruise.

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