Dr. Neal Baer, LAW and ORDER: SVU executive producer: Mr. Media Radio Interview

Could Mariska Hargitay beat Chris Meloni in arm-wrestling? ‘Law & Order: SVU’ executive producer Dr. Neal Baer tells all to Mr. Media!

Dr. Neal Baer is executive producer of the hit NBC television series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." Now in it’s 11th season, this hard-hitting and emotional series from NBC chronicles the life and crimes of the Special Victims Unit of the New York Police Department, the elite squad of detectives who investigate sexually based crimes. "SVU" has collectively received 18 Emmy nominations; Mariska Hargitay won an Emmy in 2006 for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe in 2005. The shows airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m.

Prior to his work on "SVU," Dr. Baer was executive producer of the NBC series "ER." A member of the show's original staff and a writer and producer on the series for seven seasons, he was nominated for five Emmys as a producer. He also received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Writing in A Drama Series for the episodes "Hell and High Water" and "Whose Appy Now?," the latter of which also received a Writers' Guild of America nomination.

Dr. Baer graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed his internship in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital, Los Angeles.