‘Law & Order’ and ‘SVU’ Renewed at NBC

The longest-running drama in American primetime history will continue to add to its record. The show that spawned it — and the second longest-running drama ever — is also set to return.

NBC has renewed Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order for the 2025-26 season. SVU will go into its 27th season in the fall, and the L&O mothership will enter its 25th season. Between them, the two shows will have 1,096 episodes to their credit at the end of this season.

The Law & Order renewals follow on the heels of NBC renewing all three of its Chicago series. The pickups assure that the two franchises — which come from mega-producer Dick Wolf’s Wolf Entertainment and Universal TV — will remain intact on NBC next season as the broadcaster likely reduces its scripted footprint to make room for primetime NBA telecasts. (The third current Law & Order series, Organized Crime, now streams on Peacock and is midway through its fifth season.)

Both shows are still reliable audience draws for NBC, with SVU averaging about 5.9 million viewers and Law & Order about 5.2 million in Nielsen’s seven-day linear ratings — and significantly more on streaming. NBC says streaming of L&O on Peacock has more than doubled this season (though it doesn’t provide detailed numbers) vs. 2023-24. SVU ranks 21st among all network shows in Nielsen’s 35-day, all-platform rankings for the season with 8.7 million viewers. NBC says 44 million people have watched at least a little of the two shows this season.

SVU alum Michele Fazekas, who was a writer and producer on the series from 2001-06, is set to take over as showrunner next season. The current season’s executive producers are Wolf, David Graziano, Julie Martin, series lead Mariska Hargitay, Norberto Barba, Kenneth Brown and Peter Jankowski.

Season 24 of Law & Order is executive produced by Wolf, Rick Eid, Pamela Wechsler, Alex Hall and Jankowski.

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