1 of 3 | Mariska Hargitay’s “Law & Order: SVU” will return for Season 27 on NBC. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
NBC has announced additional seasons of its New York-based crime dramas Law & Order and Law Order: Special Victims Unit for 2025-26.
The new season will be the 25th for the flagship show, starring Maura Tierney and Hugh Dancy, and 27th season for its beloved spin-off SVU, led by Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T.
“Combined, Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU have reached more than 44 million total viewers across linear and digital platforms this season,” NBC said in a press release Thursday.
SQUAD This just in: #SVU will return for a legendary 27th season! pic.twitter.com/n5Matfnq8f— & (@lawandordertv) May 8, 2025
No announcement has been made yet about Law & Order: Organized Crime, which stars Christopher Meloni and streams on NBC’s sister platform, Peacock.
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Mariska Hargitay and her godchildren attend the premiere of “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” in New York City on December 5, 2002. Hargitay has called “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” a “platform to effect change.” Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI | License Photo
