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Is Law & Order: Special Victims Unit coming back?

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–present) — drama · crime · legal on NBC

The answer: Currently airing — last episode May 14, 2026.
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Genre
Drama · Crime · Legal
Network / streamer
NBC
Premiered
September 20, 1999
Runtime
~60 min per episode
TVMaze rating
7.9 / 10
27seasons
594episodes
7.9/ 10

About Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Yes — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is currently airing on NBC; the next episode airs May 14, 2026.

The show is a crime drama that premiered in 1999. It was a series that focused on the investigations of the NYPD's Special Victims Unit, a team that handled sexually-based offenses considered especially heinous. The series depicted their work and the challenges they faced in solving these complex cases.

The cast includes Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson, Ice-T as Sergeant Odafin "Fin" Tutuola, and Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen. The show has a rating of 7.9 on TVMaze and each episode runs approximately 60 minutes.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode schedule

594 aired

Aired · 594

DateEp.Title
May 14, 2026 S27·E21 Monster
May 7, 2026 S27·E20 Old Friends
April 30, 2026 S27·E19 Impropriety
April 23, 2026 S27·E18 Gimmick
April 9, 2026 S27·E17 Deep Under
April 2, 2026 S27·E16 Vivid
March 12, 2026 S27·E15 Thirsty
March 5, 2026 S27·E14 Frequency
February 26, 2026 S27·E13 Corrosive
January 29, 2026 S27·E12 Hubris
January 22, 2026 S27·E11 Career Psychopath
January 15, 2026 S27·E10 Fidelis Ad Mortem
January 8, 2026 S27·E9 Purity
November 20, 2025 S27·E8 Showdown
November 13, 2025 S27·E7 False Idols
October 30, 2025 S27·E6 Under the Influence
October 23, 2025 S27·E5 Feed the Craving
October 16, 2025 S27·E4 Clickbait
October 9, 2025 S27·E3 A Vicious Circle
October 2, 2025 S27·E2 A Waiver of Consent
September 25, 2025 S27·E1 In The Wind
May 15, 2025 S26·E22 Post-Rage
May 8, 2025 S26·E21 Aperture
May 1, 2025 S26·E20 Shock Collar
April 17, 2025 S26·E19 Play With Fire Part 2
April 10, 2025 S26·E18 The Accuser
April 3, 2025 S26·E17 Accomplice Liability
March 20, 2025 S26·E16 Let Me Bring Pardon
March 13, 2025 S26·E15 Undertow
February 27, 2025 S26·E14 The Grid Plan
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February 20, 2025 S26·E13 Extinguished
February 13, 2025 S26·E12 Calculated
January 30, 2025 S26·E11 Deductible
January 23, 2025 S26·E10 Master Key
January 16, 2025 S26·E9 First Light
November 21, 2024 S26·E8 Cornered
November 14, 2024 S26·E7 Tenfold
November 7, 2024 S26·E6 Rorschach
October 31, 2024 S26·E5 Economics of Shame
October 24, 2024 S26·E4 Constricted
October 17, 2024 S26·E3 Divide & Conquer
October 10, 2024 S26·E2 Excavation
October 3, 2024 S26·E1 Fractured
May 16, 2024 S25·E13 Duty To Hope
May 9, 2024 S25·E12 Marauder
May 2, 2024 S25·E11 Prima Nocta
April 18, 2024 S25·E10 Combat Fatigue
April 11, 2024 S25·E9 Children of Wolves
March 21, 2024 S25·E8 Third Man Syndrome
March 14, 2024 S25·E7 Probability of Doom
February 29, 2024 S25·E6 Carousel
February 22, 2024 S25·E5 Zone Rouge
February 8, 2024 S25·E4 Duty to Report
February 1, 2024 S25·E3 The Punch List
January 25, 2024 S25·E2 Truth Embargo
January 18, 2024 S25·E1 Tunnel Blind
May 18, 2023 S24·E22 All Pain Is One Malady
May 11, 2023 S24·E21 Bad Things
May 4, 2023 S24·E20 Debatable
April 27, 2023 S24·E19 Bend the Law
April 6, 2023 S24·E18 Bubble Wrap
March 30, 2023 S24·E17 Lime Chaser
March 23, 2023 S24·E16 The Presence of Absence
February 23, 2023 S24·E15 King of the Moon
February 16, 2023 S24·E14 Dutch Tears
February 2, 2023 S24·E13 Intersection
January 26, 2023 S24·E12 Blood Out
January 12, 2023 S24·E11 Soldier Up
January 5, 2023 S24·E10 Jumped In
December 8, 2022 S24·E9 And a Trauma in a Pear Tree
November 17, 2022 S24·E8 A Better Person
November 10, 2022 S24·E7 Dead Ball
November 3, 2022 S24·E6 Controlled Burn
October 27, 2022 S24·E5 Breakwater
October 13, 2022 S24·E4 The Steps We Cannot Take
October 6, 2022 S24·E3 Mirror Effect
September 29, 2022 S24·E2 The One You Feed
September 22, 2022 S24·E1 Gimme Shelter, Part II
May 19, 2022 S23·E22 A Final Call At Forlini's Bar
May 12, 2022 S23·E21 Confess Your Sins to Be Free
May 5, 2022 S23·E20 Did You Believe in Miracles?
April 28, 2022 S23·E19 Tangled Strands of Justice
April 14, 2022 S23·E18 Eighteen Wheels a Predator
April 7, 2022 S23·E17 Once Upon a Time in El Barrio
March 17, 2022 S23·E16 Sorry If It Got Weird for You
March 10, 2022 S23·E15 Promising Young Gentlemen
March 3, 2022 S23·E14 Video Killed the Radio Star
February 24, 2022 S23·E13 If I Knew Then What I Know Now
January 20, 2022 S23·E12 Tommy Baker's Hardest Fight
January 13, 2022 S23·E11 Burning With Rage Forever
January 6, 2022 S23·E10 Silent Night, Hateful Night
December 9, 2021 S23·E9 People vs Richard Wheatley
November 11, 2021 S23·E8 Nightmares in Drill City
November 4, 2021 S23·E7 They'd Already Disappeared
October 21, 2021 S23·E6 The Five Hundredth Episode
October 14, 2021 S23·E5 Fast Times @TheWheelhouse
October 7, 2021 S23·E4 One More Tale of Two Victims
September 30, 2021 S23·E3 I Thought You Were on My Side
September 23, 2021 S23·E2 Never Turn Your Back on Them
September 23, 2021 S23·E1 And the Empire Strikes Back
June 3, 2021 S22·E16 Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
May 27, 2021 S22·E15 What Can Happen in the Dark
May 20, 2021 S22·E14 Post-Graduate Psychopath
May 13, 2021 S22·E13 Trick-Rolled at the Moulin'
April 22, 2021 S22·E12 In the Year We All Fell Down
April 15, 2021 S22·E11 Our Words Will Not Be Heard
April 8, 2021 S22·E10 Welcome to the Pedo Motel
April 1, 2021 S22·E9 Return of the Prodigal Son
February 25, 2021 S22·E8 The Only Way Out Is Through
February 18, 2021 S22·E7 Hunt, Trap, Rape and Release
January 21, 2021 S22·E6 The Long Arm of the Witness
January 14, 2021 S22·E5 Turn Me On Take Me Private
January 7, 2021 S22·E4 Sightless in a Savage Land
December 3, 2020 S22·E3 Remember Me in Quarantine
November 19, 2020 S22·E2 The Ballad of Dwight and Irena
November 12, 2020 S22·E1 Guardians and Gladiators
April 23, 2020 S21·E20 The Things We Have to Lose
April 16, 2020 S21·E19 Solving for the Unknowns
April 2, 2020 S21·E18 Garland's Baptism by Fire
March 26, 2020 S21·E17 Dance, Lies and Videotape
February 27, 2020 S21·E16 Eternal Relief From Pain
February 20, 2020 S21·E15 Swimming with the Sharks
February 13, 2020 S21·E14 I Deserve Some Loving Too
February 6, 2020 S21·E13 Redemption in Her Corner
January 30, 2020 S21·E12 The Longest Night of Rain
January 16, 2020 S21·E11 She Paints for Vengeance
January 9, 2020 S21·E10 Must Be Held Accountable
November 21, 2019 S21·E9 Can't Be Held Accountable
November 14, 2019 S21·E8 We Dream of Machine Elves
November 7, 2019 S21·E7 Counselor, It's Chinatown
October 31, 2019 S21·E6 Murdered at a Bad Address
October 24, 2019 S21·E5 At Midnight in Manhattan
October 17, 2019 S21·E4 The Burden of Our Choices
October 10, 2019 S21·E3 Down Low in Hell's Kitchen
October 3, 2019 S21·E2 The Darkest Journey Home
September 26, 2019 S21·E1 I'm Going to Make You a Star
May 16, 2019 S20·E24 End Game
May 9, 2019 S20·E23 Assumptions
May 2, 2019 S20·E22 Diss
April 25, 2019 S20·E21 Exchange
April 11, 2019 S20·E20 The Good Girl
April 4, 2019 S20·E19 Dearly Beloved
March 21, 2019 S20·E18 Blackout
March 14, 2019 S20·E17 Missing
February 21, 2019 S20·E16 Facing Demons
February 14, 2019 S20·E15 Brothel
February 7, 2019 S20·E14 Part 33
January 31, 2019 S20·E13 A Story of More Woe
January 17, 2019 S20·E12 Dear Ben
January 10, 2019 S20·E11 Plastic
November 29, 2018 S20·E10 Alta Kockers
November 15, 2018 S20·E9 Mea Culpa
November 8, 2018 S20·E8 Hell's Kitchen
November 1, 2018 S20·E7 Caretaker
October 25, 2018 S20·E6 Exile
October 18, 2018 S20·E5 Accredo
October 11, 2018 S20·E4 Revenge
October 4, 2018 S20·E3 Zero Tolerance
September 27, 2018 S20·E2 Man Down
September 27, 2018 S20·E1 Man Up
May 23, 2018 S19·E24 Remember Me Too
May 23, 2018 S19·E23 Remember Me
May 16, 2018 S19·E22 Mama
May 9, 2018 S19·E21 Guardian
May 2, 2018 S19·E20 The Book of Esther
April 18, 2018 S19·E19 Sunk Cost Fallacy
April 11, 2018 S19·E18 Service
March 21, 2018 S19·E17 Send in the Clowns
March 14, 2018 S19·E16 Dare
March 7, 2018 S19·E15 In Loco Parentis
February 28, 2018 S19·E14 Chasing Demons
February 7, 2018 S19·E13 The Undiscovered Country
January 31, 2018 S19·E12 Info Wars
January 17, 2018 S19·E11 Flight Risk
January 10, 2018 S19·E10 Pathological
January 3, 2018 S19·E9 Gone Baby Gone
December 6, 2017 S19·E8 Intent
November 29, 2017 S19·E7 Something Happened
November 1, 2017 S19·E6 Unintended Consequences
October 25, 2017 S19·E5 Complicated
October 18, 2017 S19·E4 No Good Reason
October 11, 2017 S19·E3 Contrapasso
October 4, 2017 S19·E2 Mood
September 27, 2017 S19·E1 Gone Fishin'
May 24, 2017 S18·E21 Sanctuary
May 24, 2017 S18·E20 American Dream
May 17, 2017 S18·E19 Conversion
May 10, 2017 S18·E18 Spellbound
May 3, 2017 S18·E17 Real Fake News
April 26, 2017 S18·E16 The Newsroom
April 5, 2017 S18·E15 Know It All
March 29, 2017 S18·E14 Net Worth
March 22, 2017 S18·E13 Genes
February 22, 2017 S18·E12 No Surrender
February 15, 2017 S18·E11 Great Expectations
February 8, 2017 S18·E10 Motherly Love
January 18, 2017 S18·E9 Decline and Fall
January 11, 2017 S18·E8 Chasing Theo
January 4, 2017 S18·E7 Next Chapter
November 9, 2016 S18·E6 Broken Rhymes
October 26, 2016 S18·E5 Rape Interrupted
October 12, 2016 S18·E4 Heightened Emotions
October 5, 2016 S18·E3 Imposter
September 28, 2016 S18·E2 Making a Rapist
September 21, 2016 S18·E1 Terrorized
May 25, 2016 S17·E23 Heartfelt Passages
May 18, 2016 S17·E22 Intersecting Lives
May 11, 2016 S17·E21 Assaulting Reality
May 4, 2016 S17·E20 Fashionable Crimes
March 30, 2016 S17·E19 Sheltered Outcasts
March 23, 2016 S17·E18 Unholiest Alliance
March 2, 2016 S17·E17 Manhattan Transfer
February 24, 2016 S17·E16 Star-Struck Victims
February 17, 2016 S17·E15 Collateral Damages
February 10, 2016 S17·E14 Nationwide Manhunt
February 3, 2016 S17·E13 Forty-One Witnesses
January 20, 2016 S17·E12 A Misunderstanding
January 13, 2016 S17·E11 Townhouse Incident
January 6, 2016 S17·E10 Catfishing Teacher
November 18, 2015 S17·E9 Depravity Standard
November 11, 2015 S17·E8 Melancholy Pursuit
November 4, 2015 S17·E7 Patrimonial Burden
October 21, 2015 S17·E6 Maternal Instincts
October 14, 2015 S17·E5 Community Policing
October 7, 2015 S17·E4 Institutional Fail
September 30, 2015 S17·E3 Transgender Bridge
September 23, 2015 S17·E2 Criminal Pathology
September 23, 2015 S17·E1 Devil's Dissections
May 20, 2015 S16·E23 Surrendering Noah
May 13, 2015 S16·E22 Parent's Nightmare

…and 364 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.

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