Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Follows the New York City Police Department's (NYPD) Special Victims Unit (SVU), a specially trained squad of detectives who investigates sex crimes including rape, child sexual abuse, human trafficking and domestic violence.

Released Sep 20, 1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Released Sep 20, 1999

TV Ratings

Episodes in 2026 (0 new, 1 repeats) Expand

Average for new episodes

0 viewers / 0.00 key demo rating

Average for all episodes, including repeats

1,801,000 viewers / 0.13 key demo rating

Episodes in 2025 (22 new, 21 repeats) Expand

Average for new episodes

3,798,636 viewers / 0.33 key demo rating

Average for all episodes, including repeats

2,830,512 viewers / 0.24 key demo rating

Air Date/Time	Network	Viewers
1/2/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,280,000
1/9/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,090,000
1/13/2025, Mon, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,130,000
1/16/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,550,000
1/23/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,760,000
1/30/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,940,000
2/6/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,350,000
2/13/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,990,000
2/20/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,840,000
2/27/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,810,000
3/6/2025, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,470,000
3/13/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,500,000
3/20/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,010,000
4/3/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,360,000
4/10/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,710,000
4/17/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,230,000
4/21/2025, Mon, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,290,000
4/24/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,410,000
5/1/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,660,000
5/8/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,560,000
5/15/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,990,000
5/29/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,830,000
6/12/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,670,000
6/26/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,830,000
7/3/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,880,000
7/10/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,870,000
7/17/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,740,000
7/24/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,810,000
8/7/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,770,000
8/14/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,750,000
8/21/2025, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,690,000
8/28/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,460,000
9/11/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,850,000
9/18/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,020,000
9/25/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,830,000
10/2/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,890,000
10/9/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,060,000
10/16/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,550,000
10/23/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,490,000
10/30/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,710,000
11/13/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,510,000
11/20/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,620,000
12/4/2025, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,952,000

Episodes in 2024 (22 new, 17 repeats) Expand

Average for new episodes

4,163,909 viewers / 0.42 key demo rating

Average for all episodes, including repeats

3,235,385 viewers / 0.54 key demo rating

Air Date/Time	Network	Viewers
1/11/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	2,468,000
1/18/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	5,664,000
1/21/2024, Sun, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,621,000
1/25/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,996,000
2/1/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	5,234,000
2/8/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,821,000
2/15/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,610,000
2/22/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	5,067,000
2/29/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,717,000
3/14/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,704,000
3/21/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,099,000
3/28/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,609,000
4/4/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,311,000
4/11/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,068,000
4/18/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,777,000
4/25/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,373,000
5/2/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,318,000
5/9/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,120,000
5/16/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,143,000
5/23/2024, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,393,000
5/30/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,544,000
6/6/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,182,000
6/13/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,536,000
7/11/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,164,000
7/25/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,383,000
8/15/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,120,000
8/29/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,740,000
9/12/2024, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,008,000
9/19/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,080,000
10/3/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,810,000
10/10/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,770,000
10/17/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,190,000
10/24/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,440,000
10/31/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,520,000
11/7/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,130,000
11/14/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,320,000
11/21/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,230,000
12/5/2024, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,560,000
12/12/2024, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,340,000

Episodes in 2023 (13 new, 24 repeats) Expand

Average for new episodes

4,811,923 viewers / 0.55 key demo rating

Average for all episodes, including repeats

3,140,108 viewers / 0.34 key demo rating

Air Date/Time	Network	Viewers
1/5/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	5,488,000
1/12/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	5,126,000
1/19/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	3,405,000
1/26/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	5,774,000
2/2/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	5,338,000
2/16/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	5,127,000
2/23/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	5,009,000
3/2/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,872,000
3/9/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,746,000
3/16/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,975,000
3/23/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,559,000
3/30/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,292,000
4/6/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,563,000
4/13/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,710,000
4/20/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,704,000
4/27/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,394,000
5/4/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,282,000
5/11/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,238,000
5/18/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,365,000
5/25/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,297,000
6/8/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,934,000
6/22/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,913,000
6/29/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,817,000
7/6/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,905,000
7/20/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,822,000
7/20/2023, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,852,000
7/27/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,864,000
7/27/2023, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,843,000
8/10/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,362,000
8/10/2023, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,968,000
8/17/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,971,000
8/24/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,923,000
8/31/2023, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,938,000
10/5/2023, Thu, 8:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,198,000
10/12/2023, Thu, 8:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,197,000
10/19/2023, Thu, 8:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,960,000
10/26/2023, Thu, 8:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,453,000

Episodes in 2022 (22 new, 20 repeats) Expand

Average for new episodes

4,563,091 viewers / 0.60 key demo rating

Average for all episodes, including repeats

3,572,119 viewers / 0.45 key demo rating

Air Date/Time	Network	Viewers
1/6/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,082,000
1/13/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,215,000
1/20/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,311,000
1/27/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,311,000
1/30/2022, Sun, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,632,000
2/24/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	5,146,000
3/3/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,497,000
3/10/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,507,000
3/17/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,715,000
3/24/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	3,062,000
3/31/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,639,000
4/7/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,327,000
4/14/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,736,000
4/21/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,836,000
4/28/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,885,000
5/5/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,903,000
5/12/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,502,000
5/19/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,524,000
5/26/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,086,000
6/2/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,955,000
6/9/2022, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,692,000
6/16/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,259,000
6/23/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,563,000
6/30/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,579,000
7/7/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,552,000
7/14/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,581,000
7/28/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,592,000
8/11/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,138,000
8/18/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,654,000
8/25/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,894,000
9/1/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,140,000
9/15/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,662,000
9/22/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	5,465,000
9/29/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,680,000
10/6/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,162,000
10/13/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,363,000
10/20/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,814,000
10/27/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,419,000
11/3/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,904,000
11/10/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,121,000
11/17/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,946,000
12/8/2022, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,978,000

Episodes in 2021 (21 new, 28 repeats) Expand

Average for new episodes

4,401,810 viewers / 0.75 key demo rating

Average for all episodes, including repeats

2,936,166 viewers / 0.48 key demo rating

Air Date/Time	Network	Viewers
1/7/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,859,000
1/14/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,833,000
1/21/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,737,000
1/23/2021, Sat, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,532,000
1/28/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,549,000
1/30/2021, Sat, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,276,000
2/4/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,516,000
2/6/2021, Sat, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,355,000
2/11/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,262,000
2/18/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,128,000
2/25/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,783,000
3/4/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,125
3/11/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,082,000
3/18/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,197,000
3/25/2021, Thu, 9:01 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,643,000
4/1/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	8,032,000
4/3/2021, Sat, 8:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,303,000
4/8/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,894,000
4/10/2021, Sat, 8:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,372,000
4/15/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,731,000
4/17/2021, Sat, 8:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,506,000
4/22/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,495,000
4/24/2021, Sat, 8:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,512,000
4/29/2021, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,414,000
5/6/2021, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,304,000
5/13/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,447,000
5/20/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,328,000
5/27/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,377,000
6/3/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,229,000
7/1/2021, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,414,000
7/8/2021, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,418,000
7/15/2021, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,478,000
8/26/2021, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,264,000
9/2/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,650,000
9/16/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,643,000
9/23/2021, Thu, 8:00 PM	NBC	5,567,000
9/30/2021, Thu, 8:00 PM	NBC	4,660,000
10/7/2021, Thu, 8:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,368,000
10/7/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,882,000
10/14/2021, Thu, 8:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,430,000
10/14/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,957,000
10/21/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,888,000
10/28/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,047,000
11/4/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,417,000
11/11/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,707,000
11/18/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,172,000
12/9/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,487,000
12/30/2021, Thu, 8:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,303,000
12/30/2021, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,422,000

Episodes in 2020 (14 new, 24 repeats) Expand

Average for new episodes

3,528,286 viewers / 0.64 key demo rating

Average for all episodes, including repeats

2,578,237 viewers / 0.42 key demo rating

Air Date/Time	Network	Viewers
1/2/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,187,000
1/9/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,702,000
1/16/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,595,000
1/23/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,384,000
1/30/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,627,000
2/6/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,253,000
2/13/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,322,000
2/20/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,361,000
2/27/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,300,000
3/5/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,262,000
3/12/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,365,000
3/26/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,803,000
4/2/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,531,000
4/9/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,663,000
4/16/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	4,065,000
4/23/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,690,000
5/7/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,259,000
5/14/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,308,000
5/28/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,776,000
6/11/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,945,000
6/18/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,748,000
6/25/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,027,000
7/2/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,899,000
7/9/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,847,000
7/16/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,464,000
7/23/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,852,000
7/30/2020, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,788,000
7/30/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,338,000
8/6/2020, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,877,000
8/6/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,120,000
8/13/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,892,000
8/20/2020, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,920,000
8/27/2020, Thu, 9:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,939,000
9/3/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	2,012,000
9/17/2020, Thu, 10:00 PM (Repeat)	NBC	1,705,000
11/12/2020, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	3,019,000
11/19/2020, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	2,946,000
12/3/2020, Thu, 9:00 PM	NBC	4,182,000

Episodes in 2019 (9 new, 0 repeats) Expand

Average for new episodes

3,602,222 viewers / 0.67 key demo rating

Average for all episodes, including repeats

3,602,222 viewers / 0.67 key demo rating

Performance on Streaming

ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ranked among top 10 in U.S. streaming across all streaming platforms for 4 weeks:

Week	Show	Hours (mil)	Service
10/6/25	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	11.38	Hulu, Peacock
2/3/25	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	12.17	Hulu / Peacock
5/13/24	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	10.23	Hulu / Netflix / Pea
5/6/24	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	10.50	Hulu / Netflix / Pea

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Air Date/Time	Network	Viewers
9/26/2019, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,715,000
10/3/2019, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,343,000
10/10/2019, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,326,000
10/17/2019, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,369,000
10/24/2019, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,631,000
10/31/2019, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,887,000
11/7/2019, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,572,000
11/14/2019, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,764,000
11/21/2019, Thu, 10:00 PM	NBC	3,813,000