Will Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ever be cancelled? Though the show’s now in its 18th season, it’ still one of NBC’s top rated shows so it doesn’t look likely that it will be ending any time soon. How soon will be renewed for a 19th season? Will all of the castmembers stay? Stay tuned.
Law & Order: SVU follows an elite squad of detectives who investigate sexually based crimes in New York City. This season, the cast is made up of Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Kelli Giddish, Peter Scanavino, and Raul Esparza. Recurring actors include Robert John Burke, Peter Gallagher, and Elizabeth Marvel.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/25 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
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For comparisons: The 17th season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit averaged a 1.60 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 6.90 million viewers (live + same day ratings).
Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you still like the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV series? Would you like to see it cancelled or renewed for a 19th season on NBC?
5/12 update: Law & Order: SVU was renewed for season 19 on NBC. Details here.
Please keep for season 19 and beyond love this show
Please leave it on I love it season 19 and more
I LOVE SVU ….please don’t cancel it. really hoping for a season 19 as this is my favourite show. It’s not just a terrific show but it gives alot to us fans ( and, personally for me, a Mariska Hargitay fan ) and it gives hope and meaning to victims out there-hopefully to come forward and find the strength to do that. As a survivor myself. .. this show gives me strength, a knowing I’m not alone – if I’m honest admiration for the actresses and actors that do a fantastic job !!
I agree with you Sarah, I just wish they would cut back on the child sex crimes a little bit. As a victim turned investigator myself, it’s heartbreaking.
Love SVU. Hope it stays around many more years. Always great plots and acting.
Yeah I want SVU to continue for the 19 season, because I think it is the best police show on TV today.
Love this show .i started form the beginning. Please dont stop the show.
It would be better if it wasn’t the “Mariska Hargitay Show”. There is a good character in Barba but he’s constantly made irrelevant because Benson keeps doing his job or just bullying him into doing what she wants. That relationship is so silly and unreal its getting hard to watch. This detective seems to run the entire law enforcement and justice systems herself. Does she have to be in every scene at the cost of making the other characters irrelevant and making the whole show unreal and silly? If your going to have other characters in the show, let them… Read more »
Not only do I hope for a renewal for Season 19, but also seasons 20 thru 25. I was rushing home with a friend to catch the season opener this year. When we stepped off the elevator and went down the hall, I heard the distinctive “donk” sound signalling the beginning of the show. I said (to noone in particular) “Damn, turn down your TV” and my friend said “it sounds like that because its coming from more than one apartment.” I’ve been watching L+O SVU since it began. In fact, I’ve been watching since the original L+O began, as… Read more »
I haven’t been watching SVU for a long time, but it’s my favourite show. Even though I haven’t watched it from the start, I’m working my way up trough the seasons, and I’m very connected to the characters. I hope the series will continue for a long time!
I would be heartbroking if law and order svu got cancelled.i have been watching law and order svu since I was a little girl.im 28 now.i have be watch law and order svu since season 1.tv wouldnt be the same without this show.i hope that they continue law and order svu for many years to come.best show on tv of all times.please renew for season 19….
Rare to see a show start to increase in the ratings. The usual trend is to go down as the season goes on.
Please put this show to rest already. It’s awful. I try to watch it for nostalgia’s sake, but I can’t get through an episode. It’s a shame that this show didn’t go out on a high note. Now, it’s just a joke.
Love this show. Hope it last forever.
I hope it does last forever to.love this show.#1 fan..
I normally look forward to the new shows, but the last two frankly stink. It’s hard to relate to soccer Mom and pole-vault Mom living a high-risk life-style. The worst of it is that this it what it takes for SVU to figure out the ‘underground’. Hoping for better episodes, but if it’s more of the same I’m out.
Can this show ever be cancelled? It depends how cheap and stupid NBC wants to be. It depends if they are willing to let Kelli Giddish take over the show if Mariska ever wants to leave. Keeping Ice-T around will certainly help.