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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 20 Ratings

Published: May 17, 2019

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV show on NBC: Season 20 ratings (canceled or renewed season 21?)

Last year, ratings for the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV show on NBC only dropped a little in the demo, and the show actual increased its average total viewership. Thanks to that solid performance, it was a top-five show in both measures and kicks off its 20th season from an enviable position. Now the longest-running primetime drama on television, the series is on its fourth show-runner and seems like it could go on forever. The question at hand may not be: will Law & Order: SVU be cancelled or renewed for season 21, but rather when will they decide to end it? Whenever that is, the ratings will surely be considered in making the decision, so stay tuned. *Status update below.

An NBC legal drama, Law & Order: SVU stars Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Kelli Giddish, Peter Scanavino, and Philip Winchester. The police procedural centers on Lt. Olivia Benson (Hargitay) and her elite squad of New York City Police Department detectives who investigate crimes including sexual assault, child abuse, and domestic violence.

The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly in 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.

5/17 update: You can see the latest night’s ratings in context.

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For comparisons: The 19th season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit  averaged a 1.25 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 5.945 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.

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What do you think? Do you still like the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV series? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a 21st season on NBC?

*3/29/19 update: NBC has renewed Law & Order: SVU for a historic 21st season.


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J.Smith

Law & Order hits real life at the core. This kinda stuff does really happen. It also makes people more aware of problems facing people of all backgrounds, and status. That’s what keeps it going. So yes to season 22

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January 5, 2020 5:46 pm
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Mary

Please, please, never take it off. It saved my sanity and gave me hope after my close encounter with sexual violence. And I’m pretty sure I’m not alone. Thank you, SVU

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September 24, 2019 12:03 am
KMC
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KMC

I Love Mariska, so I hope the show never ends, she is sexier now than when it began.. 20 yrs. WOW !!!!

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July 23, 2019 9:06 pm
Kmm
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Kmm

Need to end. stories tiresome. Better shows being cancelled while suv keeps being renewed. Chris Meloni was smart to leave show while it was still good. Mariska Hargitay aging, needs to consider letting go of her Benson persona and move on to other acting roles

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June 1, 2019 4:52 pm
worthymagic
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worthymagic

Strong? The LOWEST LIVE RATINGS EVER! Not worth watching when the new episode premieres? ADVERTISERS PLEASE TAKE NOTE. Stop wasting big money advertising on this show. Time for this show to open up the purse strings and get some more people. Time to stop making it the Mariska and everyone else show. Moving to Thursdays at 10 pm est did hurt. How low will it go next season if nothing changes?

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May 17, 2019 6:40 pm
Susan A Blazor
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Susan A Blazor

Law and Order SVU should definitely be renewed for Season 21

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April 12, 2019 8:21 pm
jarrod rossi
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jarrod rossi

how is it 2019 and we still use outdated ratings as an indicator, even live + same day are irrelevant.

I still watch regularly, but I might wait till the weekend, or wait and watch a couple episodes at once. people are still watching, just not as it airs

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March 21, 2019 11:30 am
worthymagic
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worthymagic

We use that outdated system because the most important thing NOW is to find out how many people are watching it LIVE. If you watch it after that, you are probably deleting the commercials, and why should these companies help pay to keep this show on the air if you aren’t watching the commercials? If Netflix or someone like that is helping to pay the cost of the show, then the total people watching comes into play. Advertisers had to wake up sometime.

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March 23, 2019 5:22 pm
CaroBird
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CaroBird

I still love it and miss the original one. Only show, other than news, I still watch and love. Please don’t cancel it!

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July 1, 2019 11:31 am
annonomous
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annonomous

SVU has been running strong for 20 years my question is Why Stop Now? Marishka Hargitay already said that is the creator wants to keep making episodes the she’ll keep being
Lt. Olivia Benson. This show is real things/cases that are happening in our country so why would we not want to keep getting educated about victims of rape/abuse and the facts of untested rape kits. With that said I vote keeping SVU on for season 21!

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March 3, 2019 4:25 pm
worthymagic
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worthymagic

You mean they should keep it going despite this show having the worst ratings ever in all its years, or because NBC has absolutely nothing that they can replace it with that will have ratings at least as awful as these? The show will be back. Let’s see the live ratings average get over a 1.0, and then it will have earned the renewal.

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March 15, 2019 5:57 pm
Vess mess
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Vess mess

Renewal

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December 15, 2018 8:55 pm
Kimberly Ghan
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Kimberly Ghan

I think they should continue to make New Seasons of SVU I would have never gotten bored with watching them and believe in the riders that they can continue to keep our interest

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November 30, 2018 8:46 am
worthymagic
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worthymagic

The ratings are atrocious, even with the Thursday 10 pm spot. Maybe they should put an end to the Alt Left garbage and go back to being a real show. I’m not watching it live anymore(I’m actually not watching at all) and I can see I’m not the only one.

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November 10, 2018 5:49 pm
Elliott Stabler
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Elliott Stabler

There’s no alt left garbage as you state. You need to stop drinking the Faux News known as Fox, and quit letting the Trumpkins think for you.

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March 17, 2019 3:18 am
Mia McGuire
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Mia McGuire

please more! i been here since 1999.

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October 30, 2018 9:19 pm
worthymagic
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worthymagic

Will the ratings go back up once Football season is over? Four Weeks with ratings under a 1.0? Wow!

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October 26, 2018 6:27 pm
Melinda Morrison
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Melinda Morrison

For once in a life time ,keep the good shows going …SVU IS THE BEST …i love this show will never stop watching it

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October 2, 2018 12:37 am
worthymagic
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worthymagic

The show has been on for 2 weeks. I thought it just started. The show went too far to the left last season. I don’t know if I care to watch anymore.

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September 28, 2018 4:14 pm
Nita
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Nita

Yes, because we all know sexual assault, rape, murder, etc. are left vs. right issues. Get real! Apparently you haven’t been watching the show for 20 years.

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October 4, 2018 4:27 pm
Tammy
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Tammy

I have been watching for 19 years this 20 season is so far left, I can’t watch it and they do make it left and right. Just listen to the way they talk. One episode they arrested a man and said he kidnapped a child even though they knew they were lying. When you put your political believes over the law I stop watching. I will continue to watch repeats of old episodes. But no new ones for me.

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November 16, 2018 9:42 pm
Cbuiscuit
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Cbuiscuit

But actually he killed the child and left his mother without answers…

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March 3, 2019 4:32 pm
cbuiscuit
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cbuiscuit

I totally agree, this show explains to people the ignorance the U.S is drowning in when it comes to rape and abuse.

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March 3, 2019 4:34 pm
DOGman
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DOGman

Not to be rude or anything because this is just a show but, how can a woman’s
( a Lieutenant at that) son being abducted be going to far left? Just asking

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March 3, 2019 4:38 pm
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