Law & Order: SVUContinues Historic Streak with 26th Season Renewal AlongsideChicago Fire,P.D., Other NBC Hits

Mar. 15, 2025

Mariska Hargitay (left) on ‘Law & Order: SVU’ and Taylor Kinney on ‘Chicago Fire’.Photo:NBC/Getty

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There’s no stoppingOlivia Benson— and the rest of the Dick Wolf universe.

On Thursday, NBC announced its slate of renewals for the upcoming 2024-2025 season, withLaw & Order: SVUgetting the green light for it’s record-breaking 26th season.

The show — currently starringMariska Hargitay,Ice-T,Peter ScanavinoandOctavio Pisano— previously set the record as the longest-running primetime live-action series in history, and continues to hold the title with its recent renewal.

The originalLaw & Orderwas also renewed on Thursday. The news comes on the heels ofSam Waterston’sdeparture from the seriesas beloved district attorney Jack McCoy, andScandalalum Tony Goldwyn’ssubsequent additionto the cast. The show will kick off its 24th season next year.

Ice-T and Mariska Hargitay filming ‘Law and Order: Special Victims Unit’.Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

The slew ofOne Chicagoshows — executive producer Wolf’s other beloved NBC franchise — also scored additional orders:Chicago Fire,Chicago P.D.andChicago Medwill be returning for seasons 13, 12 and 10, respectively.

Chicago Firerecently experienced a cast shakeup of their own:Kara Killmer, who played Sylvie Brett on the series for the last ten years,departed the showjust last month.

She toldPEOPLE of her send off: “There’s so much buildup. We had been coming off of this long strike and coming back for six episodes, so I had a lot of time to process it, and I would say I spent more time savoring it than grieving. Ten years is a long time, and I just had the best time that I could possibly have.”

‘Chicago Fire’.Adrian S Burrows Sr/NBC

Adrian S Burrows Sr/NBC

Organized Crimecurrently starsChristopher Melonias Det. Elliot Stabler, alongside Danielle Moné Truitt and Ainsley Seiger. After departingSVUin 2011 after contract negotiations broke down, Meloni, 62, returned forOrganized Crimein 2021.

Christopher Meloni as Det. Elliot Stabler in ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’.Will Hart/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty

Will Hart/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty

Since kicking offthe current 25th ofSVUseason in January, Hargitay, 60, has been busy celebrating her show’s (and her Benson’s) big milestone. Just last week, NBC honored the beloved captain character with“Olivia Benson Plaza” at Rockefeller Centerin New York City.

SVUis currently the No. 1 entertainment show in the 18-49 demographic on Thursday nights, and the show remains the longest-running live-action series on primetime television.

‘Chicago P.D.'.Lori Allen/NBC

In January,Hargitay opened up to PEOPLE about her historic tenure as captain of the most elite squad.

“We’ve been on a parallel journey,” she said. “There’s a thing WWOBD, what would Olivia Benson do? The fans would always talk about it, and one day it hit me. I also have those moments where I’ve sort of slipped into her. If there’s a crisis, I just take over and lead like that. Being strong and fearless. It’s sort of this perfect feminist story.”

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Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med,andLaw & Order: Organized Crimeare currently airing on NBC and can be streamed the following day on Peacock.

source: people.com