Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC: cancelled? season 24? – canceled + renewed TV shows

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Vulture Watch

How long will Benson and her team stay on the beat? Has the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV show been cancelled or renewed for a 24th season on NBC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of SVU, season 24. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?  
 

What’s This TV Show About?

Airing on the NBC television network, the Law & Order: SVU TV show stars Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Kelli Giddish, and Peter Scanavino. Guests include Jamie Gray Hyder, Demore Barnes, Tamara Tunie, Christopher Meloni, and Danielle Moné Truitt. Created by Dick Wolf, the police procedural series centers on Lt. Olivia Benson (Hargitay) and her elite squad of New York City Police Department detectives that investigate crimes including sexual assault, child abuse, and domestic violence. The team includes Sergeant Odafin “Fin” Tutuola (Ice-T) and Detective Amanda Rollins (Giddish). Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Dominick “Sonny” Carisi (Scanavino) investigates and navigates the politics of the DA’s office.
 

Season 23 Ratings

The 23rd season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit averaged a 0.65 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 4.48 million viewers. Compared to season 22, that’s down by 15% in the demo and up by 4% in viewership in the live+same day ratings (including DVR playback through 3:00 AM). While these numbers don’t include further delayed or streaming viewing, they are a very good indicator of how a show is performing, especially when compared to others on the same channel. There can be other economic factors involved in a show’s fate, but typically the higher-rated series are renewed and the lower-rated ones are cancelled. Find out how SVU stacks up against other NBC TV shows.
 

Telly’s Take

We don’t have to wonder if NBC will cancel SVU right now since it’s already been renewed for season 24.  The show still does very well for the network but, all shows end sometime. Could this series survive Hargitay’s eventual departure? I’m betting Wolf and company would give it a try but we’ll have to wait and see. I’ll update this page with breaking developments. Subscribe for free alerts on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit cancellation or renewal news.
 

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What do you think? Are you glad that the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV show has been renewed for a 24th season? How would you feel if NBC had cancelled this TV series, instead? How much longer should it run?