Law & Order: Special Victims Unit seasons
28 seasons · NBC28 seasons · NBC
Season 17 is the biggest. Season 28 started 24% lower than season 27, after a wait of 5 months.Season 17 is the biggest. Season 28 started 24% lower than season 27, after a wait of 5 months.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit seasons
Through Nov 6Season Attention Score is a season's average Attention Score in its first 30 days. Learn more
SeasonSeason Attention ScoreChange
- Season 1Sep 1999 · 22 episodes
- 5 months after season 1Season 2Oct 2000 · 21 episodes
- 4 months after season 2Season 3Sep 2001 · 23 episodes
- 4 months after season 3Season 4Sep 2002 · 25 episodes
- 4 months after season 4Season 5Sep 2003 · 25 episodes
- 4 months after season 5Season 6Sep 2004 · 23 episodes
- 4 months after season 6Season 7Sep 2005 · 22 episodes
- 4 months after season 7Season 8Sep 2006 · 22 episodes
- 4 months after season 8Season 9Sep 2007 · 19 episodes
- 4 months after season 9Season 10Sep 2008 · 22 episodes
- 4 months after season 10Season 11Sep 2009 · 24 episodes
- 4 months after season 11Season 12Sep 2010 · 24 episodes
- 4 months after season 12Season 13Sep 2011 · 23 episodes
- 4 months after season 13Season 14Sep 2012 · 24 episodes
- 4 months after season 14Season 15Sep 2013 · 24 episodes
- 4 months after season 15Season 16Sep 2014 · 23 episodes
- 4 months after season 16Season 17Sep 2015 · 23 episodes
- 4 months after season 17Season 18Sep 2016 · 21 episodes26%
- 4 months after season 18Season 19Sep 2017 · 24 episodes12%
- 4 months after season 19Season 20Sep 2018 · 24 episodes3%
- 4 months after season 20Season 21Sep 2019 · 20 episodes
- 7 months after season 21Season 22Nov 2020 · 16 episodes16%
- 4 months after season 22Season 23Sep 2021 · 22 episodes8%
- 4 months after season 23Season 24Sep 2022 · 22 episodes20%
- 8 months after season 24Season 25Jan 2024 · 13 episodes26%
- 5 months after season 25Season 26Oct 2024 · 22 episodes24%
- 4 months after season 26Season 27Sep 2025 · 21 episodes10%
- 5 months after season 27Season 28Oct 2026 · 8 episodes24%
First 30 days of each Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season
Through Nov 6Attention Score on each day after a season came out
Day 1 is the premiere. Each mark on the bottom line is a day with a new episode of season 28.
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Time between Law & Order: Special Victims Unit seasons
Through Nov 6Usually 4 months between seasons. The longest wait was 8 months, before season 25.
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