Regulation & Order: SVU is as sturdy as ever within the midst of its twenty sixth season within the 2025 TV schedule. It’s onerous to imagine that the present premiered again in 1999, however Mariska Hargitay nonetheless remembers her audition with Christopher Meloni prefer it was yesterday. Whereas NBC has but to resume the procedural for Season 27, it appears solely only a matter of time. After Ice-T gave a bullish reply as to how lengthy the present may go on for, although, what may the long run maintain?
Ice-T has practically been on SVU for the reason that starting, having joined as Fin Tutuola within the second season. He’s the second longest-running solid member in your entire Regulation & Order franchise, proper behind Hargitay, and doesn’t appear to have any plans to go away any time quickly even regardless of understanding how he’d need Fin to exit. He beforehand advised Us Weekly how lengthy he realistically sees the present happening for:
I don’t see any cause why SVU can’t go 30 [seasons]. I feel the present will keep on so long as Mariska [Hargitay] needs to do the present. It’s her present.
That doesn’t essentially imply that SVU will proceed on for that lengthy, however Season 30 is only a few years away. Whereas exhibits aren’t precisely protected till they’re renewed, NBC appears to be wanting to maintain the Regulation & Order franchise going for so long as potential. To not point out the truth that Hargitay herself doesn’t appear to wish to step away from the collection within the close to future. She’s opened up prior to now about starring on a present for 1 / 4 of a century, and he or she nonetheless loves it.
Sadly, the time will finally come the place Regulation & Order: SVU involves an finish. The present aired its 500th episode throughout Season 23, and since 1,000 episodes is unquestionably far-fetched, Season 30 may very properly be potential. It would even be the proper quantity to cease at, not that SVU ought to finish any time quickly in my view. However the variety of seasons SVU has had is sort of uncommon. Would possibly as properly cease at a milestone season, if it has to cease!.
It is apparent that the writers nonetheless have loads of tales to inform which might be protecting followers on the sting of their seats. On the very least, every time the present does finish, it’s very doubtless it is going to be on Mariska Hargitay’s phrases. It’s onerous to think about SVU with out Hargitay and Olivia Benson, and for now, the story doesn’t appear to be accomplished, at the very least not but.
Followers may wish to stay within the current as a result of there may be nonetheless quite a bit to stay up for with Season 26 of Regulation & Order: SVU. The collection simply got here again from hiatus, and there’s no telling what is going to occur. New episodes air on Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on NBC, streaming the subsequent day with a Peacock subscription.