The premiere dates for Law & Order season 24 and Law & Order: SVU have been confirmed at NBC. Both procedural shows have been incredibly long-running, with the original show Law & Order debuting back in 1990. Law & Order took a long hiatus after season 20, finishing in 2010 and then being rebooted in early 2022. Law & Order SVU, on the other hand, began in 1999 and has been running fairly consistently for the past 25 years.
As per TV Line, Law & Order season 24 and Law & Order: SVU’s premiere dates have been revealed. Both shows will premiere on Thursday, October 3. The two series will air in back-to-back time slots, with Law & Order coming at 8pm and Law & Order: SVU coming right after, at 9pm. Both series will continue airing episodes on Thursdays through the end of their run.
How Will The Law & Order Shows Stack Up Against A Busy Fall?
In addition to the premiere dates of Law & Order: SVU season 26 and Law & Order season 24, the piece outlined the overall scheme of NBC’s fall slates. Upcoming releases for the network include other major IPs, such as the Chicago shows, which air on Wednesday, September 25 at 8pm, 9pm, and 10pm. The week of the Law & Order premieres also marks the release date for The Irrational season 2, which comes out on Tuesday, October 1. A little over a month later, Night Court season 3 premieres at 8:30pm on November 19.
The busy fall for TV extends beyond NBC, as there are also some notable titles expected in November of this year. This includes the release of the highly anticipated Yellowstone season 5, part 2 on November 10. A week later, Paramount+ puts out fellow Taylor Sheridan-driven series Landman on November 17. Both Law & Order shows will still be on air by the time Yellowstone and Landman start their likely successful runs, providing potential competition among these major shows.
This attention grab will be partially mitigated by the fact that Law & Order will have a Thursday slot whereas Yellowstone and Landman will be released on Sundays. As a result, this will drive different audiences to each show as they could still experience both live without missing one or the other. Both Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU are such long-running and established shows that they will likely lead NBC to success once again this fall.
