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3 days ago
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Is Law & Order: SVU New Tonight? (May 22, 2025)
Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) never backs down from the good fight on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Whether it's a insidious serial killer or an elusive trafficking ring, Benson doesn't rest until justice is served, and fans never tire of watching the squad room badass kick criminal butt. Benson's gotten some help from her elite squad of detectives and some old friends along the way, such as returning SVU fan favorite Amanda Rollins (Kelli Giddish), who is rejoining the cast in Season 27. With decades of closed cases behind her, Benson and her never-ending caseload never fail to deliver the thrills and chills. "I love my job," Hargitay told . "I love going to work every day. I love the community that I'm in. I love my cast, my crew, and I love the intimacy of it all and the fact that we work in a culture that says, 'Let's do the work, let's have a fun time, and best idea wins.' It is such a team. It is such an incredible team, and we rely so much on each other. We're a unit. It's so sacred to me." RELATED: Season 26 of SVU was a rollercoaster of emotions, but the show has officially entered summer hiatus. In the meantime, learn where to watch and stream Law & Order: SVU, below. No, there will not be a new episode episode of Law & Order: SVU airing tonight. Both SVU and the original Law & Order are currently on hiatus following their gripping May 15 finales. New episodes of Law & Order: SVU will return fall 2025 for NBC's 2025-2026 season. But luckily, staying caught up with Benson and her elite squad has never been easier. You can watch every episode of Law & Order: SVU — or stream episodes of Law & Order, Law & Order: Organized Crime, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent — on Peacock, the perfect place for a Law & Order marathon of all your favorite Dun Dun moments. RELATED: "It's so beautiful to have the privilege to actually watch the evolution," Hargitay told TODAY while thinking of her many years as Benson. "As I see it and look back, Olivia Benson is sort of a perfect feminist story because we actually see this woman grow into her power."
Yahoo
14-05-2025
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'Law & Order's Mariska Hargitay Celebrates Landmark Accomplishment
might save lives and improve public safety as Captain Olivia Benson on her show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, but she also works just as hard to do the same in real life, consistently trying to raise awareness of sexual abuse, domestic abuse and other issues and support the fight to prevent abuse and help survivors. On May 13, she highlighted an exciting accomplishment for everyone working hard in the same fight, sharing a post on her Instagram Stories about South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signing a bill into law that criminalizes the non-consensual distribution of intimate images. With this action, all 50 states in the U.S. now have laws making this a crime. 🎬 🎬 The post was originally shared by the Joyful Heart Foundation, which is a nonprofit founded by Hargitay that works to "transform society's response to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, support survivors' healing, and end this violence forever." Others celebrated the historic moment as well, such as one person who wrote, "There are so many who have worked incredibly hard to advocate for this and a major congratulations is in order 🫶." "This is AMAZING news!! Thanks for all your work on this Joyful Heart!" said someone else about the accomplishment. If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, help is available 24 hours a day through RAINN's National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you or someone you know has been a victim of domestic violence, help is available 24 hours a day through the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233.
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08-05-2025
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'Law & Order 'and' Law & Order: SVU' Renewed for Milestone Seasons at NBC: Get the Details!
Olivia Benson isn't ready to retire just yet. On Thursday, May 8, NBC announced more of its renewal plans for the upcoming 2025-2026 season, with Law & Order officially returning for its milestone 25th season. Law & Order: SVU is also getting the green light for yet another record-breaking season. Season 27 will see the departure of the series' showrunner David Graziano, who helmed the show from season 24 through season 26. In April, Variety shared that Michele Fazekas would be taking over the top spot, making her the first female to hold the job in the show's history. Related: Christopher Meloni Admits He and Mariska Hargitay Were 'Attempting Something' That 'Didn't Work' for SVU Near-Kiss Scene SVU will continue to star Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T and Peter Scanavino. On May 6, PEOPLE confirmed that Octavio Pisano and Juliana Aidén Martinez, who portray Detective Joe Velasco and Detective Kate Silva, will depart the long-running NBC series after season 26 concludes. Executive producer Dick Wolf's other shows on the network — being his "One Chicago" slate Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med — have also been renewed. They will be returning for seasons 14, 13 and 11, respectively. Meanwhile, over at CBS, two of the Wolf-produced FBI shows — a.k.a. FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International — were canceled. However, the network ordered a new show within the franchise featuring Tom Ellis as the series lead, and it's currently titled CIA. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The season 26 finale of Law & Order: SVU will air on Thursday, May 15, on NBC at 9 p.m. ET. Episodes of both Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU can be streamed on Peacock. Read the original article on People
Wall Street Journal
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
‘The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' Review: Quarry Women
On the screen and on the page, today we are accustomed to seeing fictional representations of women detectives kicking in doors, taking down names and sleuthing out villains. From Olivia Benson tracking down perpetrators of the most heinous offenses in 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' to Aurora Teagarden solving quaintly picturesque crimes on the Hallmark Mystery Channel, the idea of a woman as a detective in entertainment is now commonplace. Victorian audiences were introduced to such 'lady detectives' as these characters began appearing in the popular stage shows of the time. Sara Lodge, who teaches Victorian literature and culture at the University of St. Andrews, points out in 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' that these proto-Cagneys and Laceys helped prepare audiences for the arrival of the real women who began joining the police force and detective agencies in the 19th century. The theme was a blockbuster: 'In the East End theatres of London in the 1860s,' we are told, '4,000 working-class people in an evening would crowd together to see Sara Lane—actor-manager and a formidable star in her forties—playing 'The Female Detective.' ' The show was a real opportunity for an actress: She got to play several different characters and showcase her impersonation skills. The production toured Britain, then transferred to the U.S. and ran—under different titles, with different stars—for decades. These fictional characters also established some of the tropes of the lady detective that persist to this day. She was often a gal with moxie, usually with a high education or at least relatively high social standing, and would outwit her enemies using her brains and strategy, staring down jewel thieves and seducers alike. But Ms. Lodge tells a parallel story, of how women became detectives in the real world. Off the stage, the first female detectives were often the wives or widows of police officers. In Britain, they were frequently employed by the police in an informal or auxiliary capacity to do the jobs that male officers could not do, such as conducting body searches on female subjects. Sometimes they would be deployed to trail suspects, stake out known criminal venues, or go undercover to meet with abortionists or fortune tellers (apparently a particularly problematic type of con artist in 19th-century London). Few at the time suspected a woman of being a detective—their relative social powerlessness turned out to be a useful weapon. And so they often acquired evidence that policemen could not.
