Overview

• Season 25 premiered Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, with new episodes airing weekly and streaming on Peacock the following day.
• Tony Goldwyn, Maura Tierney, Hugh Dancy, Odelya Halevi and Reid Scott lead the returning cast, per NBC.
• David Ajala has been announced as a new series-regular detective joining midseason, following Mehcad Brooks’ exit.
• The premiere continues last season’s cliffhanger involving ADA Samantha Maroun, and producers say the opening hours are designed to feel like a cross-show event with characters appearing across both series.
• Law & Order: SVU began Season 27 Thursday at 9 p.m. ET with Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T returning and Michele Fazekas taking over as showrunner, with next-day streaming on Peacock.