Overview
- The spinoff was canceled Thursday, ending a five-season run led by Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler.
- Seasons 1–4 aired on NBC before Season 5 became a Peacock original in 2025, with a second-window broadcast run on NBC that fall.
- The Season 5 finale from June 2025 now stands as the series finale.
- Reporting cited ratings below other Dick Wolf dramas, a difficult shift between streaming and broadcast, and five showrunners in five seasons, with efforts to recruit a new leader falling through as NBC prioritized new drama pilots.
- Meloni thanked fans in an Instagram message and is set to star in Dan Fogelman’s NFL drama The Land at Hulu, while the Law & Order franchise continues with SVU renewed for Season 28 and the flagship series’ future still unresolved.