Is Law & Order: SVU New Tonight, January 1, 2026? Here’s When Season 27 Returns
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit fans are counting the days until the arrival of new Season 27 episodes, and the midseason premiere is nearly here.
How to Watch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit returns Thursday, January 8 at 9/8c on NBC and next day on Peacock.
Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and her steadfast unit of detectives have been crushing it this season, delivering justice amid some goosebump-inducing cases. As NBC’s holiday hiatus approaches its end, SVU fans can’t wait to press play on the action and see what Benson and the squad get up to next.
Oh, and did we mention the Law & Order shows will return with an action-packed two-part crossover episode? There’s so many reasons to tune in, and Hargitay considers her Law & Order coworkers a “unit” just like her character’s elite squad.
“I love my job. I love going to work every day. I love the community that I’m in,” Hargitay told NBC Insider in 2023. “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 the 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.”
So when can fans expect new episodes of Law & Order: SVU Season 27 to return on NBC? Read on for everything you need to know.
No, a new episode of Law & Order: SVU is not airing tonight. Law & Order Season 25 and Season 27 of Law & Order: SVU remain on winter hiatus.
Instead of a fresh Law & Order Thursday lineup on January 1, viewers can tune in for an encore presentation of SVU Season 27’s “A Vicious Circle.” The plot description: “As Bruno suspects a bomb was planted to destroy DNA evidence in a rape case, Benson takes on a murder investigation connected to the bombing. Meanwhile, Griffin experiences the frustrating setbacks of working an SVU case.”
When will new episodes of Law & Order: SVU Season 27 return?
The countdown continues as fans wait for the return of Law & Order Thursdays on January 8, 2026, on NBC. New episodes of Law & Order: SVU Season 27 typically air on Thursdays at 9/8c, on NBC and are available to stream the next day on Peacock.
Law & Order Thursdays will return with a two-hour crossover event between Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU, and fans won’t want to miss it.
The logline for next week’s SVU episode — Season 27, Episode 9 (“Purity”) — reads: “The hunt for a murder suspect uncovers a crime with shocking legal and ethical implications; Bruno must protect his squad during a raid on a suspect’s home; Carisi and Price team up in court when Brady’s interrogation tactics undermine the case.”
Ahead of the action-packed crossover event, Law & Order star Odelya Halevi told NBC Insider that anytime the 2-7 teams up with Benson’s crew, Hargitay brings the “best energy” to the set.
“Mariska Hargitay is such an amazing host,” Halevi said. “You know, every time we go there, every time we get to work with her, she is the most welcoming. She has the best energy; she is just always happy, always has a smile on her face. She makes it feel like we’re home.”