'Law & Order' Future Revealed: Season 26 Renewal Imminent & Not Expected to Be Final Season
The long-running drama will return without a final-season label after NBC weighed pilot strength, budget trims and ratings against other scripted options.
- Deadline reports that NBC officially renewed Law & Order for a 26th season, securing the procedural drama's spot for the 2026-2027 broadcast year.
- The network kept the series on the bubble while balancing a robust pilot season, though performance lagged slightly behind Special Victims Unit.
- Universal Television produces the series in association with Wolf Entertainment, featuring regulars including Tony Goldwyn, Hugh Dancy, Maura Tierney, Reid Scott, Odelya Halevi, and David Ajala.
- According to sources, the renewal avoids a "final season" designation, providing relief to fans after NBC recently canceled the Organized Crime series.
- With the upfront presentation to advertisers set for Monday, May 11, in New York City, this decision keeps the long-running drama on the air.
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‘Law and Order’ to Be Renewed for Season 26 at NBC
“Law and Order” is poised to be be renewed for Season 26 at NBC, Variety has learned from sources. The news will no doubt offer relief to fans, as the show had been firmly on the bubble going into NBCUniversal’s upfront presentation to advertisers. Last minute details are still being finalized, but the Wolf Entertainment drama will make it through to the 2026-2027 broadcast season. The show previously ran for 20 seasons at NBC before it was sh…
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PasteLaw & Order lives to "DUN-DUN" another day
Narrowly avoiding the indignity of being canceled by NBC twice in as many decades, Dick Wolf’s Law & Order has just barely secured a 26th season for itself. This is per Deadline, which reports that the series—which currently stars Maura Tierney, Reid Scott, and David Ajala as the police right on the cusp of being allowed to investigate crimes, and Hugh Dancy, Odelya Halevi, and Tony Goldwyn as the district attorneys holding on for dear life to t…
Is 'Law & Order' Canceled? NBC Makes Last-Minute Decision About Show's Future
The verdict is in. Law & Order will return to a 26th season. The long-running procedural was one of the last in-limbo shows waiting for a renewal decision from NBC. (The fate of The Hunting Party is still up in the air. Brilliant Minds was canceled last week after two seasons.) According to Deadline, which was first to report the news, the upcoming season of the Dick Wolf series is not being presented as the final season. However, some cuts co…
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