<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The nineteenth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered on September 27, 2017 . </P> <P> Michael Chernuchin, who had previously worked on Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Chicago Justice took over from Rick Eid as showrunner . This is also the first season since season twelve in 2010--2011, where another Law & Order series--Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders--aired alongside SVU on NBC . The season will conclude on May 23, 2018 with a two part season finale . </P> <P> Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was renewed for a nineteenth season on May 12, 2017 . Michael S. Chernuchin, who had previously worked on Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Chicago Justice took over from Rick Eid as showrunner, after Eid left to be showrunner for the fifth season of Chicago P.D. after only one season as showrunner . Production on the season started on July 20, 2017 . On January 9, 2018, NBC ordered an extra two episodes for season nineteen, as confirmed in a tweet by Robert Brooks Cohen, rounding the episode count to 24 . </P>

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