NBC renews 'Law & Order: SVU' for record-setting 21st season

Series to become longest-running prime-time live-action show in America

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 20: (R-L) Peter Scanavino, Kelli Giddish, Dick Wolf, Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Philip Winchester attends the 'Law & Order: SVU' 20th Anniversary Celebration the 2018 Tribeca TV Festival at Spring Studios on September 20, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tribeca TV)

NEW YORK – "Law & Order: SVU" will break a record and become the longest-running prime-time live-action show in American TV history when it kicks off its 21st season.

The series will have lasted longer than its parent show "Law & Order," which ran for 20 seasons. It will also beat CBS' "Gunsmoke," which also ran for 20 seasons.

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Lead actress, director and executive producer, Mariska Hargitay, will continue her run as Lt. Olivia Benson. She celebrated the renewal on Twitter.

"20 years ago, we started a conversation. We're not finished. I'm profoundly proud of how far we've come. Prouder still of how far we'll go. We've all broken this ground together. #SVUSeason21"

The official SVU Writers Room twitter also shared the news with a celebratory Tweet.


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