when does season 18 of law and order svu start
September 21, 2016
title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18) text: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18) The eighteenth season of "" debuted on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, on NBC and finished on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, with a two-hour season finale. Rick Eid, who previously worked on "Law & Order" and "", became the executive producer and showrunner, following Warren Leight's departure from the series at the conclusion of the seventeenth season. Eid himself departed the series at the end of the eighteenth season and was replaced by Michael S. Chernuchin. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" was renewed for an eighteenth season on February 1, 2016, by title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18) text: 399th episode. The 400th episode that was aired was the eleventh episode of the season, "Great Expectations," which aired on NBC on February 15, 2017, (after being moved from its initial air date of November 9, 2016, and a second air date of January 4, 2017). At the end of production of the season, during upfronts "SVU" was renewed for a nineteenth season. Following the renewal announcement, it was revealed that show runner/executive producer Rick Eid had departed the show. He took over "Chicago P.D." as showrunner/EP starting with its fifth season, replacing "C.P.D." co-creator/EP Matt Olmstead. Michael Chernuchin, former title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit text: with the original Law & Order but stopped after the first episode. The first season later moved to Nine's sister channel Gem on Sunday nights as of February 25, 2018 at 9:10pm with double episodes before moving to single episodes, and later reairing them in the early hours of Monday morning. Gem is currently airing the second season. Season 19 premiered on Network Ten on October 5, 2017 at 9:40pm. As of September 2017, the show is rerun on fellow NBCUniversal network USA, as well as Ion Television, MyNetworkTV's Monday evening lineup, and local stations. The show also briefly ran title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 20) text: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 20) The twentieth season of "" premiered on Thursday, September 27, 2018, at 9PM ET with a two-part premiere episode. The following Thursday, the series started airing new episodes at 10PM ET. This landmark season of "SVU" tied it with both the original "Law & Order" series and "Gunsmoke" as longest-running scripted non-animated U.S. primetime TV series. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" was renewed for a twentieth season on May 9, 2018. Production started on July 16, 2018. On July 12, 2018, Executive Producer Julie Martin posted a photo of a script title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit text: simultaneously, two episodes after the original airing in the US. In Venezuela, the cable network "Fox Life" airs Law & Order: SVU starting from season 1 every Monday to Friday at 9:05pm. "Law & Order: SVU" is broadcast at 9.30 pm on Tuesdays on TV3 in New Zealand. Series 18 premiered on 11 April 2017. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often abbreviated to Law & Order: SVU or just SVU) is an American police procedural, legal, crime drama television series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced. In the