'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' gets renewed for Season 21, breaks record for longest-running primetime drama

The new and 21st season will mean SVU will push past the original 'Law & Order' and also beat 'Gunsmoke', to become the longest-running prime-time drama ever
PUBLISHED MAR 29, 2019

'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' has just been renewed by NBC for yet another season, and this also marks the long-running procedural drama, breaking television records, as a new and 21st season will mean it will push past the original 'Law & Order'. In fact, 'Special Victims Unit' aka 'SVU' will also beat 'Gunsmoke', to become the longest-running prime-time drama ever.



 

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