Ratings Review: LAW & ORDER: SVU (Season 17 - Fall 2015)

LAW & ORDER: SVU is still chugging along after 17 seasons, keeping up with and even exceeding, new series on NBC and other networks. It has a good chance of tying the original LAW & ORDER for the longest running series of the franchise and, perhaps even pass it come fall 2019. But, lets digress a bit and look at this fall's ratings.

In the Live+SD ratings, SVU averaged 6.89 million viewers, a 1.2 rating in Adults 18-34, a 1.6 rating in Adults 18-49, and a 2.0 rating in Adults 25-54, for the fall half of the season.

In the Live+3 DVR ratings, the series averaged an additional 2.3 million viewers and  a full point in the A18-49 demographic. By the Live+7 DVR ratings, the averages grew to 9.86 million viewers (+43%) and a 2.8 rating (+75%) in Adults 18-49.

After six weeks off, the series will return to original episodes on January 6, 2016.

Live+Same Day Ratings
 (Wednesdays at 9 p.m., on NBC)

Date	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
09/23/15	8.27	1.2	1.8	2.3
09/30/15	6.73	1.3	1.7	2.0
10/07/15	7.00	1.2	1.6	1.9
10/14/15	6.20	1.0	1.5	1.9
10/21/15	6.33	1.1	1.5	1.8
10/28/15	preempted
11/04/15	6.55	1.2	1.5	1.8
11/11/15	7.76	1.4	2.0	2.5
11/18/15	6.29	0.9	1.4	1.8

* - in millions

"DVR" Ratings (post same day viewership)

Date	L+3 (P2+)	L+3 (18-49)	L+7 (P2+)	L+7 (18-49)
09/23/15	10.53	2.6	11.38	3.0
09/30/15	8.78	2.5	9.39	2.7
10/07/15	9.37	2.5	9.99	2.7
10/14/15	8.35	2.3	8.95	2.5
10/21/15	8.49		9.20	2.6
10/28/15	preempted
11/04/15	9.03	2.6	9.72	2.9
11/11/15	10.38	3.1	11.00	3.3
11/18/15	8.70	2.4	9.28	2.6

* - in millions

* - in millions

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