Ratings Review: LAW & ORDER: SVU (season 14)

LAW & ORDER: SVU is not the series it once was. At best it finishes in third place in its time slot, behind both MODERN FAMILY and CRIMINAL MINDS. But, being on NBC, it is still one of the stronger scripted series on the network. As long as NBC maintains a low bar in what it produces in the ratings, LAW & ORDER: SVU should be around for quite a while longer.


For the season, LAW & ORDER: SVU averaged 5.8 million viewers and a 1.5 rating in Adults 18-49, for its 29 airings, including six repeat episodes. 2013-14 should be more of the same as it has pretty much the same competition from last year.

LAW & ORDER: SVU (Wednesdays at 9 p.m., on NBC)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
09/26/12	7.19	2.1		2hr
10/03/12	Preempted
10/10/12	6.24	1.8
10/17/12	6.25	1.6	0%
10/24/12	6.77	1.9	8%
10/31/12	6.05	1.7	-11%
11/07/12	Preempted
11/14/12	5.78	1.7
11/21/12	5.20	1.3	-10%
11/28/12	Preempted
12/05/12	6.16	1.6
12/12/12	Preempted
12/19/12	Preempted
12/26/12	5.49	1.3		R
01/02/13	7.73	2.2	41%
01/09/13	9.33	2.1	21%
01/16/13	2.66	0.6	-72%	R
01/23/13	2.65	0.7	0%	R
01/30/13	6.42	1.7	142%
02/06/13	5.23	1.5	-19%
02/13/13	6.35	1.5	21%
02/20/13	5.61	1.6	-12%
02/27/13	5.44	1.6	-3%
03/06/13	4.27	1.1	-22%	R
03/13/13	4.59	1.1	8%	R
03/20/13	5.51	1.6	20%
03/27/13	6.61	1.7	20%
04/03/13	6.34	1.6	-4%
04/10/13	4.49	1.1	-29%	R
04/17/13	7.35	1.9	64%
04/24/13	5.79	1.5	-21%
05/01/13	6.91	1.9	19%
05/08/13	6.48	1.5	-6%
05/15/13	6.66	1.7	3%

* - in millions