Aside from the original series, the world of Law & Order has seen numerous spin-offs, namely the successful Law & Order: Special Victims Unit<\/a>.<\/p>\n The series follows a group of specially trained detectives in the NYPD who form the Special Victims Unit and the investigations they\u2019re faced with, which are some of the city\u2019s sexually based offences, including harassment and sexual assault.<\/p>\n Law & Order: SVU has been on our screens since 1999 and it doesn\u2019t look as though the series is set to slow down any time soon, with the 25th season set to hit our screens this month alongside a new season of SVU spin-off Organized Crime<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read on for everything you need to know about Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.<\/p> The new 25th season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is premiering on Thursday 18th <\/strong>January 2024 at 9pm ET on NBC\u00a0<\/strong>in the US. Like with Organized Crime, a release date for the UK hasn\u2019t yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n Previously, SVU has aired on Sky Witness and NOW but re-runs of the series can be found on 5USA, so there\u2019s no telling which platform fans can expect to stream the series on when it does arrive in the UK. We\u2019ll be sure to update you with more news when we have it.<\/p>\n The main cast of SVU has remained relatively constant throughout its 25 seasons but the major character departure of Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) in 2011 really shook things up, with the detective now featuring in his own spin-off, Organized Crime.<\/p>\n The cast of SVU is led by Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson, and we can likely expect the same regular faces of Ice-T as Fin, Peter Scanavino as Sonny and more.<\/p>\n We do know, though, that one previous regular face in SVU is set to make a reappearance in season 25, as Kelli Giddish is set to return for the season 25 premiere<\/a>.<\/p>\n Giddish starred as former detective Amanda Rollins, first appearing in season 13 and leaving the series in December 2022. Since then, Giddish returned for the SVU season 24 finale, where fans learnt that she is teaching criminal behavior at Fordham University but life is a lot less exciting now.<\/p>\n So, could Rollins be coming back to the SVU team? While we\u2019re not sure in what capacity Giddish is set to reappear, we\u2019ll just have to wait and see if it forms part of a bigger subplot that brings her back in the series more regularly.<\/p>\n The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit cast that we\u2019d expect to make a return for season 25 are:<\/p>\n One person that we know won\u2019t be returning for season 25 is Molly Burnett (Detective Grace Muncy), who was in the show for less than a year.<\/p>\n News of Burnett\u2019s departure was announced back in May 2023 (via Deadline<\/a>) and so, with a gap in the SVU team now, it\u2019s likely that either a new character or Giddish could be coming to fill that role.<\/p> Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 25 release date<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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