Mariska Hargitay<\/a> as Captain Olivia Benson<\/p>\nIce-T as Sergeant Odafin \u201cFin\u201d Tutuola<\/p>\n
Kelli Giddish returns as Detective Amanda Rollins, now back as a series regular<\/p>\n
Peter Scanavino as Assistant District Attorney Dominick “Sonny” Carisi Jr.<\/p>\n
Kevin Kane as Detective Terry Bruno<\/p>\n
Aim\u00e9 Donna Kelly as Captain Renee Curry, now promoted to a regular role<\/p>\n
However, Octavio Pisano (Detective Joe Velasco) and Juliana Martinez (Junior Detective Kate Silva) will not return as regulars. Pisano will appear in the first episode of season 27 to wrap up his character\u2019s storyline.<\/p>\n
A New Showrunner Joins<\/p>\n
This season also brings a historic behind-the-scenes change. Michele Fazekas has taken over as showrunner, making her the first woman in that role for SVU.<\/p>\n
Christopher Meloni Returns<\/p>\n
In exciting news, Christopher Meloni is set to return as Detective Elliot Stabler. Meloni left the show in 2011 after season 12 but has made guest appearances in recent years.<\/p>\n
Photos of Meloni and Hargitay filming together in August 2025 have sparked excitement among fans. Meloni also posted pictures with Hargitay and Dann Florek (who played Captain Cragen) on Instagram, saying, \u201cHangin with friends on a Friday nite (sic).\u201d<\/p>\n
Meloni also stars in Law & Order: Organized Crime, which is currently waiting for a season 6 renewal.<\/p>\n
Where to Watch<\/p>\n
In the US: New episodes air on NBC and stream on Peacock the next day<\/p>\n
In India: Available on JioHotstar<\/p>\n
All previous 26 earlier seasons can also be streamed online on these apps.<\/p>\n
With fresh stories, returning favourites, and a few emotional goodbyes, Law & Order: SVU season 27 promises another gripping chapter in the iconic crime series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is coming back once again \u2014 this time for season 27.\u00a0 The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[27446,18,117,19,17,27443,27444,27442,27445,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-35295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-christopher-meloni","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-law-and-order","14":"tag-law-and-order-svu-season-27","15":"tag-law-and-order-special-victims-unit","16":"tag-mariska-hargitay","17":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}