season 17 of law and order svu production started for the season premiere on august 21, 2015.
season 17 of law and order svu production started for the season premiere on august 21, 2015.
when does season 17 of law and order svu production start for the season premiere?
august 21, 2015
"law & order: special victims unit" was renewed for a seventeenth season on february 5, 2015, by nbc. mariska hargitay (olivia benson) had her contract renewed for season 17, as well as ice-t (det. fin tutuola). it was announced in march 2015 that season seventeen would be show runner/executive producer warren leight's last season on the show: leight signed a three-year deal with sony pictures television that allowed him to work on "svu" for one final season. production on season seventeen started in late may 2015 on the two-hour season premiere, afterwards the cast and crew took a hiatus and resumed filming on august 21, 2015. executive producer leight shared via twitter that star mariska hargitay would be directing an episode this season as well, tweeting "of course mariska will direct again this year. after 17 seasons, she's in a class of her own." hargitay ultimately directed two episodes: "a misunderstanding" and "sheltered outcasts."
law & order: special victims unit (season 17)
with the season eleven premiere on september 23, 2009, the series vacated its tuesday 10 p.m. et slot because nbc began a prime-time weeknight jay leno series. the new time slot became wednesday nights at 9:00 p.m. et on nbc, with ctv still airing "svu" on tuesdays at 10:00 in canada. after the 2010 winter olympics on march 3, 2010, the time slot for "svu" changed again to wednesdays at 10 p.m. et, where it stayed until the twelfth season. in the 12th season, "svu" moved back to 9:00 p.m. to lead in the newest "law & order" spinoff, "", until it was pulled from the network in january 2011 to be retooled. "svu" moved back to 10:00 p.m. on january 12, 2011, until the end of the 13th season. with season 14, "svu" moved back to 9:00 p.m. after a two-hour season premiere event on september 26, 2012. beginning with season 20, svu will air on thursday nights at 10 pm, after nbc decided to devote their entire wednesday primetime lineup to the chicago med, pd, and fire trilogy. this will mark the first time ever that law & order svu has held this timeslot on thursday nights.
law & order: special victims unit