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Mariska Hargitay Capt. Olivia Benson
Ice-T Sgt. Odafin Tutuola
Kelli Giddish Detective Amanda Rollins
Peter Scanavino ADA Sonny Carisi
Octavio Pisano Detective Joe Velasco
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Warren Leight Executive Producer
Julie Martin Executive Producer
Mariska Hargitay Executive Producer
Norberto Barba Executive Producer
Arthur Forney Executive Producer
Peter Jankowski Executive Producer
Michael Ciliento Producer
Allison Intieri Producer
Brianna Yellen Producer
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Thursday, July 25
Prima Nocta
Season 25 • Episode 11
A runaway bride calls the SVU for help on the day of her wedding; Rollins pitches in on her day off.
Friday, July 26
Doubt
Season 6 • Episode 8
A professor is accused of sexual assault, but the case turns into a he-said, she-said standoff.
Friday, July 26
Monster's Legacy
Season 14 • Episode 13
When a janitor attacks a coach, the team connects his behavior to a history of sexual abuse.
Friday, July 26
At Midnight in Manhattan
Season 21 • Episode 5
The detectives are spread thin when three major cases come in at midnight; Rollins and Carisi argue.
Friday, July 26
Can't Be Held Accountable
Season 21 • Episode 9
The SVU helps when a fellow detective suspects his daughters are being groomed by a serial predator.
Friday, July 26
Must Be Held Accountable
Season 21 • Episode 10
A desperate father takes matters into his own hands in the case against his daughter's rapist.
Friday, July 26
In the Year We All Fell Down
Season 22 • Episode 12
Benson walks into a hostage situation at a neighborhood restaurant.
Friday, July 26
Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
Season 22 • Episode 16
Benson and Rollins help a homeless single mother who's being trafficked in exchange for housing.
Friday, July 26
And the Empire Strikes Back
Season 23 • Episode 1
As the investigation into a sex-for-housing scheme expands, Benson's loyalty to Garland is tested.
Friday, July 26
Never Turn Your Back on Them
Season 23 • Episode 2
The search for a missing witness leads Fin and Kat down a dangerous path.
Friday, July 26
Fast Times @DIGGYSPENTHOUSE
Season 23 • Episode 5
The SVU faces the fury of social media fans when they arrest two popular influencer brothers.
Friday, July 26
If I Knew Then What I Know Now
Season 23 • Episode 13
A young woman learning about her birth parents asks Benson for help.
Friday, July 26
Promising Young Gentlemen
Season 23 • Episode 15
Benson investigates a college's secret society that preys on female students.
Friday, July 26
A Final Call at Forlini's Bar
Season 23 • Episode 22
The SVU helps a longtime domestic violence victim; Carisi faces a formidable opponent at trial.
Saturday, July 27
Mirror Effect
Season 24 • Episode 3
Benson helps a pop star in a volatile relationship; Rollins takes the stress of work home with her.
Saturday, July 27
Controlled Burn
Season 24 • Episode 6
Rollins investigates an assault by a masked man at an underground party.
Saturday, July 27
And a Trauma in a Pear Tree
Season 24 • Episode 9
Benson tries to make Noah's Christmas wish come true when a case falls in her lap.
Saturday, July 27
Spring Awakening
Season 15 • Episode 24
An online ad for escorts leads to the rape and robbery of tourists.
Saturday, July 27
Girls Disappeared
Season 16 • Episode 1
Benson adjusts to motherhood; Amaro arrests a young prostitute with connections to Noah's mother.
Saturday, July 27
American Disgrace
Season 16 • Episode 2
A series of allegations are made against a superstar basketball player.
Saturday, July 27
Producer's Backend
Season 16 • Episode 3
Amaro lands back on the SVU squad in time to investigate a starlet accused of statutory rape.
Saturday, July 27
Holden's Manifesto
Season 16 • Episode 4
The team tries to find a bike messenger who has kept a video diary of his troubles with women.
Saturday, July 27
Pornstar's Requiem
Season 16 • Episode 5
A college student becomes a target after her work as a porn star is discovered by her classmates.
Saturday, July 27
Glasgowman's Wrath
Season 16 • Episode 6
Three young girls' search for a mythical character leads to violence.
Saturday, July 27
Chicago Crossover
Season 16 • Episode 7
Member of the Chicago P.D. work with the SVU as they investigate a child pornography site.
Saturday, July 27
Spousal Privilege
Season 16 • Episode 8
A man is found to be abusive toward his girlfriend, but the victim is reluctant to fight back.
Saturday, July 27
Pattern Seventeen
Season 16 • Episode 9
The media spotlight shines on Sgt. Benson when she investigates a string of rapes.
Saturday, July 27
Forgiving Rollins
Season 16 • Episode 10
After being found unconscious in her hotel bathroom, an Atlanta detective says she was raped.
Saturday, July 27
Agent Provocateur
Season 16 • Episode 11
A teenager is sexually assaulted and left for dead in an alley after attending a movie star's party.
Saturday, July 27
Padre Sandunguero
Season 16 • Episode 12
When Amaro's estranged father is arrested at his own wedding, Amaro becomes a witness.
Saturday, July 27
Decaying Morality
Season 16 • Episode 13
After a teenage girl makes a rape accusation, her father takes matters into his own hands.
Sunday, July 28
Intimidation Game
Season 16 • Episode 14
The cops must protect a female video game developer who has been receiving death threats.
Sunday, July 28
Undercover Mother
Season 16 • Episode 15
During an undercover bust, Carisi meets a woman searching for her daughter.
Monday, July 29
Weak
Season 6 • Episode 9
Benson and Stabler must rely on a psychiatrist and her schizophrenic patient to nail a suspect.
Monday, July 29
Secrets Exhumed
Season 14 • Episode 14
FBI Agent Dana Lewis partners with SVU to investigate multiple unsolved cases that may be connected.
Monday, July 29
Russian Brides
Season 13 • Episode 7
When a young mail-order bride is found dead, the investigation leads to the Russian mafia.
Monday, July 29
Educated Guess
Season 13 • Episode 8
Detectives Benson and Rollins investigate when a mental patient says he witnessed a rape.
Tuesday, July 30
Contagious
Season 6 • Episode 11
While examining a 9-year-old girl after a car crash, doctors find that she has been molested.
Tuesday, July 30
Deadly Ambition
Season 14 • Episode 15
The SVU squad tries to keep Detective Rollins' sister safe when she turns up beaten and pregnant.
Wednesday, July 31
Identity
Season 6 • Episode 12
A gang member is pushed from a rooftop in what appears to be retribution for a sexual assault.
Wednesday, July 31
Funny Valentine
Season 14 • Episode 16
A singer is beaten by her boyfriend, a hip-hop star, but she refuses to help build the case.
Thursday, August 1
Quarry
Season 6 • Episode 13
A tip leads Benson and Cragen to the body of a 7-year-old boy, missing since 1980.
Thursday, August 1
Undercover Blue
Season 14 • Episode 17
A woman claims that Brian Cassidy raped her while he was working under cover.
Friday, August 2
Game
Season 6 • Episode 14
Teens re-enacting a video game are the prime suspects in the brutal rape and murder of a prostitute.
Friday, August 2
Legitimate Rape
Season 14 • Episode 18
A popular sports reporter accuses a cameraman of rape and stalking.
Saturday, August 3
December Solstice
Season 16 • Episode 16
A feud between a famous author and his sixth wife turns into a criminal case.
Saturday, August 3
Parole Violations
Season 16 • Episode 17
Carisi must investigate when he sister's fiancé accuses his parole officer of rape.
Saturday, August 3
Devastating Story
Season 16 • Episode 18
During an interview on a popular TV show, a college student claims she was gang raped.
Saturday, August 3
Granting Immunity
Season 16 • Episode 19
Suspects fall victim to the measles; Amaro receives distressing news about his son.
Saturday, August 3
Daydream Believer
Season 16 • Episode 20
Members of the Chicago PD go to New York to help SVU pursue their prime suspect.
Saturday, August 3
Perverted Justice
Season 16 • Episode 21
A woman wants to recant her testimony and free her father, who was incarcerated for incest and rape.
Saturday, August 3
Parents' Nightmare
Season 16 • Episode 22
Efforts to find a boy kidnapped for ransom are hindered by his contentious estranged parents.
Saturday, August 3
Surrendering Noah
Season 16 • Episode 23
Noah's adoption becomes involved with a case, causing Benson to fear for the child's future.
Saturday, August 3
Devil's Dissections
Season 17 • Episode 1
Rollins hopes to elicit a confession from killer Gregory Yates when a body washes up on the beach.
Saturday, August 3
Criminal Pathology
Season 17 • Episode 2
Detectives continue to investigate a woman's gruesome murder by following a serial killer's lead.
Saturday, August 3
Transgender Bridge
Season 17 • Episode 3
A 15-year-old who put a transgender teen in the hospital is tried as an adult.
Saturday, August 3
Institutional Fail
Season 17 • Episode 4
When a starving toddler is found, detectives are led to another child in grave condition.
Saturday, August 3
Community Policing
Season 17 • Episode 5
An unarmed black man is shot during the pursuit of a suspect, raising racial tensions.
Saturday, August 3
Maternal Instincts
Season 17 • Episode 6
The investigation into the rape of a violinist by her colleague leads to Rollins' sister.
Sunday, August 4
Patrimonial Burden
Season 17 • Episode 7
The 13-year-old daughter of a reality-TV family discovers she's pregnant.
Sunday, August 4
Melancholy Pursuit
Season 17 • Episode 8
The search for a missing teenager takes an emotional toll on Dodds.
Monday, August 5
Hooked
Season 6 • Episode 15
The detectives find that a murdered teen girl was a prostitute who contracted HIV while working.
Monday, August 5
Born Psychopath
Season 14 • Episode 19
The SVU detectives investigate after a school nurse notices multiple injuries on a young girl.
Monday, August 5
Lost Traveler
Season 13 • Episode 9
When a boy disappears, Benson and Amaro interview the parents, who don't trust the police.
Monday, August 5
Spiraling Down
Season 13 • Episode 10
The detectives find a missing 14-year-old girl working as a prostitute.
Tuesday, August 6
Ghost
Season 6 • Episode 16
When a wealthy couple is found dead, the detectives discover links to a South American drug cartel.
Tuesday, August 6
Girl Dishonored
Season 14 • Episode 20
The SVU detectives investigate the alleged rape of a sorority pledge.
Wednesday, August 7
Rage
Season 6 • Episode 17
Stabler questions a man suspected in the murder of a teenage girl.
Wednesday, August 7
Traumatic Wound
Season 14 • Episode 21
When a concert turns into a mob scene, a teenager is brutally assaulted.
Thursday, August 8
Pure
Season 6 • Episode 18
When a teenage girl disappears, a psychic (Martin Short) is brought into the investigation.
Thursday, August 8
Poisoned Motive
Season 14 • Episode 22
Two sniper attacks on the NYPD are linked to Detective Tutuola's past as a narcotics officer.
Friday, August 9
Intoxicated
Season 6 • Episode 19
A mother who reported the statutory rape of her daughter is found murdered.
Friday, August 9
Brief Interlude
Season 14 • Episode 23
The detectives investigate how a comatose woman ended up in a river near the mayor's home.
Saturday, August 10
Depravity Standard
Season 17 • Episode 9
Barba faces off against a former colleague during the trial of child abductor Lewis Hodda.
Saturday, August 10
Catfishing Teacher
Season 17 • Episode 10
A high-school student plans a secret hookup with a teacher, but ends up in a sinister situation.
Saturday, August 10
Townhouse Incident
Season 17 • Episode 11
When Sgt. Olivia Benson attempts to stop a violent home invasion, she becomes a hostage.
Saturday, August 10
A Misunderstanding
Season 17 • Episode 12
A murky date-rape case impacts the futures of two high-school students.
Saturday, August 10
Forty-One Witnesses
Season 17 • Episode 13
When a woman is raped outside of her building, neighbors witness the crime but don't call for help.
Saturday, August 10
Nationwide Manhunt
Season 17 • Episode 14
Detectives Lindsay and Dawson from Chicago P.D. help SVU when two convicted murderers escape.
Saturday, August 10
Collateral Damages
Season 17 • Episode 15
An online pedophile ring -- including two high-profile suspects -- is targeted in a sting.
Saturday, August 10
Star-Struck Victims
Season 17 • Episode 16
Barba must drop rape charges against a popular actor due to lack of evidence.
Saturday, August 10
Manhattan Transfer
Season 17 • Episode 17
An investigation into the sexual exploitation of Catholic schoolgirls results in unexpected charges.
Saturday, August 10
Unholiest Alliance
Season 17 • Episode 18
The team investigates a sex trafficking operation with ties to government offices and the church.
Saturday, August 10
Sheltered Outcasts
Season 17 • Episode 19
Detective Carisi goes under cover in a homeless shelter to try to find a neighborhood rapist.
Saturday, August 10
Fashionable Crimes
Season 17 • Episode 20
A famous photographer accused of raping a model asks his brother to help him avoid charges.
Saturday, August 10
Assaulting Reality
Season 17 • Episode 21
The SVU investigates when a contestant from a reality dating series says she was raped.
Saturday, August 10
Intersecting Lives
Season 17 • Episode 22
A corrections officer, arrested for assaulting female prisoners, has the support of his union.
Sunday, August 11
Heartfelt Passages
Season 17 • Episode 23
The union backing a corrections officer accused of sexual abuse threatens the SVU team.
Sunday, August 11
Terrorized
Season 18 • Episode 1
The SVU and the joint-terrorism task force investigate a possible planned mass-casualty event.
Sunday, August 11
I Thought You Were on My Side
Season 23 • Episode 3
Benson must contend with the FBI when a rape victim identifies a dangerous mobster as her assailant.
Sunday, August 11
One More Tale of Two Victims
Season 23 • Episode 4
The SVU searches for a serial rapist who preys on mothers with young children.
Monday, August 12
The Five Hundredth Episode
Season 23 • Episode 6
Amaro asks the SVU for help and brings a figure from Benson's past back into her life.
Monday, August 12
Nightmares in Drill City
Season 23 • Episode 8
Carisi asks the SVU for help with a murder investigation when a witness shows signs of abuse.
Monday, August 12
No Good Reason
Season 19 • Episode 4
A teenager disappears after schoolmates make her the subject of a vicious cyberbullying attack.
Monday, August 12
Complicated
Season 19 • Episode 5
An old kidnapping case is reopened when a young woman is found wandering in Central Park.
Monday, August 12
Gone Baby Gone
Season 19 • Episode 9
Emotions run high as the squad embarks on a frantic search for Benson's missing son.
Monday, August 12
The Things We Have to Lose
Season 21 • Episode 20
As Carisi begins the trial of Sir Toby Moore, the SVU faces setbacks in other cases.
Monday, August 12
Night
Season 6 • Episode 20
The detectives have a suspect but not enough evidence when a serial rapist preys on immigrant women.
Monday, August 12
Her Negotiation
Season 14 • Episode 24
The detectives work to uncover a flasher's true identity; Benson finds herself in mortal danger.
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