Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
U.S. television ratings
Columns: Season | Episodes | Timeslot (EST) | Season premiere | Season finale | TV season | Ranking | Viewers (in millions)
1 | 22 | Monday 9:00p.m. (1999) Friday 10:00p.m. (2000) | September 20, 1999 | May 19, 2000 | 1999–2000 | 33rd | 12.18 | 2 | 21 | Friday 10:00p.m. | October 20, 2000 | May 11, 2001 | 2000–01 | 29th | 13.1 | 3 | 23 | Friday 10:00p.m. | September 28, 2001 | May 17, 2002 | 2001–02 | 14th | 15.2 | 4 | 25 | Friday 10:00p.m. | September 27, 2002 | May 16, 2003 | 2002–03 | 16th | 14.83 | 5 | 25 | Tuesday 10:00p.m. | September 23, 2003 | May 18, 2004 | 2003–04 | 21st | 12.72 | 6 | 23 | Tuesday 10:00p.m. | September 21, 2004 | May 24, 2005 | 2004–05 | 23rd | 13.46 | 7 | 22 | Tuesday 10:00p.m. | September 20, 2005 | May 16, 2006 | 2005–06 | 24th | 13.78 | 8 | 22 | Tuesday 10:00p.m. | September 19, 2006 | May 22, 2007 | 2006–07 | 38th | 11.94 | 9 | 19 | Tuesday 10:00p.m. | September 25, 2007 | May 13, 2008 | 2007–08 | 30th | 11.33 | 10 | 22 | Tuesday 10:00p.m. | September 23, 2008 | June 2, 2009 | 2008–09 | 39th | 10.11 | 11 | 24 | Wednesday 9:00p.m. Wednesday 10:00p.m. | September 23, 2009 | May 19, 2010 | 2009–10 | 44th | 8.81 | 13 | 23 | Wednesday 10:00p.m. | September 21, 2011 | May 23, 2012 | 2011–12 | 67th | 7.59 | 14 | 24 | Wednesday 9:00p.m. | September 26, 2012 | May 22, 2013 | 2012–13 | 56th | 7.30