Mariska Hargitay offered up some refreshingly frank thoughts, however brief, in speaking about the more recent past seasons.
It appears Season 18 wasn’t her favorite, which probably had to do with the one-and-done boss that year.
Warren Leight served as Law & Order: SVU’s showrunner from Season 13 through Season 17, having previously tackled showrunning duties on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Rick Eid took over the reins for Season 18 before passing those on to Michael Chernuchin.
And while SVU suffered from some of the same ratings woes that hit shows all across primetime TV, the crime drama has been largely consistent with both its central viewership and its demo ratings, despite the casting changes, and the creative team has had a lot of wild real-world headlines to choose from in bringing its cases-of-the-week together.