Law & Order SVU Season 26: Release date and where to watch in Australia

Is Law and Order: SVU Season 26 streaming in Australia?

Special Victims Unit is Law & Order‘s first spin-off, starring Christopher Meloni in the first 12 seasons and Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson, now SVU’s commanding officer. Just like the original series, some episodes in Law and Order SVU are partly based on real crimes that have captured significant media attention. It also features stories that tackle political and societal issues.

First premiering in 1999, it’s now one of the longest-running shows on television. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit delves into the world of gruesome crimes, headlined by detectives of a new elite force called the Special Victims Unit, or SVU, who mostly investigate sexually-related crimes.

Law & Order: SVU Season 26 Australia release date

Law & Order: Special Victim Unit Season 26 has just premiered in the US last 3 October, with new episodes airing weekly on NBC.

In Australia, no streaming services have announced the premiere of the new season yet, although it’s worth noting that the prior Law and Order SVU Season 25 debuted on Channel 10 and 10 Play.

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Where to watch Law and Order: SVU Season 26 in Australia?

Twenty six seasons are now available to stream on demand, but where to watch Law and Order: SVU Season 26 in Australia?

For Law and Order SVU Season 26 streaming in Australia, fret not because new episodes have recently aired in the US, which means Season 26’s premiere here may be happening soon.

Stream Law & Order: SVU on BINGE

Selected seasons of Law & Order: SVU are streaming in Australia through BINGE. As of this writing, BINGE offers 11 seasons of the crime drama. To begin watching, you’ll need a subscription in order to access BINGE’s full catalogue of shows and movies. 

BINGE still offers a 7-day free trial for new customers. After that, there are three plans available when signing up, available on a monthly or annual basis. First is the Basic (with ads) plan, streaming in HD on one screen at only $10 monthly or $79 yearly.

Next is the Standard plan, which allows streaming movies and shows on up to two screens in HD or 4K on selected content for $19/month or $149 per year. For the best streaming experience with 4K and four concurrent streams, you’ll need to upgrade your subscription to Premium at $22/month or $179/year. 

To sign up, go to the BINGE website, select ‘New to BINGE? Click Here’ and follow instructions. After entering your email address and password, you’ll need to select a subscription type, and submit your payment information. Your free trial will help you decide if you want to keep your BINGE subscription or not.

Watch Law & Order: SVU on Foxtel or Foxtel Now

Foxtel provides access to selected seasons of Law & Order: SVU via Universal Channel. Available instalments are Seasons 13-14 and Seasons 17-23, a total of nine seasons.

Want to join Foxtel? Pick a Foxtel entertainment plan you want to sign up for. The cheapest package is Foxtel Plus, which includes over 50 channels of drama, lifestyle, news, kids TV, music channels, and more, giving you most of Foxtel’s TV catalogue.

Another option for streaming Law and Order SVU in Australia is Foxtel’s online streaming service, Foxtel Now, which still offers a free 10-day trial for new customers. 

On the Foxtel Now website, select the ‘Start free trial’ button to get started. After the free trial, Foxtel Now plans start at $35 per month for the Starter pack, which includes Universal. 

You can also choose to add more channels with the Sports + Movies bundle or get everything including Kids and Docos channels with the Ultimate bundle.

Stream Law & Order: SVU on Prime Video

As of this writing, Amazon Prime Video has 23 seasons of Law & Order SVU. Fortunately, Prime still offers a 30-day free trial, which is quite a generous entry point to check out Amazon. Once you have had your fill for a month, you can decide to renew or cancel your subscription.

In Australia, plans for Amazon Prime Video are available for as low as $9.99 per month. Plus, it is a part of the larger Prime membership that includes shopping and other goodies. The annual plan works out to be cheaper with a $79 membership for 12 months.

What is the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit plot?

Sexually-based offenses are considered the most heinous in the criminal justice system. In the New York City Police Department, the detectives that specialise in investigating and solving such unimaginable cases belong to an elite squad called the Special Victims Unit. Especially trained to take on various sexually oriented crimes, the team is led by Captain Olivia Benson, who worked as a detective in the previous years.

Aside from handling sex crimes, the SVU detectives also investigate child abuse, domestic violence, and other crimes involving disabled and elderly victims. Getting close to vicious felonies as part of their investigation, the members of SVU struggle to keep the dark side of these crimes out of their personal lives, although many cases deeply impact their mentality. How they handle the atrocities they see and their struggle to prevail over the darkness remains to be a major theme of the show.

Currently, the SVU team consists of Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay), Sergeant Fin Tutuola (Ice-T), Assistant DA Dominick Carisi from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office (Peter Scanavino), and new junior dedicated detectives Joe Velasco (Octavio Pisano) and Kate Silva (Juliana Aidén Martinez). Kelli Giddish’s Senior Detective Amanda Rollins departed during Season 24, although she returned as a guest star in Law and Order SVU Season 25 and 26.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 trailer

Check out the trailer for the latest season of Law and Order SVU below:

Cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Christopher Meloni previously played Senior Detective Elliot Stabler in the first 12 seasons, leading the series alongside Mariska Hargitay. He recently returned in seasons 22, 23, and 24 as a recurring character.

For 14 seasons, BD Wong played the squad’s resident criminal profiler, George Huang. Kelli Giddish also joined the main cast as Amanda Rollins in Season 13, then departing the series after Season 24, although she still appears in a few episodes as an ongoing guest star. Kevin Kane’s Detective Terry Bruno is also now a part of the main cast, having first joined the show in Law and Order SVU Season 24.

The current cast of Law and Order SVU Season 26 are as follows:

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit seasons guide

The crime drama has been airing for 26 seasons with the latest Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 awaiting its premiere in Australia. It’s also worth noting that the prior Law and Order SVU Season 25 only consisted of 13 episodes, the show’s least episode-run ever.

With several seasons available for streaming instantly, you might need help in figuring out which subscription service offers certain seasons of the long-running TV show. Here’s a guide to help you out.

Other shows you might like to watch

There are plenty of other shows like Law and Order SVU with procedural dramas a staple on television. To get started, you may like to try the original series, Law & Order or the recent spin-off Organized Crime. Shows like CSI and its many versions also offer compelling cases you’ll enjoy watching on TV.

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