Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 18
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | |
|---|---|
| Season 18 | |
Season 18 U.S. DVD cover | |
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 21, 2016 – May 24, 2017 |
| Season chronology | |
The eighteenth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit debuted on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, on NBC and finished on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, with a two-hour season finale.
Rick Eid, who previously worked on Law & Order and Law & Order: Trial by Jury, became the executive producer and showrunner, following Warren Leight's departure from the series at the conclusion of the seventeenth season. Eid himself departed the series at the end of the eighteenth season and was replaced by Michael S. Chernuchin.