Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 21
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | |
|---|---|
| Season 21 | |
Season 21 U.S. DVD cover | |
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 26, 2019 – April 23, 2020 |
| Season chronology | |
The twenty-first season of the American crime-drama television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered on Thursday, September 26, 2019, on NBC and concluded on April 23, 2020. This made the series the longest-running U.S. prime-time drama in history. The season is produced by Wolf Films and Universal Television; the showrunner being Warren Leight.
This season is the first not to feature Philip Winchester as Peter Stone since his introduction in the nineteenth season, following his departure at the conclusion of the previous season.
On March 13, 2020, the production of the twenty-first season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Twenty out of the original twenty-four episode order were completed before production was suspended. The twentieth episode served as the season finale.