“LAaw & Order SVU” is booming in its 25th season.
Last night the venerable police show won the night in ratings for a drama with 4.78 million viewers. (Only the CBS comedy hour at 8pm did better.)
“SVU” also saw its key demo numbers jump a whopping 51.52 percent, to 500,000 viewers. That alone is reason for celebration.
“SVU” handily beat CBS’s “So Help Me Todd,” a strong show that the Tiffany network cancelled today. (Bad decision. A perfect Sunday night show in the old days.)
“SVU”s success happened because this was the 6th and final episode in a continuing story about kidnapped kid Maddie Flynn. The whole season has revolved around Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) witnessing Maddie getting taken and then finally returning her to her parents. Last night was the trial of her abuser.
The “SVU” ratings helped increase “Organized Crime” at 10pm by 22%, but the Chris Meloni “Law & Order” still lost to CBS’s “Elsbeth.” The Meloni show is either going to get cancelled or moved to Peacock. It has never found any traction. Unlike “SVU,” “Organized Crime” has no central idea and no supporting characters of any interest/
