Episodes
587
27 seasons
587 episodes · 27 seasons · 440.3 hours to binge
587
27 seasons
440.3 h
18d 8h
18 days
non-stop
7.9/10
4,114 votes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit runs to 587 episodes across 27 seasons, at roughly 45 minutes each. Watching every episode back to back is 440.3 hours of pure run time — that's 18 days and 8 hours without a single break.
More realistically, at two episodes a night you'll finish in about 294 days. That's 55.0 full 8-hour work days of screen time. Use the planner below to pick your own pace and get an exact finish date.
440.3 h
Pure run time
294 days
At 2 episodes/day
45 min
Per episode
Day 294: 100% done (587 of 587 episodes)
21.7
on average
16.3 h
on average
26,415
18 days non-stop
At 440.3 hours, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is longer than 99% of every series tracked here — making it true marathon material. Within the Crime genre the average is 64.6 hours, so Law & Order: Special Victims Unit sits above that.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is very well rated at 7.9/10 from 4,114 votes. With 440.3 hours of total run time it's a genuine long-haul marathon — plan accordingly before you press play.
All 587 episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit add up to 440.3 hours of pure run time — that's 18 days and 8 hours non-stop.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has 587 episodes across 27 seasons, averaging about 45 minutes per episode.
At 1 episode a day it takes 587 days, at 2 episodes a day 294 days, and at a marathon pace of 8 a day just 74 days.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is rated 7.9/10 from 4,114 votes. Budget 440.3 hours if you want to watch the whole thing.
Episodes, seasons and rating come from TMDB (as of 2/12/2026). Law & Order: Special Victims Unit had no official per-episode runtime on file, so the 45 minutes shown are a genre-based estimate.
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