NBCs three hour Law & Order crossover premiere event was the most watched and highest-rated program the night that it aired according to Live + 3 data exclusively obtained by Variety.
Airing from 8-11 p.m. on Sept 22 the crossover marked the premiere of Season 22 of the Law & Order flagship series Season 24 of Law & Order Special Victims Unit and Season 3 of Law & Order Organized Crime. When accounting for three days of viewing each of the three season premieres matched or exceeded the average rating and total viewership of the last four episodes of their previous seasons, respectively.
Law & Order which concluded the crossover at 10 p.m landed a 1.0 rating in the key adults 18-49 demographic and 6.8 million total viewers through three days of measurement the best performance of a Law & Order episode since Season 21 debuted in February. Compared to Episodes 7-10 of Law & Order Season 21 the series four previous episodes, this marks a 36% increase in rating and a 20% increase in total viewership. In the 9 p.m. timeslot, Live + 3 data for the Season 24 premiere of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was even with the series four most recent episodes: an 18-49 rating of 1.4 with 7.7 total million viewers.
Starting Law & Order night at 8 p.m. Organized Crime posted a 1.2 key rating, up 8% from its four most recent episodes and 7.3 million total viewers up 27%.
The audience of Dick Wolf’s famous franchise continues to grow, and while the numbers above point to an increase in viewership compared to last season, they also indicate how much of the franchises fans tune in via DVRs on demand and other digital platforms instead of during the initial airings on NBC. The day after the Law & Order premiere it was reported according to Live + Same Day data that the flagship series nabbed a 0.6 rating and 4.7 million viewers among adults 18-49, Special Victims Unit made a 0.69 with 5.5 million viewers and Organized Crime landed at a 0.62 with just under 5 million viewers. The new ratings and total tallies after three days of measurement, all at a 1.0 or above and all with 6.8 million total viewers or above show solid jumps from where they started.
NBC also confirmed to Variety that streaming consumption for the season premieres of the flagship and Organized Crime both exceeded most episodes from late last season a significant feat as last seasons streaming viewership included both Hulu and Peacock while the shows now live on Peacock exclusively. The network also says that when comparing last seasons Peacock viewership to this seasons all three Law & Order series saw 6-8x increases and that the three episodes that made up the crossover premiere are now the top NBC episodes on Peacock.
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