NBC's Longest-Running Series Is Still Good After Nearly 30 Years, It's Scary

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The following article contains spoilers for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 28 episode 1, "Volition", and a discussion of sexual abuse.While longevity often becomes part of the problem for long-running dramas as they start to drag, NBC's longest-running scripted drama has been able to stay so readily on the pulse of what's happening in the world that it can be scary. Even nearly 30 years into its run, Law & Order: Special Victims Unithas been able to continually find itself mirroring its episodes from cases that are ripped from the headlines, which makes it the most culturally relevant procedural on the air despite its age. The secret to the series has never been about spectacle, but instead about finding the painful humanity in each of its cases week after week.
Cher Thompson

NBC's Longest-Running Series Is Still Good After Nearly 30 Years, It's Scary

NBC's veteran show still packs a punch each week.

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