The episode entitled 'Chicago Crossover' aired on November 12, 2014, as part of a crossover between Chicago P.D., Chicago Fire, and SVU. NBC President Robert Greenblatt announced that Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, and also Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, could continue to have crossover episodes during the 2014–15 season. Prior to the conclusion of the fifteenth season and hence Sergeant Olivia Benson's ( Mariska Hargitay) fostering of baby Noah Porter, Raúl Esparza ( Rafael Barba) revealed that, 'Benson has a very big, life-changing event take place for her, which I think is gonna last for a while.she might make some choices that are really gonna change her life.' Įxecutive producer Warren Leight revealed that the sixteenth season would follow the events of the previous season finale, with Detective Nick Amaro ( Danny Pino) 'sent to the bowels of Queens to do traffic stops'. A second episode was also completed during June with the third scheduled episode being pushed back until after the production hiatus to give rest to the cast and crew. Production on the season commenced on May 22, with the shooting of first episode, entitled 'Girls Disappeared', completed in early June. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was renewed for a sixteenth season on May 7, 2014, by NBC. The sixteenth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit debuted on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at 9pm/8c ( Eastern), and concluded on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, on NBC.