NBC is reshuffling part of its primetime lineup for the 2026-27 television season, and one of the network’s biggest franchise moves involves Law & Order . After airing in the Thursday 8 p.m. slot since returning to NBC in 2021, the long-running procedural is moving back to 10 p.m. next fall, while Law & Order: SVU stays put at 9 p.m. According to Deadline , the shift comes as NBC makes room for a broadcast version of Peacock’s breakout reality hit The Traitors , which will now open the network’s Thursday lineup. The updated schedule arrives as NBC continues balancing entertainment programming with an increasingly sports-heavy primetime slate that already includes Sunday Night Football , college football, NBA coverage, and, beginning next season, MLB games. Despite that, NBC is still expanding its scripted offerings with new dramas Line of Fire and The Rockford Files , plus comedies Newlyweds and Sunset P.I.…