(Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images; Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images) SVU, meanwhile, will make a splash this fall as it returns with a two-hour premiere on Thursday, September 23, followed by the premiere of Organized Crime. At the time of For the Defenseâs series order, Wolf had noted it was âexciting for me personally,â adding that he was excited to âplay defenseâ after 30 years of covering offense with the other shows. Unfortunately, fans wonât know what that looks like as For the Defense gets left behind. This article originally ran on tvinsider.com.