The Hunting Party is finally back on NBC in the 2026 TV schedule, but the crime drama isn't returning to its former Monday night time slot. Melissa Roxburgh's post-Manifest series is moving to Thursday nights, where new episodes will air immediately after Law & Order: SVU in the slot previously held by Christopher Meloni's Law & Order: Organized Crime. Ahead of the Season 2 premiere, Roxburgh opened up about her series' new time slot.
To be clear, the Law & Order: Organized Crime season that was airing at 10 p.m. ET on Thursdays last fall wasn't a batch of new episodes that NBC is bumping; rather, it was the fifth season that was already available streaming with a Peacock subscription. The Hunting Party replacing the SVU spinoff isn't bad news for fans of OC, but pretty great news for fans of the sophomore series. Melissa Roxburgh opened up about the move to Thursday nights:
