Jalen Brunson to guest star in ‘Law & Order: SVU.' Here's when the episode airs

Jalen Brunson is trading in his basketball shoes for a detective badge. The New York Knicks point guard is set to guest star in an upcoming episode of Law Order: Special Victims Unit, NBC confirmed. Brunson will appear in the fifth episode of Season 28 titled Forsaken, which airs Thursday, Nov. 5 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC. The episode will be available to watch on Peacock the following day. A promo for the episode shows Olivia Benson, played by Mariska Hargitay, calling upon Brunson s character, Detective Madison, for help with a case. Brunson a longtime SVU fan and Hargitay a longtime Knicks fan have developed a close friendship. They bonded after Hargitay learned Brunson, who signed with the Knicks in 2022, was a big SVU fan. I was so flattered and thrilled, because I was such a huge fan, Hargitay said last year on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” Brunson said on his podcast, The Roommates Show,” that he s always loved SVU, adding that watch