"‘S.W.A.T.’ Canceled (Again) By CBS After 8 Seasons; Showrunner Calls News “Heartbreaking”"/ "‘S.W.A.T’ Star Shemar Moore Sends Up Signal Now That CBS Has Canceled Drama: ;Netflix, We’d Love To Come Play'"

Mar. 6, 2025 "‘S.W.A.T.’ Canceled (Again) By CBS After 8 Seasons; Showrunner Calls News “Heartbreaking”": Today I found this article by Nellie Andreeva on Deadline.  I only saw the pilot and thought it was average, and then I never watched it again. 

S.W.A.T. has run out of lives. CBS has canceled the police drama starring Shemar Moore, now in its eighth season that is set to wrap in May.

If you are having a case of déjà vu, that is because, after a string of early renewals, S.W.A.T. was dramatically canceled in May 2023 after six seasons only for CBS to reverse the decision days later 

with a pickup of what was announced at the time as a seventh and final season. 

Flash-forward to May 2024 when S.W.A.T. was surprisingly renewed for an eighth season.

Don’t expect another miraculous reprieve; this time the decision is believed to be final — and permanent. The past two years, S.W.A.T. lead studio Sony Pictures Television was able to propose financial terms that were appealing to CBS, sealing eleventh-hour pickups. This time, I hear CBS did not engage in renewal talks, opting instead to end the series outright.

This is the third high-profile drama cancellation at the network this week, following the axing of FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International. All three come from outside studios, Sony TV and Universal Television.

Drama cancellations were inevitable this year as CBS already has two drama slots reserved on next season’s schedule for new series Sheriff Country, a spinoff from Fire Country, and Boston Blue, an extension of the Blue Bloods universe. 

It also has potential FBI and Equalizer spinoffs in the works and drama pilot Einstein starring Matthew Gray Gubler.

A mass renewal last month left the FBI spinoffs, S.W.A.T. and Equalizer on the bubble. Of the four, only Equalizer, from Universal TV, is still standing, with talks for a sixth and potentially final season underway. (Midseason entry Watson, from CBS Studios, is still in its first weeks on the air but is looking promising for renewal.)

As Deadline reported at the time of the renewals, given its history, S.W.A.T. was an obvious candidate for cancellation as it is lower rated than the other dramas on the bubble this year — including the FBI spinoffs. But it has still been a sturdy performer in the thankless job of keeping the lights on Friday.

“It’s heartbreaking news, primarily because it’s been such an immense pleasure working with this cast and crew to put out a show that we’ve always been proud of,” S.W.A.T. executive producer/showrunner Andrew Dettmann said. 

“They are truly an extraordinary group of people who have all worked so hard and have been so dedicated for all these eight seasons, overcoming countless challenges. I can’t give them enough credit. I feel so privileged to have been a part of the S.W.A.T. family.”

https://deadline.com/2025/03/swat-canceled-no-season-9-showrunner-reacts-1236313400/

Mar. 7, 2025 "‘S.W.A.T’ Star Shemar Moore Sends Up Signal Now That CBS Has Canceled Drama: ;Netflix, We’d Love To Come Play'": Today I found this article by Lynette Rice on Deadline:

Shemar Moore is expressing gratitude for a 31-year career at CBS but at the same time is sending signals to competitors that the twice-canceled S.W.A.T. would “love to come play.”

In a video for his 4 million-plus followers on Instagram, Moore told CBS “I don’t think you’re making the right choice” by canceling S.W.A.T. again but added he’s still not ready to say goodbye to Hondo and Co.

“Hey Netflix, how you doing?” he said on IG. “Let me just remind you that in a very short period of time, once upon a time ago …it only took us about two weeks to go from number 15 … to number one. And then we stayed in your top 10, top 15 for about six months, nine months, maybe a year. So Netflix, if you’re interested in a show that is on autopilot that the world is watching, we’d love to come play. NBC, Fox, ABC, hey, you want to come flirt with me? You’re invited to the barbecue. Pick your favorite restaurant. I will pay the bill.”

“Trust me, all of us, the family over at SWAT, we ain’t done chasing bad guys and [performing] helicopter chases and motorcycle chases and car chases and blowing up stuff. We ain’t done,” he continued.

On Thursday, CBS revealed that it has once again pink-slipped the police drama that’s now in its eighth season. This is the second time the net cut the yellow tape around Moore’s show; it was dramatically canceled in May 2023 after six seasons, only for CBS to reverse the decision days later with a pickup of what was announced at the time as a seventh and final season.

Then last May, S.W.A.T. was renewed for an eighth season.

“We were canceled twice, two years in a row,” Moore said on IG. “Now I don’t know my history, but how many shows get to say that? I’m gonna say none, or I’m gonna say that we’re close to one of the none,” Moore continued. 

“But we did that. We are so proud … we defied the odds, and we made a hit television show that the world loved to watch. So I say to CBS, if you’re done, I know it’s about money, optics, politics. I don’t think you’re making the right choice. I’ll say that. But if you are done, I say thank you, genuinely, honestly from my heart.”

https://deadline.com/2025/03/swat-cancellation-shemar-moore-netflix-1236313747/#comments