Right here we go once more, people. For not the primary or second however third time, CBS has canceled S.W.A.T., the action-drama starring Shemar Moore. The actor himself introduced the information through social media, thanking the community for what it’s executed for his profession and — as soon as once more — interesting for the present to be saved. He didn’t restrict his plea to CBS, although, and Moore really makes some good factors about Netflix.
With two episodes left on the 2025 TV schedule earlier than formally turning into one in every of this yr’s TV cancellations, S.W.A.T. is just not going light into that good night time — a minimum of if Shemar Moore has something to say about it. The Hondo actor didn’t maintain again in a message to the “babygirls” and Hollywood, as he requested Netflix to save lots of the sequence. Moore stated:
Hey Netflix, the way you doin’? Let me simply remind you that, in a really quick time frame, as soon as upon a time, not too way back, it solely took us about two weeks to go from No. 15, No. 12 to No. 1. Hey, I stated it. After which we stayed in your prime ten, prime 15 for about six months, 9 months, possibly a yr. So, Netflix, in the event you’re interested by a present that’s on auto-pilot that the world is watching, we’d love to return play.
Shemar Moore makes some nice factors right here. The primary seven seasons of S.W.A.T. are already out there to stream with a Netflix subscription, and given the success the present has seen with the streamer’s viewers — rating as one in every of Netflix’s most bingeable exhibits for a very long time after its debut on the platform — there’s good cause to consider {that a} ninth season would do nicely there.
Netflix does have a repute for saving some sequence that get canceled by their networks, too. Again in 2018, Netflix saved Designated Survivor for a 3rd season after it received the axe from ABC. The identical yr, Fox’s Lucifer was saved from cancellation, and the listing continues with different sequence like Longmire and The Killing.
It’s not a foregone conclusion, although, that the streamer will step in. Followers thought that creator Shonda Rhimes’ relationship with Netflix may assist Station 19 get picked up there, and whereas that was apparently “so shut” to occurring, it didn’t come to fruition.
Nonetheless this performs out for Shemar Moore and the remainder of the S.W.A.T. solid, you possibly can’t blame him for making an attempt. The actors and followers alike had been optimistic about getting a ninth season, with co-developer Shawn Ryan saying CBS executives had been amongst S.W.A.T.’s followers and that creatively the scripts had been nonetheless as sturdy as ever.
This has been a protracted combat, with S.W.A.T.’s first cancellation coming in 2023 after Season 6. That determination was reversed two days later, however the action-drama received the axe once more following Season 7. As unlikely because it appeared, CBS modified course once more, ordering an eighth and — at this level, a minimum of — remaining season.
Will Netflix hear Shemar Moore’s cries and step in to save lots of S.W.A.T.? We’ll have to attend and see, however within the meantime, catch the ultimate two episodes of Season 8 at 10 p.m. ET Friday, March 14 and April 4, on CBS and streaming the following day with a Paramount+ subscription.