S.W.A.T. followers aren’t blissful that CBS cancelled the drama after six seasons — and neither is star Shemar Moore.
Moore, who performs Hondo on the long-running procedural, responded to the cancellation information in an Instagram video, admitting: “I’m slightly bit unhappy. I’m lots of bit unhappy… S.W.A.T. acquired cancelled. It is not sensible.” He pointed to the present’s rankings: “The final two years, we’ve been killing it… We’ve finished nothing improper. We’ve finished every thing that was requested for.” He additionally underlined the present’s range: “Do you know that I’m the one African American male lead on community TV?… S.W.A.T. is probably the most various present on CBS.”
He added that when he posts this video, “I’ll get in lots of hassle with CBS as a result of I’m calling them out as a result of they’ve been fantastic to me for 26 out of my 29-year profession. However to abruptly get informed that you just’re cancelled whenever you led us to imagine final week, and the week earlier than that, that we might have some semblance of a Season 7 to at the least say goodbye, if not proceed, and to abruptly be informed you’re finished… now there’s lots of politics, lots of issues referred to as licensing, lots of you gained’t perceive what meaning… it’s all about cash, y’all.”
However he ended on an upbeat observe: “I don’t suppose we’re finished. CBS is both gonna get up and notice they made a mistake. Sony is gonna do their math and notice that this isn’t the appropriate transfer. I hope we are able to have a kumbaya and are available again collectively and proceed this present as a result of it’s a very good time for households internationally.”
CBS cancelled S.W.A.T. on Friday, and the Could 19 season finale will now function a sequence finale. This season, S.W.A.T. has averaged 6.8 million whole viewers and a 0.7 ranking, up 6% in viewers and off only a tenth within the demo from its Season 5 numbers. However as Deadline reported in March, the Sony TV/CBS Studios co-production was dealing with some belt-tightening earlier than any renewal was handed out.
