How The Police Drama Ended After 8 Seasons on CBS

SPOILER ALERT! This story incorporates particulars from the two-hour sequence finale of S.W.A.T. on CBS.

No extra last-minute reprieves for Hondo and his 20 Squad: the CBS police drama starring Shemar Moore wrapped for good on Might 16.

The 2-hour finale was really two separate episodes dubbed “Trip or Die” and “Return to Base” that handled automobile jackers and ex-pat Russian mercenaries who buried hidden explosives in L.A. However they nonetheless gave Moore’s Sgt. Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson yet another likelihood to take part in an epic fist combat whereas the remainder of the castmembers — Jay Harrelson (Deacon), David Lim (Tan), Anna Enger Ritch (Zoe), Niko Pepaj (Miguel) and Annie Ilonzeh (Devin) — engaged in a mammoth bullet trade to avoid wasting HQ.

That’s proper; these mercenaries tried to infiltrate the downtown L.A. S.W.A.T. constructing in an effort to steal again a Russkie baddo earlier than he’s utilized in a prisoner swap for kidnapped People. The nice guys and gals prevailed however not with out their headquarters sustaining main injury throughout the assault.

However Deacon’s not fazed! “It’s only a constructing,” he mentioned to the others. “It’s the individuals inside who matter.” Can we get an aww?

The episode ends with Deacon gifting his colleagues with some costly Rolex watches — the perks of receiving a bonus from facilitating a mall contract. (Get it? As a result of S.W.A.T. officers are all the time residing on “borrowed time.”) The crew then responds to a theft in progress after affectionately tapping the S.W.A.T. image on their method out the door.

Through the previous two years, S.W.A.T. lead studio Sony Photos Tv was in a position to suggest monetary phrases that had been interesting to CBS, sealing eleventh-hour pickups for the drama from Shawn Ryan and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas. This time, nonetheless, CBS didn’t have interaction in renewal talks, opting as a substitute to finish the long-running sequence to make could for brand spanking new Paramount-owned reveals like Sheriff Nation.

S.W.A.T. was the third high-profile drama cancelled this month by CBS, following the axing of FBI: Most Wished and FBI: Worldwide. All three got here from outdoors studios, Sony TV and Common Tv.

Earlier this month, CBS Leisure President Amy Reisenbach acknowledged to reporters that “it’s not straightforward to finish reveals and we had a whole lot of choices this yr.”

“The schedule is absolutely full and so we all the time have to have a look at all of our reveals, have a look at the combination data, the artistic of the place they’re of their life cycle, what the funds seem like, what the rankings are, after which we make these robust choices,” she continued.

S.W.A.T. was the uncommon broadcast drama that filmed in Los Angeles. Following the cancellation, government producer and former showrunner Shawn Ryan spoke of the sequence’ crew that at the moment are out of labor.

“It’s been a rare privilege to work on S.W.A.T. for eight seasons and inform the tales of Hondo and 20-Squad,” he mentioned. “I thank our followers, Shemar Moore, the remainder of our forged, our producers, Sony Photos Tv, CBS Studios and CBS for the chance. Most of all I need to thank our tireless, devoted crew who made our writers, administrators and forged all the time look good. My best concern proper now could be for them.”

S.W.A.T. relies on the 1975 TV sequence and 2003 movie of the identical title. Govt producers are Ryan, Dettmann, Justin Lin, Neal H. Moritz, Marney Hochman, Pavun Shetty, Billy Gierhart, Moore and James Scura.