CBS canceled S.W.A.T. for the third and final time after eight seasons, but it was much harder after Hondo's emotional speech in the season 8 finale. It was a hard pill to swallow, and it is even harder knowing that Sony and Shemar Moore fought for a renewal. In fact, S.W.A.T. season 9 almost happened , but the decision was made to move on with a spinoff series instead.

It was clear only Moore would be part of the new series , S.W.A.T.: Exiles ; however, that wasn’t the worst part of the announcement. We’ve slowly learned that only Moore was in talks for the spinoff , and the rest of the team forming the 20-Squad weren’t aware of it until just before the announcement. Considering Hondo’s speech to the whole of 20-Squad in the S.W.A.T. season 8 finale, the entire announ

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