Shemar Moore Says CBS’ Decision to Cancel ‘S.W.A.T’ ‘Makes No Sense’

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a lotta bit sad. We got canceled. ‘S.W.A.T.,'” a freshly-shaven Moore said in the video. “‘S.W.A.T’ got canceled. It makes no sense. … We’re the best show Friday nights at 8 o’clock for CBS.

The last two years, we’ve been killing it.”A post shared by Shemar Moore (@shemarfmoore)The show averaged 6.41 million viewers per episode over the first seven days on the air last season, and this season the viewership went up to 6.82 million, which placed the show among the Top 20 TV dramas, according to ScreenRant.“Let me tell the truth — we’re diverse,” Moore said. “Did you know that I am the only African American male lead on network television?

Not streaming. Not cable. Network television. I am the only African American male lead on network television.”Moore noted that CBS was criticized for its lack of diversity and said “S.W.A.T” was the most diverse show on the network.“When I got hired to be Hondo on ‘S.W.A.T.’ [CBS] was getting a lot of flack for lack of diversity,” Moore said. “If I post this and I think I might, I will get in a lot of trouble with CBS because I’m calling them out.”Moore added, “They’ve been wonderful to me.

For 26 outta my 29 year career, but to abruptly get told that ‘you’re canceled,’ when you led us to believe last week and the week before and the week before that, that we would have some semblance of a season seven to at least say goodbye, if not, continue, and to abruptly be told, you’re done.”He told his viewers there are a lot of “politics” that went into the decision and said he’s more concerned about everyone else on set from writers, directors, to caterers and everyone else in between. “I’m not bitter.