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Subject: Re: S.W.A.T. lives on ...
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 14:11:42 -0400
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On 2025-05-19 1:29 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
> 
> 
> ‘S.W.A.T.’ Spinoff Planned By Sony With Shemar Moore Set To Reprise His 
> Role As Hondo  (May 18)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2025/05/swat-spinoff-sony-shemar-moore-returns- 
> hondo-1236403674/
> 
> 
> Sony Pictures Television is spinning off the cop drama for a new show 
> dubbed S.W.A.T. Exiles. Moore will reprise his character as Daniel 
> “Hondo” Harrelson while the 200-person production crew that helped to 
> make S.W.A.T. a success for CBS will get to keep their jobs when 
> production resumes this summer in Los Angeles.
> 
> Here’s the logline for the spinoff: “After a high-profile mission goes 
> sideways, Hondo is pulled out of forced retirement to lead a last-chance 
> experimental SWAT unit made up of untested, unpredictable young 
> recruits. Hondo must bridge a generational divide, navigate clashing 
> personalities, and turn a squad of outsiders into a team capable of 
> protecting the city and saving the program that made him who he is.”
> 
> Jason Ning (Lucifer) will take over as showrunner as part of his 
> recently renewed overall deal with SPT. The plan for the studio is to 
> produce and distribute the 10-episode series globally by “finding the 
> right homes and partners for these new stories to reach the passionate 
> S.W.A.T. fanbase and attract new viewers.”

I have mixed feelings about this. I'm happy that it's coming back - with 
the 10 episodes hopefully just being the first of several seasons - but 
I'm really not that wild about it being just Hondo with a whole new crew 
of misfits.

I thought the show had become a genuine ensemble with us getting to know 
all of the team members, including Commander Hicks. They weren't just 
there as live set decorations: they actually got to be real characters. 
I will miss the cast that (apparently) isn't going to be on the sequel.

Overall, I think I would have been happier if they'd kept the existing 
show going on a new network or streamer but I'll give the new show a try 
anyway and, hopefully, it will win me over.

-- 
Rhino