S.W.A.T. is on the cusp of its Season 8 premiere. The show continues to defy the odds, as CBS has attempted to cancel the series twice, only to receive fan backlash. As such, the network reversed its cancellation decision in both the spring of 2023 and 2024.
With mere weeks until the new season, S.W.A.T.’s lead star, Shemar Moore, dropped a photo on social media, giving fans a look at the new team.
S.W.A.T. Season 8 Spoilers: Who’s Not Coming Back?
The show believed that Season 7 would be their last, so the writers did try and wrap up storylines, which also meant writing off some characters.
The good news is that Moore is returning as Hondo; however, it was announced ahead of Season 8 that Rochelle Aytes, who plays Nichelle Carmichael (Hondo’s wife) will be leaving the show as a series regular, so here’s hoping fans will still see her on screen, here and there.
Still, Dominique Luca, played by Kenny Johnson, was shot in the shoulder last season, and was forced to retire. While Alex Russell’s character, Jim Street, was transferred to the S.W.A.T. team in Long Beach.
S.W.A.T. Season 8 Spoilers: Shemar Moore’s New Team
Moore hopped on Instagram and posted some photos recently, to promote S.W.A.T.’s Season 8 premiere, happening on CBC come Friday, October 18 at 8 p.m. ET. The first photo was of Moore’s new S.W.A.T. squad, and the others were action shots from filming.
In the captions, Shemar wrote: HOMIES, FANS, N BABY GIRLS!!!! Exactly 1 month today… your favorite squad is back in your living rooms!!! LET’S GOOOOOOO!!!! @swatcbs October 18th, 8/9c.
The good news is that, in addition to Moore, there’s one familiar face in the photo, which is Deacon, played by Jay Harrington. Still, with a predominantly new cast, many fans were excited about the show’s return but weren’t happy that some of their favorite characters wouldn’t be coming back.
Could this affect Season 8’s ratings? Will this be the last season of S.W.A.T.? Only time will tell!
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