‘SEAL Team’ Finale: Despite A Near-Recast & Shift To Streaming, Military Drama Made It To 7 Seasons & Helped Birth CBS Franchise
deadline.comIt was May 17, 2017. The Plaza Hotel’s Food Hall and adjacent spaces over multiple floors were packed with people for CBS‘ annual upfront party — an opulent display in the final years of broadcast dominance.
Having won the lottery — beating the daunting odds of pilot season where hundreds of scripts vie for 20 so pilot spots and ultimately a handful of series pickups by a major network — the teams behind the new CBS shows were beaming.
Except for the producers of military drama SEAL Team, who were not in a festive mood. The reason was an effort by CBS brass to replace the female lead opposite star David Boreanaz in the pilot, Jessica Paré.
There was already a red flag for eagle-eyed attendees at the network’s upfront presentation at Carnegie Hall earlier that afternoon when the cast of SEAL Team walked onstage sans Paré.
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