Shemar Moore Slams CBS For ‘S.W.A.T.’ Cancellation: ‘A F**king Mistake’
etcanada.comOn Friday, CBS announced the cancellation of “S.W.A.T.” after six seasons. The cancellation apparently blindsided series star Shemar Moore, who took to Instagram on Saturday to lambaste the network for cancelling the show. “It makes no sense,” Moore said in a video he posted. “We’ve done nothing wrong.
We did everything that was asked for.” Moore went on to praise the show’s high ratings — since the series moved to Friday nights its viewership actually increased — and commitment to diversity. READ MORE: Shemar Moore Returning To Genoa City For 50th Anniversary Of ‘Y&R’ “’S.W.A.T.’ is the most diverse show on CBS,” Moore continued. “CBS, when I got hired to be Hondo on ‘S.W.A.T.’, was getting a lot of flak for lack of diversity.
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. Because they’ve been wonderful to me for 26 out of 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.
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