Just two days after the S.W.A.T. series finale aired in May, it was announced that won’t be the last time we see Shemar Moore playing Hondo. The show was, in a way, brought back from cancellation yet again. Less than six months later, production officially began on the spinoff series.
On May 18, Sony Pictures Television announced a series order for a spinoff, S.W.A.T. Exiles, with Moore reprising his role as Hondo, Sony Pictures Television will produce and distribute the 10-episode series globally and, at the time, said to be focused on finding the right homes and partners for these new stories. Jason Ning will serve as showrunner.
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