Seal Team, another prospect for this list, also sees some lower total viewers, but does slightly better than S.W.A.T. in the 18-49 demo.
CBS is the king of the hour-long drama and right now the network has a lot of them, some of which are lower rated than the Shemar Moore-led S.W.A.T. However, I was still surprised to hear about this renewal, given it’s almost the lowest rated CBS series that didn’t get cancelled.
Pros: Shemar Moore is a well-liked and stable TV lead who previously headlined Criminal Minds, S.W.A.T. isn’t exactly a spring chicken but it’s not an old series either, CBS’ “low-rated” shows, at least in total viewers, are still higher-rated than a lot of other network shows.
That’s a little confusing to contemplate, but basically it means of the stuff that didn’t get chopped by the Eye Network, only Evil is lower-rated but was renewed early and thus saved from this list.