CBS’s S.W.A.T. Replacement Show Sheriff Country Sees Massive Viewership Growth

Almost a year after S.W.A.T. was cancelled by CBS, its timeslot replacement is seeing major viewership growth. The series finale of S.W.A.T. aired this past May, signalling an end to the action drama that impressively survived cancellation twice. The Shemar Moore-led procedural was initially cancelled after season 6, only for that decision to be reversed.

S.W.A.T. season 7 was then meant to serve as the show’s final outing, but network executives brought it back for one last year. The franchise will continue, with Moore reprising his role as Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson Jr. for a spinoff. But a different kind of procedural, which took the spot that S.W.A.T. occupied on CBS’s schedule,…