The original police procedural was canceled three times and revived twice over the course of its eight-season run on CBS.

While recognizing he may “catch some flack” from the industry and fans, Shemar Moore on Monday spoke out about his upcoming S.W.A.T. spinoff while using a Tom Brady analogy to explain why he’s going it alone this time.

That’s right, the military drama that could is somehow returning to the small screen once again, only this time in a brand new way, as a spinoff that’ll go by the name of S.W.A.T. Exiles. It was a wild shock to end the weekend on,