Sony Pictures Television Drops ‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’ First Look Images

Sony Pictures Television has shared with Variety the very first look stills from “S.W.A.T. Exiles,” the upcoming 10-episode spinoff of “S.W.A.T.” with star and EP Shemar Moore. 

SPT has released behind-the-scenes photos and cast images before but these are the very first first look stills from the new show. The images drop ahead of Sony Pictures’ 2026 Showcase at next week’s London TV Screenings, Europe’s biggest TV market in the first half of 2026, where “S.W.A.T. Exiles” is shaping up as one of its major draws and conversation drivers. 

That’s almost inevitable. Sony Pictures Television moved waves last May when it announced the spinoff at the L.A. Screenings without a U.S. domestic deal in place. Little more than two months before CBS had announced it was canceling “S.W.A.T.” after eight seasons. SPT’s decision to go ahead with the spin-off was broken down in depth by Variety, in conversation with Sony Pictures TV chairman Keith Le Goy and Sony Pictures TV Studios prexy Katherine Pope. 

Production wrapped Feb. 10 with SPT as yet to announce a U.S. network or streamer, though that could change soon. The London Screenings will most probably be the first time many international buyers get to see something from the series, with the added enticement of seeing what they do together, so able to gauge peer reactions.

The first look stills anticipate some of the show’s attractions,  catching not only “S.W.A.T” mainstay Moore back as Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson but also additional but new series regulars for “S.W.A.T. Exiles” including Lucy Barrett (“Deep Water,” “Charmed”), Adain Bradley (“Warfare,” “Tarot”), Zyra Gorecki (“La Brea”), Freddy Miyares (“When They See Us”), and Ronen Rubinstein (“9-1-1: Lone Star”).

The offshoot’s logline is pretty well known: After a high-profile mission goes sideways, Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson is pulled out of forced retirement to lead a last-chance, experimental S.W.A.T. unit made up of untested, unpredictable young recruits. Hondo must bridge a generational divide, navigate clashing personalities and turn a squad of outsiders into a team capable of protecting the city and saving the program that made him who he is. 

Certainly, Hondo looks pretty reflective and concerned in one of the first look stills as events challenge his legacy and his assumptions about authority, so sense of self.

Jason Ning (“Lucifer”) serves as showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers include Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty of Original Film, Moore, James Scura and Jon Cowan. 

“‘Exiles’ honors everything audiences love about the original: big epic action, adrenaline. But it pushes it into more personal territory,” Ning told Variety. “This time, it’s not just about what happens on the streets of L.A., it’s about what it costs the people in that stack. Pairing a battle-tested leader like Hondo with a generation that challenges him at every turn creates real friction, and real evolution. It feels modern, character-driven, and built for the long haul.”

That “personal territory” is caught very well in a group shot where Hondo looks be rebuking Adain Bradley’s Malik Anderson as some recruits stare at Hondo in mistrust or outright hostility (Zyra Gorecki as Cassidy Reed). 

When it comes to character dynamics, there may or may not be a hint of romance between Ronen Rubinstein as Jude Callan and Lucy Barrett as Sammy Bishop. Or maybe not. 

Further cast sees Lenora Crichlow (“Bel Air”) set as a recurring guest star; fan favorites Jay Harrington, Patrick St. Esprit, and David Lim are confirmed to return as guest stars, reprising their roles as Sergeant David ‘Deacon’ Kay, Commander Robert Hicks and Victor Tan. Last week Selma Blair (“Cruel Intentions”) and Jerry O’Connell (“Billions”) were announced as guest stars.

“S.W.A.T. Exiles” “promises to deliver the same high-stakes drama and intense action sequences that fans have come to know and love,” Sony Pictures Televise said Wednesday noting that “S.W.A.T.” has reached nearly 2 billion hours watched globally and has been a top 10 series in 47 countries throughout its eight-season run. 

A final still shared with Variety shows Hondo, as ever, ready for action.

The “S.W.A.T.” spin-off isn’t Sony’s only show in town, however.  At the London TV Screenngs, Mark Young, SPT’s EVP, distribution and networks, EMEA, will lead a special mix of presentations and panels of new dramas, and titles across SPT’s non-scripted and formats slate as well as a preview of some major titles set for local screenings and the LA Screenings across 2026. 

A closer look at some other potential highlights:

“Dear England”

Another big swing for SPT at this London TV Screenings, produced by high-flying SPT-owned Left Bank Pictures (“This City is Ours,” “The Crown”) for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. Set for release in 2026, the four-part drama adapts James Graham’s hit National Theatre play about manager Gareth Southgate’s battle to overturn the decades-long record of underperforming loss suffered by England’s soccer team. Based on James Graham’s Olivier-award winning play, and starring Joseph Fiennes as the kind, quiet spoken Southgate. 

“Up to No Good”  

SPT promises a first glimpse of “Up to No Good,” with Glenn Close, produced by Playground for SPT and Channel 4 and now filming in London. Nina Raine (“Bach & Sons,” “Consent”) and Moses Raine (“Donkey Heart”), best known as playwrights, adapt Helene Tursten’s short story collections. Close leads the series as Maud Oldcastle, an older woman described as cantankerous and also a killer. 

“American Hostage”

Co-created and executive produced by Shawn Ryan (“The Night Agent,” “S.W.A.T.”) and Eileen Myers (“Big Love,” “Mad Dogs”), a thriller anthology series from Sony Pictures Television headed by “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm in the first of eight episodes. This is the true story of radio reporter Fred Heckman under pressure to talk a man out of killing his hostage.

“Do You Know Your Place?”

The new BBC Two celebrity quiz format with Vernon Kay (“All Star family Fortunes”), testing guests’ knowledge of the U.K. “The Traitors’” Paul Gorton acts as Vernon’s unreliable tour guide.

“Wheel Of Fortune,” “Jeopardy!” 

SPT will also be spotlighting these two SPT formats, two of the best-known gameshows in the world.