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SWAT returns to CBS for its seventh and final season next week, but star Shemar Moore says there’s a chance the procedural action series may not end with its upcoming season.

Starring Moore, Alex Russell, Jay Harrington, Kenny Johnson, David Lim, and Patrick St. Esprit, SWAT follows Sergeant Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson (Moore) as he runs the Special Weapons and Tactics Unit of the LAPD.

Moore said the following about the CBS series to ET Online:

“Thirty years in the game and the longest I’ve been unemployed is four months and so, I’ve just stayed in the game, at whatever level.

[I’ve had] seven years on a really fun show. The word on the street is that this is the end, but I’m an optimist. We had a resurgence, and Netflix took us on, and Howard Stern’s talking about us… it’s great.

So, if this is the final season, then I just say thank you and it’s been an incredible run playing tough guy Daniel ‘Hondo’ Harrelson. Obviously, I’m biased. There’s no such thing as a perfect show but I do think we make a very unique show. It’s like watching an action movie but on TV. It’s fun to go save the day and chase the bad guys but we do some exciting things. …

We’re little kids playing super cops. I mean, we really are having a good time. So we hate to see it go. But again, I’m not quite sure it’s the end, but that’s just me. I know that the door is not completely closed.

I want to keep making the show because there’s so many stories and and we are resonating around the world, literally.. I’m just proud of that and grateful to be able to do something that people worldwide are moved by. …

We premiere shortly after the Super Bowl. And if the numbers are good, maybe we’ll change some minds and maybe we can keep on trucking,”

SWAT returns to CBS on February 16th.

What do you think? Have you enjoyed this CBS series? Would you like to see an eighth season of SWAT?