The renewal comes two months after the finale of the sixth season of the popular military drama, which ended with a cliffhanger. The delay, compared to the season six renewal that came a week after the fifth season finale, prompted fans to launch a #RenewSEALTeam social media campaign, leading the series title to trend multiple times in recent weeks.
Sources say there was no behind-the-scenes drama, and the delay was largely due to back-and-forth talk about ways to more efficiently produce the series for streaming. Being a broadcast drama in origin, SEAL Team uses sound studios and sets that were used for approximately nine months of the year to film 22 episodes per season.
Now that has been reduced to ten episodes per season for Paramount+, all those sets have to be kept year-round, which incurs storage costs because they're not used more than half the time. With all productions scrutinizing their budgets and the industry tightening their belts, sources say Seal Team is doing the same.
Paramount+'s season seven renewal announcement makes no mention of the standalone Seal Team movie, which was announced last February, just days after the season six renewal. No details have been revealed about the project other than the creative team, actor/executive producer Boreanaz, executive producer Christopher Chulack, and executive producer/showrunner Spencer Hudnut.
Sources report that the film is not dead, but it has not been talked about for the past year and appears to be on the back burner and not currently under active development. So it's probably safe to say that the seventh season would follow the events of season six, with no movie in between.
The sixth season ended with a poignant scene, where Jason (Boreanaz) is reprimanded for speaking publicly about his TBI. Then everyone on his team steps out, sharing their own traumatic experiences and putting Bravo's future in question.
“We look forward to bringing SEAL Team fans even more of the series’ poignant storylines and thrilling missions with the upcoming seventh season,” said Tanya Giles, chief programming officer of Paramount Streaming. “The series continues to evolve and grow its audience. It is a great example of the types of programming that we see resonate with our subscribers.”
As usual, there is no data for SEAL Team‘s performance but it is believed to be among the top original series on the platform.
SEAL Team follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs, as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high-stakes missions our country can ask of them. Boreanaz stars as Jason Hayes, the respected and intense team leader, alongside Neil Brown Jr., AJ Buckley, Toni Trucks and Raffi Barsoumian who all are believed to have deals for next season. Original cast member Max Thieriot, now star and executive producer of hit new CBS series Fire Country, returned for Season 6 to wrap up the story of his character, Clay Spenser.
SEAL Team is produced by CBS Studios, and executive produced by Spencer Hudnut, Christopher Chulack, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Mark Owen and Boreanaz. The series is distributed worldwide by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
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