15 Most Exciting New TV Shows You Need To Watch This Fall

9. S.W.A.T. (CBS)

S.W.A.T. Trailer
CBS

What Is It

A reboot of both the 70s TV series and the 2003 movie (which starred Colin Farrell and Samuel L. Jackson), it sees a locally born S.W.A.T. agent tasked with running a new unit, which splits his loyalty between his duty and his old street mates.

Reasons To Be Excited

Shermar Moore (Criminal Minds) is certainly capable of carrying a TV show, and this is in the kind of territory that CBS should be able to turn into an exciting procedural. It's got some great talent behind-the-scenes too, with The Shield's Shawn Ryan on as an executive producer, and Justin Lin directing the pilot, which should really make it stand out in the action stakes.

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NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far. A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.