CBS cancels True Lies and East New York after reversing course on S.W.A.T.

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S.W.A.T. may live to S.W.A.T. another season, but CBS has pulled the plug on two other shows, freshmen offerings True Lies and East New York, EW has learned. Both shows' final episodes will air later this month.

CBS did not immediately respond to EW 's request for comment.

“Waking Dreams” – With an Omega Sector spy missing, the entire agency searches for clues. Harry and Helen’s relationship with each other, their team and reality itself, is tested in unimaginable ways, even for the best of spies and spouses. Part two of the first season finale. Pictured L to R: Steve Howey as Harry Tasker and Ginger Gonzaga as Helen Tasker. Photo: Jace Downs/CBS ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved; “In the Bag” – The 7-4’s investigation into a violent home invasion leads them to question one of their own. Also, Morales contends with a situation at her son’s school, and Haywood is forced to confront her father’s past, on EAST NEW YORK, Sunday, April 16 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+*. Pictured (L-R): Elizabeth Rodriguez as Det. Crystal Morales and Jimmy Smits as Chief John Suarez. Photo: Spencer Pazer /CBS ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Jace Downs/CBS; Spencer Pazer/CBS 'True Lies' (left) and 'East New York'

True Lies is an adaptation of the 1994 James Cameron film — itself a remake of the 1991 French film La Totale! — starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry Tasker, a spy living a double life and Jamie Lee Curtis as his unsuspecting wife, Helen.

For the TV series, created by Matt Nix, Steve Howey and Ginger Gonzaga step in as the Taskers, tasked with saving the world and their marriage once Helen finds out Harry's secret. True Lies premiered in March, and its final episode will air May 17.

East New York, a police procedural starring genre vet Jimmy Smits and Amanda Warren, followed the officers and detectives of the NYPD's 74th precinct in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York. Warren's Deputy Inspector Regina Haywood, the newly promoted commanding officer, heads up the precinct with a vision of not only serving and protecting the community but becoming a part of it.

Created by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn, the series premiered back in October and its final episode will air May 14.

CBS had previously announced plans to cancel S.W.A.T. after six seasons, with its final episode airing May 19, but after backlash from fans, and star Shemar Moore, the network decided to keep it around for a seventh and final season.

Considering True Lies and East New York have only been around for one season, they're unlikely to inspire the same fervor.

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