This past week SEAL Team killed it in the ratings during the show’s series premier. According to a TV By the Numbers article, it was the only new show for the night and did well. It had the most viewers of the night with 9.7 million viewers. The article continues to state that it was able to hold the viewers from Survivor, which was the lead in. In the share, it had a 1.5 for ages 18-49.

Outside of the series premier, the series developed the show my bringing in ex-military personnel so they could bring the show to real life. CBS News discussed the importance of bringing in ex-military to maintain the correct point-of-view. Most of these ex-military men and women work in the writing room to keep the story on pace and tell it accurately. One of the ex-military personnel, Greg, talked about the issues that veterans have coming back from the army and not knowing what to do. This was a genius move by the show runners because it allows the show to stay current and not alienate an entire audience of veterans and their families.