Why David Boreanaz Isn’t Looking To Do More Network TV After SEAL Team

David Boreanaz gone from one long-running show to another for almost three decades – and he’s looking for a change.

“I’d probably shy away from a network series these days,” Boreanaz, 55, revealed to Internal Television on Monday, December 30. “Only because of the time and quantity ordered. It’s just a lot of work. (But there have still been some good things.”

Boreanaz’s latest project was SEAL Teamwhich ended in October after seven seasons. While he was ready to move on, Boreanaz didn’t know exactly what he wanted to do next.

“I don’t sit down and go, ‘That’s the next thing to be,'” he noted. “I’ve got a great fruit of labor that’s paying off at the moment which is going to bring me some really nice opportunities in the new year. And I don’t sit back and say, ‘Well, this is the next series I’m going to do.'”

Boreanaz prioritizes what “makes sense” to him.

“Obviously I’m in a very different part of my life and my career. And I’m lucky to be able to be offered some really great things and look at them very wisely on a mature level and take it as it is,” he explained how the television landscape has changed. “I think the ability to take on maybe one or two different types of series would be an interesting feat.”

The actor rose to fame after playing Angel on Buffy the Vampire Slayerwhich debuted in 1997. After three seasons, Boreanaz scored himself a spinoff series and remained the lead Angel until 2004. Boreanaz transfer immediately to Boneswhich previously ran on Fox from 2005 to 2017 SEAL Team he came over later that year.

“I had expressed my interest not to do the show anymore. I was done, even if they wanted to do two more seasons, one more season, I was done,” Boreanaz recalled to Internal Television in August about how he had plans to leave before the seventh and final season. “So then the writers’ strike hit (at the end of 2023) and it went six months later and that was already decided.”

Boreanaz cited “a few” reasons why he was ready to look forward, explaining, “My body physically and mentally had found a space that fit the character and knew it wouldn’t that continues any longer. And I felt like it was something I was very clear with and it made sense and it worked out naturally.”

Now Boreanaz after several gigs says he is excited to see it come to fruition.

“I’ve got some really great things (coming up) that I feel will fit my game well. But overall, I can say, let’s see, one, two, three are very different types of characters, that’s for sure,” he teased. “I can say that one is really cool, a passion project.”

Boreanaz continued: “One is a bit similar but not in nature and that he is retired in a way, but now employed. That’s all I’m going to say. I don’t want to say too much because you know me. It’s like, hey, I live in the now and see what comes my way. I think people know that about me.”