Shows Like SEAL Team

Directly inspired by Navy SEAL Team Six — same unit, same mission structure, near-identical premise and tone.

Covert special forces team balancing deadly ops abroad with family life at home — the exact template SEAL Team follows.

Elite special forces (SAS/Section 20) executing high-stakes global missions; same action-drama rhythm and squad camaraderie.

Navy SEAL protagonist, military brotherhood, and government betrayal — overlapping audience and tone despite the revenge-thriller framing.

US military special ops team on dangerous behind-enemy-lines missions — near-identical premise and network-drama format.

Gritty dramatisation of a real US Army ambush in Iraq; same boots-on-ground perspective and soldier-sacrifice themes.

HBO's unflinching portrait of elite US Marines in the Iraq invasion — serious, authentic military drama for the same viewer.

Origin story of the SAS — shares the elite-unit mythology, behind-enemy-lines action, and action-drama craft.

Navy-adjacent undercover ops team drama; procedural military-action format and overlapping fanbase with SEAL Team.

Short-lived CBS drama about Army special ops helicopter pilots — same network tone, era, and soldier-family dual-storyline structure.

Steven Bochco's FX series following a US Army unit in Iraq in real time — gritty, soldier-centric, thematically aligned.

Gold standard of military brotherhood drama; same ensemble-soldier format and emotional core, WWII era rather than modern ops.

Prestige WWII military miniseries in the Band of Brothers lineage — elite unit focus, sacrifice, courage under fire.

HBO WWII prestige drama following Marines in brutal Pacific combat — shares the soldier-psychology depth SEAL Team aims for.

Vietnam-era military drama that pioneered the soldiers-in-the-field format SEAL Team inherits.

Cold War covert-operative thriller sharing the espionage-action-drama tone, but intelligence world rather than special forces.

CIA counter-terrorism drama with military special ops crossover — shares the high-stakes national-security world and soldier PTSD themes.

Covert government team executing dangerous missions globally — shares the elite-unit procedural structure, despite the superhero genre wrapper.