The Beast was a short-lived American crime drama series starring Patrick Swayze and Travis Fimmel.

It debuted on the A&E Network on Thursday, 15 January 2009 at 10 PM EST.

On June 15, 2009, Entertainment Tonight announced that the show was canceled due to Swayze's pancreatic cancer.

The Beast was Swayze's final acting performance.

We cast all the extras and stand-ins for the pilot episode, "Pilot", which was filmed around Chicago in December 2007.