Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the two dramas, produced by CBS Studios , are in discussions to move to Paramount+ next season.
A move for SEAL Team and Clarice also potentially opens up some real estate on CBS, which has already renewed nine hour-long dramas and ordered four newcomers to series for 2021-22.
The Silence of the Lambs sequel, starring Rebecca Breeds as FBI agent Clarice Starling, has faced some standards and practices challenges in its first season on CBS, even as executives have encouraged showrunners Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman to explore the darker elements of the story.
The current season, which wraps May 26, is averaging 6.5 million viewers with a week of delayed viewing.
Movement of series within a media conglomerate’s ecosystem has become a fairly common practice in the past year.