Blue Bloods: Season 14; Tom Selleck talks the end of the CBS police drama – canceled + renewed TV shows, ratings

by Regina Avalos, October 7, 2024

Blue blood will return later this month on CBS and the final episodes of season 14 will air. Series star Tom Selleck recently reflected on what it was like to end the long-running Friday night series.

Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou, Marisa Ramirez and Vanessa Ray star Blue blood Series that follows a New York family who all work in law enforcement.

Frank Reagan (Selleck) leads the family and the actor was very vocal about CBS’ decision to end the popular Friday night series.

In a new interview with TV Insider, he said the following:

“I’m kind of frustrated. During these last eight shows, I didn’t want to talk about an ending Blue blood but about the fact that it is still extremely successful. In the top 100 shows of 2023-2024 (we were number 9 out of 100 in terms of total viewers), if you ignore the three football shows, we are in 6th place!

I’m not going to turn into a bitter old guy saying, “Get off my lawn!” I don’t believe in holding grudges, but if you told the TV station, “Here’s a show you’re watching in the worst time slot “It would be almost impossible to believe.

What frustrates me is that the show has always been taken for granted because it worked right from the start. How do I feel? It’s going to take a long time to sort this all out. I remember that weekend [of the final episode’s shoot]I said, “I have to go to bed early tonight because I have to do my dialogue for Monday.” Well, there was no Monday. It’s just going to take a while.”

Selleck spoke about his final time as Frank, saying, “My last scene was, ironically, a family dinner; That was also the first scene I shot on the show 15 years ago! I won’t tell you everything about the final episode… but the family dinner somehow brings the Reagan family back together. Erin’s daughter Nicky (Sami Gayle) was there, as was Jack (Tony Terraciano), Danny’s older son. Everyone agreed with me that we should close the family dinner set and not take advantage of it. Most of them had four more days of filming left, but not me.”

When he finished filming, Selleck made it a point to fly back to New York from Los Angeles (where he had filmed a commercial) in June to be with the cast and crew at the end of the show. He shared: “I watched the final scenes with Bridget and Steve (Schirripa) and then Donnie and Marisa [Ramirez]“Selleck said. “It was hard, but I didn’t want to just stay at home; I wanted to be there and felt compelled to share the experience.”

Blue blood returns to CBS October 18th. The broadcaster has announced a possible spin-off of the series, but it is still in the early stages of development.

What do you think? Did you like this CBS series? Will you be sad when it ends in December?