Tom Selleck. (Photograph by Getty)
Blue Bloods’ last ever episode is quick approaching, after greater than a decade on air.
With the tip in sight, the long-running drama’s showrunner, Kevin Wade, shared his insights into how he and his colleagues went about wrapping up the present.
“I’ve thought of it rather a lot, together with my colleagues,” Wade, 70, informed TVLine in an interview printed Thursday, September 5.
Wade added that he did his homework forward of placing collectively the finale, taking cues from some basic exhibits in TV historical past.
The solid of Blue Bloods doesn’t simply play a household on TV, they’ve change into a tight-knit group for the reason that present first premiered in 2010. The CBS sequence follows the lives of the Reagan household helmed by Tom Selleck’s Commissioner Frank Reagan. Frank’s father, Henry Reagan (Len Cariou), sits reverse him on the group’s weekly Sunday […]
“I rewatched the sequence finales of nice exhibits, going again to M*A*S*H and Cheers and Mary Tyler Moore, and positively The Sopranos..,” he informed the outlet. “I watched loads of them for what they may have in widespread, and what they mainly had in widespread, if I boiled it down, is that they did an ideal present, after which in the previous couple of minutes they did a little bit pivot in the direction of, ‘That is additionally the final present.’”
The remaining episodes of Blue Bloods’ season 14 will recommence airing on Friday, October 18.
Blue Bloods followers had been left devastated in November, 2023 when CBS Leisure president Amy Reisenbach and CBS Studios president David Stapf introduced the present would finish after season 14.
“Blue Bloods will perpetually be a beloved a part of CBS’ legacy. It dominated Friday nights with unprecedented dominance since its premiere and established itself as a pillar of our successful lineup with an exceptionally devoted fan base,” the pair mentioned in a joint assertion. “We’ll be perpetually grateful to the legendary Leonard Goldberg for creating this signature sequence and to the wonderful solid led by Tom Selleck, who America embraced as household and watched as welcomed company on the Reagan dinner desk.”
Tom Selleck (Photograph by Getty)
Only a few months later, lead actor Tom Selleck admitted he was nonetheless holding out hope the community would change their minds about pulling the plug.
“I’ll proceed to assume that CBS will come to their senses,” Selleck, 79, mentioned throughout an interview with CBS Information in Could. “We’re the third highest scripted present of all of broadcasts. We’re successful the evening. All of the solid needs to come back again. And I can let you know this, we aren’t sliding off down a cliff. We’re doing present and nonetheless holding our place.”
Selleck, who performed Commissioner Frank Reagan, has been on Blue Bloods for the reason that present premiered in 2010. He starred alongside Donnie Wahlberg (Detective Danny Reagan), Bridget Moynahan (Erin Reagan), Will Estes (Sergeant Jamie Reagan) and Len Cariou (Henry Reagan).
Blue Bloods premiered on CBS in September 2010, introducing the world to the Reagan household of cops — and following season 14 followers should say goodbye. Len Cariou leads the household because the retired New York police commissioner, Henry Reagan; his son, Frank (Tom Selleck), performs the present PC; Frank’s son Danny (Donnie […]
Following CBS’s announcement that Blue Bloods has been axed, Selleck paid tribute to the sequence in a press release.
“For the previous 13 years it has been an honor and a privilege to work on a present that not solely celebrates the women and men who defend and serve in New York Metropolis, but additionally displayed the significance of household,” Selleck informed The Hollywood Reporter in November, 2023. “Working alongside these unimaginable actors, writers, producers, administrators and crew has been a dream come true, and I’m grateful to have been part of this extraordinary group for over 275 episodes. Thanks to CBS Studios and the CBS community for his or her steadfast help, and we provide heartfelt gratitude to the followers who gathered with us for dinner each Friday evening.”
