Blue Bloods: Why Each Major Cast Member Left

Ever since it premiered in 2010, Blue Bloods has remained a stable of CBS’ late-night Friday programming. The police procedural drama centers on the Reagans, an Irish Catholic family based in New York City with several family members working on the police force, and it has found a consistent viewership for 10 years now. But as it continues with its currently-airing tenth season, which cast members are still involved with the long-standing cop drama, and who has either left or been let go from the popular television series? Believe it or not, most of the cast members are still there.

Yes, surprisingly enough, a majority of the main Blue Bloods castmates have stayed with the CBS drama series for the long haul. Even though the TV program has now been on the broadcast station for a full decade and counting, several of its prominent actors, including Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou, and Tom Selleck, have remained at the center. While there are rumors of castmates potentially leaving — including Sami Gayle, who plays Nicky Reagan-Boyle (and a cast member since the beginning), and Tony Terraciano, who plays Jack Regan (a reoccurring part of the cast since the get-go who has only been a guest throughout this newest season) — neither actor have announced their departures, so by no means is it confirmed at this time.

Suffice to say, the Blue Bloods cast members seem to enjoy each other’s company — or, at least, they like the consistent paychecks. Whatever the reason might be, it should be noted that not a lot of prominent actors have left Blue Bloods throughout its long run.

Therefore, unlike other, similar hit broadcast TV shows like Chicago Fire, Hawaii Five-0, Chicago P.D., Law and Order: SVU, CSI, and CSI: Miami where cast members have rotated in-and-out of the program, Blue Bloods has kept its core cast members. Therefore, this list won’t be quite as long and extensive in terms of naming all the various cast members who have exited and dolling out the reasons why — whether it was their choice or a decision from the writers. We’ll be focusing on the few main cast mates who did leave, as well as a few other prominent reoccurring actors who haven’t been on Blue Bloods since their respective departure. With that out of the way, without further ado, here are the reasons why the Blue Bloods cast members left the series.