After May 2023’s cancelation blood bath, I had hoped fewer shows would be ending in the new year. Instead, while the networks are giving a lot of their veteran series one more round on the TV schedule, it’s going to be a year where a lot of shows are ending once again, including Blue Boods. And Tom Selleck doesn’t sound particularly happy about it.
Look, Blue Bloods has been getting a little long in the tooth in recent years, though it still has had a solid audience in its Friday night timeslot on CBS and can be watched with a Paramount Plus subscription as well. When shows go on for a while, the inevitable question becomes: “How much longer do you think you’ll keep going?”
Still, Selleck’s always said Blue Bloods has plenty of stories left, and while CBS has already clarified fans will be saying goodbye to the Reagan family after Season 14, it sounds now as if it was absolutely not the mustachioed actor’s choice.
What Tom Selleck Is Now Saying About Blue Bloods Ending
While Selleck was nice in his initial comment on Blue Bloods’ demise, he did not hold back in his recent Blue Bloods comments. When asked by TV Insider about how he’s feeling about the show’s ultimate demise, he mentioned feeling the fans aren’t ready to say goodbye, and he’s not either.
CBS will find an awful lot of people aren’t ready to say goodbye to it. The show’s more popular than ever, and I think [numbers] will increase with the interest this year. We’re certainly not out of ideas.
The actor went on to comment about how he is personally feeling about the wrap up. Simultaneously, his take seems to address rumors that ran around a few months ago that alleged Selleck was having troubles on set. His rep said at the time he was “fit and vigorous,” despite being 78, and the actor is clarifying here his health is not the reason the show is ending.
I’m not counting the days so I can do something else. I love the work. Sometimes the hours are a little harder because I’m older, but so what? I want work as long as they’ll have me.
Blue Bloods kicked off Season 13 last year with 6.4 million total viewers and 9.7 million viewers when factoring in delayed viewing. The show was remarkably consistent in these numbers through the entirety of last season, and ended up in the Top 5 of TV shows watched last season on network TV. While the final season doesn’t begin airing until February, one would assume the audience would still be there. Factoring all of this in, this leads me to only one question…
Why Is Blue Bloods Getting Canceled?
If Tom Selleck is bullish about continuing to make more episodes, and the show is still doing reasonably well, why exactly is Blue Bloods getting the ax from CBS? (OK I know some of you are going to comment the show is “ending” rather than being canceled, but that argument doesn’t hold water. It’s “ending” because CBS is axing it; the network is just giving it a season to wrap.)