The way forward for “Blue Bloods” doesn’t look as blue.
Throughout a presentation at Paramount’s annual stockholders assembly Tuesday, Paramount International co-CEO Brian Robbins hinted {that a} new “Blue Bloods” sequence is within the works.
“In TV, new franchise extensions are coming for ‘Dexter,’ ‘Billions,’ and ‘Blue Bloods,’ ” Robbins mentioned.
Spinoffs have already been introduced for “Billions” (“Hundreds of thousands”) and “Dexter,” (“Dexter: Origins”) however an official “Blue Bloods” spinoff has not been introduced.
The present is ready to finish within the fall with Season 14. It premiered in 2010, and starred Selleck, 79, as New York Metropolis Police Commissioner and household patriarch Frank Reagan.
Selleck has been vocal about his need for the present to proceed.
He advised TV Insider, “CBS will discover an terrible lot of individuals aren’t able to say goodbye to it. The present’s extra common than ever, and I believe [numbers] will enhance with the curiosity this 12 months,” he added. “We’re definitely not out of concepts. I’m not counting the times so I can do one thing else.”
Followers of the long-running sequence had been dealt a blow with the information that the show is set to end.
With out his paycheck from the present, Selleck additionally fears that he may be forced to hand over his Ventura County, California, ranch, he mentioned.
Talking on “CBS Sunday Morning” in Could, the Emmy-winning actor mentioned, “You realize, hopefully I hold working sufficient to carry onto the place.”
“Significantly, that’s a difficulty? In the event you stopped working?” host Tracy Smith requested.
“That’s at all times a difficulty,” Selleck mentioned. “If I ended working, yeah. Am I set for all times? Yeah, however perhaps not on a 63-acre ranch!”
The “Buddies” visitor star added, “I’ll proceed to assume that CBS will come to their senses,” concerning the community’s alternative to tug the plug on the present.
“We’re the third-highest scripted present in all of broadcast. We’re profitable 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 good reveals, and nonetheless holding our place. So, I don’t know. You inform me!”
The Put up reached out to reps from CBS and “Blue Bloods” for remark.
