Blue Bloods in the Media

[zapper]

article in National Post:  https://nationalpost.com/opinion/raymond-j-de-souza-blue-bloods-the-unapologetic-pro-police-drama-in-an-anti-police-age

Author of article is a conservative Catholic priest, just for context.

[newsjunkie]

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/blue-bloods-tom-selleck-donnie-wahlberg-canceled-1236234226/

"“It feels like, I read a movie script, I’m negotiating to do a deal for the movie, and I’m walking to my agent’s office, and I keep looking back over my shoulder, hoping someone from ‘Blue Bloods’ is chasing me down the street saying, ‘Wait, we’re going to do one more season,’” he says. “A lot of times in television, 14 years in, people are running for the exit. We’re all trying to move forward now onto what’s next, but I think every one of us has that feeling of just turning back, hoping someone’s there to say, ‘Don’t sign that contract. Wait a minute!’”.....

Plus, would a spinoff really work, focusing on one or two characters and not the entire family — the heart of what “Blue Bloods” is about?

“It’s going to be a very delicate dance to keep that integrity. Where’s the family going to be? They can’t be in New York. I would probably drive to New York from Ohio, if I was Danny, to go to every dinner and back,” Wahlberg says of his character. “Until we know that there’s absolutely no way this show can be resurrected somehow, I think we’re all walking forward… but taking a peek back.”

 

 

Edited Saturday at 08:05 AM by newsjunkie

[Sake614]

Selleck tried to convince the network to renew and CBS said no. I have a hard time believing they have any interest in a spin-off. I certainly have no appetite for it. This show should have ended a good 7 years before it did. As much as I like the cast, IMO the show grew more stale every year. It had a good run, now it’s time for everyone to move forward. The younger cast can focus on school and what they want to do with the rest of their lives. Selleck can retire or maybe do another Jesse Stone movie. Donnie and Bridget should be able to find lead or at least supporting roles elsewhere and the character actors can continue along that path. 

[newsjunkie]

57 minutes ago, Sake614 said:

Selleck tried to convince the network to renew and CBS said no. I have a hard time believing they have any interest in a spin-off. I certainly have no appetite for it. This show should have ended a good 7 years before it did. As much as I like the cast, IMO the show grew more stale every year. It had a good run, now it’s time for everyone to move forward. The younger cast can focus on school and what they want to do with the rest of their lives. Selleck can retire or maybe do another Jesse Stone movie. Donnie and Bridget should be able to find lead or at least supporting roles elsewhere and the character actors can continue along that path. 

I think there have been enough comments by Donnie Wahlberg and in a more limited way from some of the CBS executives to suggest there have been initial substantive discussions about a possible spin-off probably primarily focused on his character, possibly along with Baez, and occasional appearances by other Reagans (if there is no shock revival), probably along the lines of the "alternate ending" scenario he suggested in Entertainment Weekly.