STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Its not over till it’s over.
Actor Tom Selleck still hopes his hit TV show, “Blue Bloods,” will continue beyond Season 14 despite being told the series is coming to an end.
The 79-year-old actor stars in the CBS series as New York Police Commissioner Frank Reagan, the head of the NYPD and the central figure in a strong-willed family.
Insider TV revealed that the final season of the show will air in two parts, in the spring and the fall of 2024. The last episode is slated to air in December.
While the series is scheduled to wrap, there’s been resistance to that decision, particularly from Selleck himself, CBS News reported.
In an interview with the network, Selleck said he hopes CBS will reconsider.
“I will continue to think that CBS will come to their senses,” he said. “We’re the third-highest scripted show in all of broadcast. We’re winning the night. All the cast wants to come back. And I can tell you this: We aren’t sliding off down a cliff. We’re doing good shows, and still holding our place.”
Selleck added that he spends most of his time on his Ventura County, California, ranch when he’s not working. He bought the property in 1988 after quitting “Magnum, P.I.” and hopes to keep it after “Blue Bloods” ends.
“You know, hopefully I keep working enough to hold onto the place,” he said.
“Seriously, that’s an issue? If you stopped working?” CBS correspondent Tracy Smith asked him.
“That’s always an issue,” he responded. “If I stopped working, yeah. Am I set for life? Yeah, but maybe not on a 63-acre ranch!”
Whatever happens to “Blue Bloods,” Selleck said that he has no plans to retire anytime soon.
“I have a lot of reverence for what I call ‘the work,’ and I love it,” said the actor, who turns 80 in January. “And I’d like to keep doing it.”
Credit: Original article published here.