The final episodes of Blue Bloods are currently airing on Friday nights on CBS. As the show comes to an end after fourteen years, Tom Selleck is defiantly vowing to keep working.
Selleck Will ‘Keep Working’
“It looks like now I might have to write [a script for another movie]” Selleck, 79, recently told TV Insider. “It wouldn’t be a final one because everybody loves it. Jesse is a great character, and it would be fascinating to find out where he is quite a few years later.”
“But I need to regroup; I don’t know what’s next, but assuming the phone doesn’t stop ringing, I’m going to keep working,” he added.
Aside from playing the fictional NYPD Commissioner Frank Reagan on Blue Bloods since 2010, Selleck has also starred in nine Jesse Stone movies. He last played the title character in 2015, but two years ago, he revealed that he’s been “working” on a tenth film.
If you haven’t seen them, the Jesse Stone movies with Tom Selleck are pretty excellent. pic.twitter.com/lucx4XXAd3
— Scott Adams 📖🛻🏔️🍿🏎️ (@PTSPentax) October 16, 2024
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‘I’m Still Working On It!’
“I’m still working on it! It isn’t the same cumulative narrative anymore,” Selleck told TV Insider at the time. “As time has passed, I’m older and the Jesse Stone audience needs to account for that. He’s at a different part of his life. That’s interesting, but that’s not the script we started to do after we finished the ninth movie.”
“We have a deal with Hallmark Channel, but they’ve moved on to [other] shows,” he continued. “It’s saleable, and if it’s not on Hallmark, we could end up elsewhere. One of the first questions I always get from people I meet is, ‘Are we going to see another Jesse Stone?’ Yes, Blue Bloods comes up and Magnum and even Friends, but first, it’s, ‘Please do another Jesse Stone!’”
Selleck also revealed his belief that there’s continuity between Blue Bloods, Jesse Stone, his Western movies and his hit 1980s television show Magnum, P.I.
“It was a lucky accident that my appetites were compatible with what the audience wanted to see me in again,” Selleck explained. “That’s not often the case with actors.”
For the last 14 years, viewers have joined the Reagan family at their iconic Sunday dinner table. Now, @BlueBloods_CBS is beginning its final run of episodes.
Tom Selleck and the cast told @vladduthierscbs about the show’s legacy and becoming a real family: “It’s home.” pic.twitter.com/RNVrAbl0yP
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) October 18, 2024
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Selleck Tried To Save Blue Bloods
Selleck was left devastated when CBS announced at the end of last year that it would be canceling Blue Bloods. Selleck spent most of 2024 desperately trying to save the beloved show.
“I will continue to think that CBS will come to their senses,” he told CBS News back in May. “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. So, I don’t know. You tell me!”
Selleck was still voicing his “frustration” with CBS earlier this month.
“If you were to say to the television network, ‘Here’s a show you can program in the worst time slot you got, and it is going to guarantee you winning Friday night for the next 15 years,’ it would be almost impossible to believe,” he recently said. “My frustration is the show was always taken for granted because it performed from the get-go.”
#BlueBloodsFriday I wished we could #SaveBlueBloods #BlueBloods #ThankYouBlueBloods ❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/bvN9TbjVLJ
— linda🇨🇦mcgowan🍁 (@linmcgowan) October 19, 2024
Selleck is one of the most popular stars in Hollywood. We’re glad to see that Selleck plans to continue working, and we can’t wait to see what projects he has in store for us in the years to come!
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