Tom Selleck admits it will ‘take a long time’ to get over crushing news

Tom Selleck has spoken retired astir his vexation pursuing the cancellation of his long-time constabulary drama, Blue Bloods, aft 14 seasons connected air.  

It was announced precocious past twelvemonth that the CBS drama, which follows the members of the fictional Irish-Catholic Reagan family, was coming to an end aft 14 years, contempt receiving an mean of 9 to 14 cardinal viewers per episode.

At the time, Tom, 79, did not fell his disappointment regarding the decision, telling TV Insider in January: ‘CBS volition find an atrocious batch of radical aren’t acceptable to accidental goodbye to it.

‘The show’s much fashionable than ever, and I deliberation [numbers] volition summation with the involvement this year. We’re surely not retired of ideas.’

His co-stars, Donnie Wahlberg and Bridget Moynihan, shared this opinion, which resulted successful the trio urging the web to reconsider its decision. Despite their pleas, amusement executives confirmed that portion B of play 14 volition reason successful December.

CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach said successful a statement: ‘All shows person to travel to an end. It’s important to america to refresh the schedule. We are going to extremity the amusement travel December.’

Now, up of the show’s last episodes hitting screens, Tom has sat down withTV Insider and revealed however helium feels astir the situation, admitting it volition instrumentality him a ‘long time’ to get implicit the ending of the amusement successful which helium plays New York Police Commissioner Frank Reagan.

‘I’m benignant of frustrated,’ helium said. ‘During those past 8 shows, I haven’t wanted to speech astir an ending for Blue Bloods but astir it inactive being wildly successful,’

He continued to accidental helium wasn’t going to ‘turn into a bitter aged guy’ and said helium would proceed to talk astir the series’ success.

‘I don’t judge successful holding grudges, but if you were to accidental to the tv network, “Here’s a amusement you tin programme successful the worst clip slot you got, and it is going to warrant you winning Friday nighttime for the adjacent 15 years,” it would beryllium astir intolerable to believe.’

Blue Bloods has aired predominantly astatine 10 p.m. connected CBS and remains 1 of TV’s apical broadcast dramas.

‘My vexation is the amusement was ever taken for granted due to the fact that it performed from the get-go. So, however bash I feel? It’s going to instrumentality a agelong clip to benignant each of this out,’ Tom said.

Tom and his co-stars aren’t the lone ones upset by the cancellation. Ahead of the show’s last episodes, fans person taken to X to stock their feelings.

‘WHAT IS WRONG WITH CBS!!!!’ Tech_Snobi7 wrote. Alan FJr added: ‘Definitely upsetting news. The champion TV play connected the air. It ne'er mislaid steam.’

Another fan, MrNobod11768580, spoke astir however the cancellation ‘stings’: ‘I’m precise overmuch a precocious bloomer to Blue Bloods. But it’s precise bully TV. Compelling stories. a household that fights with each different astatine times but ever comes unneurotic successful times of peril. This and the erstwhile cancellation of NCIS: Los Angeles sting the astir for me.’

While CBS claims the amusement was cancelled due to the fact that they needed to ‘refresh’ the schedule, Deadline has reported it is much apt coming to an extremity ‘due to the fiscal burden’ connected the network.

Blue Bloods volition aerial its last 8 episodes connected CBS successful America from October 18. The archetypal 10 seasons are besides disposable to watercourse connected Paramount+.

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