‘Blue Bloods’ Future Is Sealed: The Long-Running Series Will Wrap For Good In December

Deadline ^ | 05/02/2024 | Lynette Rice

[L.A.Justice]

Tom Selleck may have warned CBS earlier this year that there are an “awful lot of people” who aren’t ready to say goodbye to Blue Bloods, but there are no plans to extend the police procedural beyond its 14th and final season.

During a press conference Thursday to discuss the fall schedule, Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach conceded that while they will miss the series at CBS, the drama will still wrap after the second half airs this fall.

The first half of Blue Bloods‘ 14th season kicked off February 16. The second half of the season will return in October.

[Enterprise]

I talked to a detective I know and here are some generalities.

He says that criminals are generally stupid, and that's why they get caught. Some are smarter than others, but the odds run out the longer they commit crimes.

He can't recall having a defense attorney present during an interview, but regardless of that, he would never tell a suspect that it would go easier if he confessed. Deals are made between the defense attorney and the deputy district attorney, not among the detective, the suspect, and the defense attorney.

The interviews on the show are necessarily weighted to Danny because of time constraints, and they have Danny with enough evidence or witness statements to make the suspect confess.

He said that hard core ex-cons immediately invoke their rights when questioned. He remembers one case where one guy invoked. The DDA offered him 5 years and he refused. He was convicted at trial and got over 30 years.

In a couple of cases where he thought there was hope for the suspect because of age and the circumstances of the crime, he took it upon himself to approach the DDA and ask for leniency. He did not tell the suspect or the defense attorney he was going to do this.

[Political Junkie Too]

Blue Bloods' 18-episode final season is being split in half, with 5-months between both halves, effectively splitting the show into two "seasons."

I guess I was right after all.

After Friday's episode, the voice-over said that next week was the "season finale" at 9 episodes.

The IMDB entry for this season of Blue Bloods shows 18 episodes, so the network decided to cut the season into two mini-seasons in order to get one more prime-time season out of it.

-PJ

[Leaning Right]

That was very interesting! Thanks for the post.