Tom Selleck, the 79-year-old actor who plays New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan on the long-running police drama Blue Bloods, has spoken about the possible cancellation of the show.’ CBS Sunday Morning’ recently hosted the actor, and during the interview, Selleck expressed his opinion on the reported cancellation. Though CBS is yet to confirm if this is true, it has been speculated that the show will end later this year, after its 14th season has aired. In the interview, Selleck said: “Well, that’s a good question – I will continue to think that CBS will come to their senses… We’re the third-highest scripted show in all of broadcast. We’re winning the night. All the cast wants to come back.”
Selleck seemed optimistic about the future of the show, saying: “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!” The ‘Friends’ actor also spoke about the future impact on him as the owner of a 63-acre ranch in Ventura County, California, if the show is cancelled. “You know, hopefully, I keep working enough to hold onto the place,” he said. When asked about if stopping work would be an issue, Selleck admitted: “That’s always an issue – if I stopped working, yeah… Am I set for life? Yeah, but maybe not on a 63-acre ranch!”
The veteran actor spoke more about the acting profession, revealing his love for it and how he considers it an honour to do the work. Selleck said: “As an actor, you never lose – I don’t lose, anyway – that sense that every time I finish a job, it’s my last job…I like the fact that there’s no excuses! You just go to work and you do the work. And I have a lot of reverence for what I call “the work,” and I love it. And I’d like to keep doing it.” Blue Bloods has been on CBS for twelve years and is a police procedural and family drama, starring Selleck as the police commissioner from a multigenerational family of police officers in New York City
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