Canceled series Blue Bloods still canceled

Whatever blood has been coursing through the veins of CBS procedural Blue Bloods these last 15 years has run dry. Per Deadline, the series, which has run for more than 275 episodes, is definitely coming to an end this December. Well, until a streamer picks it up for another six episodes of “Blue Bloods: Legacy.” CBS announced the last season in November 2023, much to the dismay of star Tom Selleck, the cast, and the show’s fans. Though some were hoping that this was some horrible dream that could be assuaged by fan outcry to keep producing the show, CBS confirmed today that the series would really be leaving the network this December. Hoping to stretch the show for one final year, the network aired the first 10 episodes of the season in February and will air in the remaining eight this fall.

Unfortunately, during her speech at today’s upfronts, CBS Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach said it was more important for CBS “to refresh the schedule,” presumably with a different police procedural about Catholic cops. With the authority of a Law & Order “clunk-clunk,” Reisenbach stood firm. “We are going to end the show come December.” While Blue Bloods ran far shorter than Law & Order: SVU’s 25-season run, 14 seasons in today’s television landscape is nothing to sneeze at. As a measure of its popularity, Blue Bloods received 18 episodes to wrap its story. But, obviously, for many people in production, this is a job they’ve had for more than a decade, so we understand why they’d want to keep it going as long as possible.

The second half of season 14 begins in October.