CBS Studios Chief: ‘We’ve Got to Get It Right’

Patience will be a virtue for any Blue Bloods fans anticipating any sort of offshoot or Reagan family “fix” after the original series ends in December.

Last month, Paramount Global co-CEO Brian Robbins mentioned during a presentation to stockholders that “new franchise extensions are coming for Dexter, Billions, and Blue Bloods,” quietly suggesting that the long-running family/cop drama might spawn a spinoff.

It remains unclear whether any such offshoot would be for CBS or Paramount+. Instead, the focus right now seems to be on finding the very best premise, after one pitch centered on Donnie Wahlberg’s Danny Reagan failed to materialize, as reported by Deadline.

“We don’t have anything that’s going to be in development soon, but it’s a brand, a title, and a show that is beloved,” CBS Studios president David Stapf told Deadline.

“We’ve got to get it right, so we’re taking our time and trying to figure it out, ‘OK, what is the next iteration of Blue Bloods?’” Stapf explained. With the original series’ final eight episodes set to air this fall through December, “We have a whole season to go where we intend to celebrate it all season long… so there’s still time for us to figure that out.”

Blue Bloods frontman Tom Selleck and other cast members had lobbied for the show to continue, but CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach has remained firm that it’s time for the cop show to turn in its badge.

“We love this cast, we love their passion for the show. All shows have to come to an end. It’s important to us to refresh the schedule,” Reisenbach said in May. “We are going to end the show come December.”

Source: tvline.com