Tom Selleck has spoken. The “Magnum, P.I.” alum has addressed whether he might make a cameo in the new “Blue Bloods” spinoff, “Boston Blue,” following the original series’ surprising cancellation.
“I don’t know if I would do ‘Boston Blue,’ ” Selleck, 80, told Hour Detroit. “That’s another show.”
“I think it’s partly my lot in life to make sure ‘Blue Bloods’ has its place in television history,” he explained. “But I don’t think it’s my lot in life to keep playing Frank Reagan.”
Selleck portrayed Frank Reagan, an NYPD officer and later police commissioner, on the hit CBS show from its 2010 premiere until its finale last year.
The series also starred Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan and Will Estes.
Despite being one of CBS’s best-performing programs for its entire 14-season run, the network announced its cancellation in November 2023.
The final season concluded last December, and “Boston Blue” kicked off in October.
“It was a huge disappointment, and I still don’t know why CBS did it,” Selleck said regarding the “Blue Bloods” cancellation. “If you get rid of the football, we were the sixth most popular series in all of television.”
Selleck shared his career plans after “Blue Bloods” during a chat with Parade shortly before the show’s finale.
