Tom Selleck ‘Hates’ Idea of Retiring, Asks CBS to ‘Find’ Him ‘a New Series’ Amid ‘Blue Bloods’ Finale

Tom Selleck may be out of luck in his quest to have Blue Bloods renewed, but a network insider reveals how his former bosses at CBS are looking to give him the ultimate holiday gift of another show in 2025.

“Even as Blue Bloods winds down, Tom is already telling CBS to find a new series vehicle for him,” a source exclusively tells Closer. “The good news is that they’re very receptive to the idea and, as a network, CBS specializes in programming to the older demographic that has followed Tom since his Magnum P.I. days.”

Tom, 79, starred in Blue Bloods for 14 seasons, which ran on CBS from 2010 to 2024. Dominating Friday night ratings, the series featured a superstar cast including Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Vanessa Ray, and Len Cariou. The final episode premiered on December 13, marking the end of its successful run.

Multiple storylines came to fruition during the December 13 season finale, including the Reagan family working together to solve the same case. In the end, they all came together for the final family dinner, where Eddie and Jamie announced they were expecting their first child together. Erin and Jack also revealed they were going to get married again.

The finale earned a record number of viewers, clocking in a season-high of 6.68 million viewers in Live+Same Day ratings, per VideoAmp data. Additionally, this was up 15 percent over the season-to-date Live+Same Day viewership average.

“Listen, the only reason Blue Bloods is going away is because, overall, the show had become quite expensive, with a lot of cast and producers that need to be paid,” the source says. “Putting Tom in a show with a smaller ensemble makes more business sense and make no mistake, Tom wants to keep making TV shows into his 80s and he absolutely hates the idea of retiring any time soon!”

The Michigan native spoke out one day after the series finale aired, confirming to Entertainment Tonight that his acting career wouldn’t be slowing down despite changing physically during the nearly 15-year show run.

“I’m grateful to say, and the writers continued to see the evolution in the characters and let them grow and change,” he said in an interview published on December 14, adding, “15 years is a long time, and you change physically, you change every other way. You’re just older. At a certain point, all those things entered into what I’ll put in my little actor’s handbook and use, because I certainly don’t intend to stop working.”

Showrunners made adjustments on the set of Blue Bloods as Tom has suffered “orthopedic issues” over the years. “The workaround for that was the show’s signature dinner table scenes, which allowed Tom to do long takes and have big acting moments without being on his feet four hours out of the day,” the insider explains. “That approach will extend to whatever Tom does next — CBS is happy to custom-build a show around Tom’s needs.”

While fans are used to seeing Tom and his Blue Bloods castmates every Friday, the Meet the Robinsons star told fans he was “still adjusting” to the show being over but was open to “something different” with his new free time.

“I’m not retiring. I‘ve got a mortgage; I got a ranch that I love and I love the work. Look, I’m not exactly a spring chicken in the business,” he told Variety on December 12, aware that “the phone can stop ringing” at any time. “A comedy would be nice.”