CBS has renewed veteran Friday night crime drama Blue Bloods for a 13th season, taking it through the spring of 2023. Comparatively, this will make the Tom Selleck ensemble vehicle the longest-running traditional (non-forensics) crime-solver in the history of the network—now ahead of the original Hawaii Five-O, which aired from 1968 to 1980.
CBS has renewed Blue Bloods season 13 as a result of its consistently strong ratings. The police procedural series, which is the third longest-running CBS scripted show behind NCIS and its spinoff NCIS: Los Angeles, originally premiered on the network on September 24, 2010.
Fans of the enduring CBS police procedural “Blue Bloods” got some great news when the program was renewed for Season 13 in April. The trials and tribulations of the closely-knit Reagan family continue to pack in audiences (per Deadline), with professional and personal complications lying around every bend.
CBS confirmed on April 26 that Blue Bloods will, in fact, be returning for a remarkable 13th season. They shared a photo of the family around the dinner table with the caption, “Grab a seat – the Sunday dinners continue. #BlueBloods has been renewed for Season 13 and we can’t wait to have you join us!”
Variety reports that CBS has greenlit Season 13 for “Blue Bloods,” joining a number of other series renewals at the network and giving sweet relief to fans of the series still eager for more once Season 12 wraps up with its final two episodes, including the season finale episode “Silver Linings” set to air Friday, May 6 (via The Futon Critic).
Blue Bloods fans are still feeling relieved after last week’s big news. As we previously reported, the popular police procedural series, which is the third longest-running CBS scripted show (behind NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles) got renewed for a monumental 13th season — something that both fans and the cast of the show can appreciate.
The network has renewed the CBS Studios-produced show, one of its longest-running and most popular, for a 13th season in 2022-23. The pickup comes 10 days before Blue Bloods airs its 12th season finale on May 6 and three weeks ahead of CBS parent Paramount Global’s May 18 upfront presentation.
The Reagan family will be back at the dinner table after CBS renewed Blue Bloods for its 13 th season. The network handed the long-running cop drama the renewal after star and exec producer Tom Selleck closed his deal to return.
It was recently announced that Blue Bloods was renewed for Season 13. This renewal comes on the heels of a major milestone for the CBS procedural, as it aired its 250th episode this past season. Thanks to its renewal, there will be plenty more episodes to come.
The series has been averaging 9.81 million viewers per episode in season 12, which is a lower average than any past season of Blue Bloods, but nevertheless landed it as the number four highest viewed non-sports series across all broadcast networks.
Since sharing the news on April 26, the official Blue Bloods Instagram account has gone back to posting its regular teaser snapshots. The latest of which celebrates the wrap of the 12th season, which comes to an official close on Friday, May 6. This content is imported from Instagram.
Blue Bloods premiered in September 2010. The show stars Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, and Will Estes. As previously mentioned, the show has been on for so long that it managed to surpass a major milestone. The CBS drama aired its 250th episode this past March and it, of course, featured the Reagans’ classic big family dinner.
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