‘Blue Bloods’ Stars Take Pay Cut for Season 14: Reports

'Blue Bloods’ Stars Take Pay Cut Ahead of Season 14 Renewal

Marisa Ramirez as Det. Maria Baez and Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan
CBS

Reagan household dinners will resume! Blue Bloods was renewed for season 14 — however solely after the forged reportedly agreed to a wage shake-up.

CBS introduced on Wednesday, March 29, that the cop drama was picked up for the 2023-2024 season following pay reduce negotiations earlier this 12 months. Deadline reported earlier this month that wage reductions as deep as 25 % for “some above-the-line expertise,” together with actors, had been within the works.

These reductions seemingly had been hashed out, in line with the Hollywood Reporter, which reported on Wednesday that the forged and producers agreed to a “25 % pay reduce,” per a supply near manufacturing.

Blue Bloods has dominated Friday nights since its premiere and remained an essential anchor for CBS’ profitable lineup,” CBS Leisure president, Amy Reisenbach, mentioned in a press release on Wednesday after sharing the renewal information. “Led by the excellent Tom Selleck, and an unimaginable forged and artistic crew, viewers proceed to embrace the Reagans, their regulation enforcement household, and the collection’ dramatic storytelling. We will’t wait to drag a chair as much as the Reagan household dinner desk for an additional implausible season.”

The procedural drama premiered on CBS in September 2010. It follows the Reagan household with patriarch and retired police commissioner Henry Reagan (Len Cariou) and his son, police commissioner Frank Reagan (Selleck), on the prime the helm of brood.

The cop household additionally consists of Frank’s sons, Detective Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg) and officer Jamie Reagan (Will Estes), and daughter ADA Erin Reagan (Bridget Moynahan). Every week, viewers watch the group present bravery and avenue smarts as they do their respective jobs.

Their work, nonetheless, by no means stands in the way in which of their weekly Sunday dinners as a household, which additionally embody Franks’ grandchildren when they’re on the town. Jamie’s spouse, officer Eddie Janko (Vanessa Ray), can also be a staple on the dinner desk.

With Blue Bloods’ season 14 comeback, the present turns into CBS’ second longest-running present collection. NCIS, which was renewed for season 21 earlier this 12 months, is the longest-running present for the community.

Whereas the Reagan household’s destiny was up within the air for a while, Blue Bloods’ success was by no means in query. The collection has remained the No. 1 most-watched primetime program on Fridays since 2010. Additionally it is the No. 3 broadcast drama with 9.54 million viewers, in line with Deadline.

Blue Bloods airs on CBS Fridays at 10 p.m. ET.