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Blue Bloods
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Blue Bloods is a television series created by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess for the CBS network. It ran for 14 seasons comprising 293 episodes, premiering on 24 September 2010 and concluding on 13 December 2024.
Each episode ran 60 minutes, the show was produced in English, and it was classified in the crime and drama genres.
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TV series · TMDB
★ 7.8A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.
- Aired
- 2010–2024
- Seasons
- 14 · 293 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess
- Network
- CBS
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
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TV series
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- CBS
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Runtime
- 60 min
- TVMaze rating
- 8.1/10
Key facts
- Genre
- Police procedural Crime drama Legal drama
- Created by
- Robin Green Mitchell Burgess
- Starring
- Donnie Wahlberg Bridget Moynahan Will Estes Len Cariou Tom Selleck Sami Gayle Amy Carlson
- Opening theme
- "Reagan's Theme", by Rob Simonsen
- Composer
- Mark Snow
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 293 ( list of episodes )
- Executive producers
- Leonard Goldberg (2010–2020) Brian Burns Mitchell Burgess Robin Green Siobhan Byrne O'Connor Ian Biederman Kevin Wade Dan Truly Tom Selleck
- Producers
- Fred Keller David Barrett (2024)
- Production locations
- New York, New York, U.S.
- Cinematography
- Craig Dibona, ASC Donald E. Thorin Jr. Gene Engels
- Editors
- Charles McClelland Brice Bishop-Pullan Thomas R. Moore Jackeline Tejada
- Camera setup
- Single-camera
- Running time
- 40–44 minutes
- Production companies
- Panda Productions (2010–2020) The Leonard Goldberg Company (2020–2024) Paw in Your Face Productions (2010–2011) CBS Productions (2010–2012) CBS Television Studios (2012–2020) CBS Studios (2020–2024)
- Network
- CBS
- Release
- September 24, 2010 ( 2010-09-24 ) –, December 13, 2024 ( 2024-12-13 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television series
- Genre
- police procedural
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- New York City Police Department
- Creator
- Mitchell Burgess
- Cast member
- Bridget Moynahan
- Composer
- Mark Snow
- Producer
- Leonard Goldberg
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 45
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.cbs.com/shows/blue_bloods
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- executive producer
- Leonard Goldberg
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 16:9
- original broadcaster
- CBS
- distributed by
- Hulu
- Commons category
- Blue Bloods
- number of seasons
- 14
- number of episodes
- 293
- title
- Blue Bloods
- camera setup
- single-camera setup
- list of episodes
- list of Blue Bloods episodes
- start time
- 2010-09-24
- social media followers
- 58300
- end time
- 2024-12-13
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Encyclopedic overview
Blue Bloods is an American police procedural drama television series that aired on CBS from September 24, 2010, to December 13, 2024, across 14 seasons and 293 episodes. Its main characters are the fictional Reagan family, an Irish-American Catholic family in New York City with a history of work in law enforcement. Blue Bloods stars Tom Selleck as New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan; other main cast members include Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes and Len Cariou for all 14 seasons, plus Amy Carlson (seasons 1–7), Sami Gayle (seasons 1–10), as well as Marisa Ramirez (regular since season 4) and Vanessa Ray (regular since season 5).
The show was filmed on location in New York City. The series debuted on September 24, 2010, with episodes airing on Fridays following CSI: NY before being moved to Wednesdays at 10:00 pm ET/PT for a four-week tryout. After four weeks, it returned to its original Friday 10:00 pm slot, where it remained until its cancellation in 2024.
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