50 Fun Facts About Blue Bloods

How many seasons of Blue Bloods aired on CBS?

It ran from September 2010 to December 2024.

How many episodes of Blue Bloods were made in total?

The final season was split, with ten episodes in early 2024 and eight in the autumn.

Who plays New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan?

Selleck was worried a series would clash with his Jesse Stone TV movies, but the pilot script won him over.

The Reagans are described as what kind of family?

The weekly Sunday dinner is, in People magazine's words, 'the heart of each show'.

Which family ritual did People magazine call 'the heart of each show'?

Guests over the years included Frank's old partner Lenny Ross and Archbishop Kearns.

Who plays Detective Danny Reagan?

Wahlberg was a founding member of New Kids on the Block.

Who plays Assistant District Attorney Erin Reagan?

Wahlberg encouraged her to take the role after they made a 2008 pilot called Bunker Hill together.

Jamie Reagan, the youngest son, graduated from which university before joining the NYPD?

He was a Harvard Law graduate and engaged to Sydney Davenport, who left him once she understood the job.

Who plays Jamie Reagan?

Estes had earlier starred in American Dreams.

Who plays Henry Reagan, Frank's father and a former police commissioner himself?

Cariou is a Tony winner for originating Sweeney Todd on Broadway.

Frank's son Joe was murdered while investigating a group of corrupt cops known as what?

Jamie quietly took over Joe's investigation through season one, whose finale is titled 'The Blue Templar'.

Each Reagan covers a part of the justice system. Which role is Jamie's for most of the run?

Danny works out of the 54th Precinct, though early episodes labelled it the 12th.

Who is Frank's Deputy Commissioner of Public Information and de facto chief of staff?

Gregory Jbara plays him; Abigail Hawk plays Frank's aide Detective Baker.

Who plays Detective Baker, Frank's primary aide?

Robert Clohessy's Sid Gormley later joined as special assistant to the commissioner.

Danny's long-serving partner from season four onward is which detective?

Marisa Ramirez became a series regular in season four.

Why was Jennifer Esposito, who played Danny's first partner Jackie Curatola, dropped in 2012?

Curatola was written out on 'indefinite leave of absence' after the episode 'Nightmares'.

Jamie's partner, whom he eventually marries, is Officer Edit Janko, better known as what?

They admitted their attraction in season seven, got engaged at the end of season eight and married in the season nine finale.

Jamie and Eddie get married in the finale of which season?

Fans nicknamed the pairing 'Jamko'.

Who plays Eddie Janko?

Ray had played CeCe Drake on Pretty Little Liars.

How did Danny's wife Linda die between seasons seven and eight?

Amy Carlson left the show after season seven.

What was Linda Reagan's profession?

Danny and Linda's sons Jack and Sean are played by real-life brothers Tony and Andrew Terraciano.

Danny's sons Jack and Sean are played by which pair of real-life brothers?

Sean later joins the Boston Police Department in the spin-off.

Erin's daughter Nicky, played by Sami Gayle, leaves home in season ten to take a job in which city?

Gayle was a regular for the first ten seasons.

The season ten finale reveals that the late Joe Reagan had a son. What is his name and job?

His mother Paula, played by Bonnie Somerville, had a brief affair with Joe at the academy.

Who plays Erin's ex-husband, defence attorney Jack Boyle?

Erin's investigator Anthony Abetemarco is played by Sopranos alumnus Steven Schirripa.

Which former Sopranos actor plays Anthony Abetemarco, Erin's DA's office investigator?

Schirripa played Bobby Baccalieri on The Sopranos.

Who plays Archbishop Kevin Kearns, Frank's friend and occasional dinner guest?

Treat Williams played Frank's former partner Lenny Ross.

In which Brooklyn neighbourhood is the house used for exterior shots of the Reagan home?

Frank himself was written as having been born in Bay Ridge.

Danny's precinct is eventually identified on screen as which number?

Early episodes had labelled it the 12th, the same as Jamie's first precinct.

For a four-week tryout in early 2011, Blue Bloods was moved from its usual slot to which night?

It had a brief four-week Wednesday tryout in early 2011.

Which show did Blue Bloods originally follow on Friday nights when it debuted in 2010?

In the UK it helped launch Sky Atlantic in February 2011.

In 2013 CBS said Blue Bloods was the first scripted Friday series in a decade to average how many viewers?

The pilot drew 15.26 million with DVR viewing included.

What did the cast and producers reportedly do to secure the fourteenth and final season?

The season was then delayed by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.

On what date did the Blue Bloods series finale air?

Producers including Selleck had pushed CBS to extend the final season into the autumn.

Which comedian compared Blue Bloods to an 'adult Paw Patrol' on Last Week Tonight in 2022?

Slate had earlier criticised the show for downplaying systemic racism in policing.

The spin-off Boston Blue follows Danny Reagan after he moves to Boston alongside which family member?

Sean had joined the Boston PD during an NYPD hiring freeze.

When did Boston Blue premiere on CBS?

It inherited Blue Bloods' old Friday-night slot and was renewed for a second season in December 2025.

In Boston Blue, Danny is partnered with Detective Lena Silver, played by which Star Trek: Discovery star?

Wahlberg himself was born in the Dorchester neighbourhood of Boston.

Who created Blue Bloods, along with executive producers Leonard Goldberg and Michael Cuesta?

Green and Burgess had been writers and producers on The Sopranos.

Before the NYPD, Danny Reagan served two tours in which war as a Marine?

His father Frank was also a Marine, serving as a lieutenant in Vietnam.

Frank Reagan served in which branch of the military during the Vietnam War?

He rose through Brooklyn South and Chief of Department before becoming commissioner.

The Frank Reagan actor's breakout role, for which he won an Emmy in 1984, was which private investigator?

Critics have compared Frank Reagan to Selleck's Jesse Stone: both moral, principled men of few words.

Tom Selleck hesitated to join a series so as not to compromise which run of television movies?

Selleck said the strong pilot script won him over; critics later compared Frank Reagan and Jesse Stone as principled men of few words.

Which new series' premiere sent Blue Bloods back to its Friday slot in February 2011?

After a four-week Wednesday tryout the show returned to Fridays at 10 pm and stayed there until its 2024 cancellation.

Who plays Frank's former partner Lenny Ross, an occasional guest at Sunday dinner?

Other outside guests at the Reagan table have included Archbishop Kearns, Erin's ex-husband Jack Boyle and Joe Hill's mother Paula.

Interior scenes of the Reagan home were shot on soundstages in which Brooklyn neighbourhood?

The exterior belongs to a real house across the borough in Bay Ridge.

Which British channel did Blue Bloods help launch when it premiered there in February 2011?

From season nine new episodes moved to Sky Witness, and the show is also on Paramount+ in the UK up to season 11.

Which actor plays the young firearms-unit detective revealed in season ten to be Frank's grandson?

TVLine singled out Hochman and Selleck for their work in the season 13 episode 'Nothing Sacred'.

Which streaming service carried every Blue Bloods episode in the US as of 2025?

Seasons one through nine were also on Hulu, while Ion Television ran reruns nationally on Wednesdays.

Writer-producer Siobhan Byrne O'Connor earned three nominations for which prize?

The mystery writers' prize recognised 'Innocence', 'Unfinished Business' and 'The Reagan Way'; Kevin Wade got a nod for 'My Aim is True'.