Blue Bloods coexecutive producer Santiago Quiñones is looking back on the police drama’s nearly 15-year run, sharing that the cast and crew were just as saddened to see the show come to an end.
“It’s not only a great privilege to be able to wrap something that went on for so long, but honestly, it was also incredibly sad,” Santiago told The Credits in an interview published on Tuesday, March 4. “Just as fantastic as it was to have been on it, it was really sad to see my crew, who had become family, go away. It became so real when we finished wrapping the stages and all that was gone.”
Blue Bloods concluded its 14-season run with its last episode airing on CBS on December 13, 2024. The series, which aired from 2010 to 2024, starred Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan, the patriarch of a law enforcement family. Dominating the Friday night timeslot, the show boasted a stellar cast, including Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Vanessa Ray and Len Cariou.
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“I kept saying to myself, ‘We’ll never have those moments back in those places again.’ So it was really hard. And the cast, too, and the writers, it’s ten years of my life,” the producer explained. “I remember when I first started, I was very much like ‘I don’t want to make any friends here’ because I didn’t know how long I’d be there. That’s the way production is.”
Although Blue Bloods won’t be returning for a 15th season, CBS announced on February 18 that a beloved member of the Reagan family will headline a new offshoot, Boston Blue, set in a different city.
