AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Tom Selleck says 'Blue Bloods' cast took a 25% pay cut before CBS pulled the plug anyway
Tom Selleck is making clear he has not forgiven CBS for cancelling "Blue Bloods", and his latest disclosure about a 25% cast pay cut undercuts any network claim that the show's talent priced itself out of a renewal. Selleck, 81, appeared on Ted Danson's podcast "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" this week and laid out […] The post Tom Selleck says 'Blue Bloods' cast took a 25% pay cut before CBS pulled the plug anyway appeared first on American Almanac .
Tom Selleck is making clear he has not forgiven CBS for cancelling "Blue Bloods", and his latest disclosure about a 25% cast pay cut undercuts any network claim that the show's talent priced itself out of a renewal. Selleck, 81, appeared on Ted Danson's podcast "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" this week and laid out what the cast did to try to save the long-running CBS police drama. The entire ensemble agreed to slash their salaries by a quarter, he said, and every principal actor was prepared to return for another season. CBS cancelled the show anyway. The revelation adds a concrete dollar figure to a grievance Selleck has aired repeatedly since the network announced the cancellation in 2023. A cast that took a significant financial…Open