We’re only a few months away from what’ll probably be a swamp of TV cancellations, with all of the networks culling their content material slates to coincide with weeks of season finales. CBS is thought for rocking probably the most minimal turnover in broadcast, or maybe all of TV, with a number of authentic reveals that recurrently final for 5 or extra seasons. Whereas we’ll be saying farewell to NCIS: Los Angeles at this season’s conclusion, the Eye community cemented the returns for many of its hit dramas that hadn’t but obtained excellent news, with a couple of noteworthy exceptions: Blue Bloods, S.W.A.T., and East New York.
Because it seems, updates for Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg’s drama Blue Bloods have been delayed for a reasonably vital motive, which can also be the case with S.W.A.T., albeit on a barely smaller scale. Let’s first have a good time CBS’ huge renewal wins earlier than digging into why there are nonetheless a couple of holdouts.
CBS Renewed 9 Extra Collection For New Seasons
Beneath is a full record of the reveals that CBS rewarded with seasons renewals this week, together with every of the sequence that had already earned excellent news, with Max Thieriot’s ratings-crushing Hearth Nation because the standout freshman hit of the 2023 TV season.
- 48 Hours (Season 35)
- 60 Minutes (Season 56)
- The Intrepid Race (Season 35)
- CSI: Vegas (Season 3)
- Lingo (Season 2)
- NCIS (Season 21)
- NCIS: Hawai’i (Season 3)
- Survivor (Season 44)
- Powerful as Nails (Season 5)
- Beforehand Renewed In 2023: Hearth Nation, So Assist Me Todd, Ghosts, The Neighborhood, Bob Hearts Abishola
- Beforehand Renewed for A number of Seasons: FBI, FBI: Most Needed, FBI: Worldwide, The Equalizer, Younger Sheldon
Contemplating all the reveals famous above, any exceptions from the record will surely be questioned, particularly once they’ve been a core a part of CBS’ weekly lineup, having anchored its Friday evening primetime choices for greater than a decade. Okay, I assume that is extra particularly about Blue Bloods, so let’s speak about what’s retaining that renewal information from being locked down.
Why Hasn’t Blue Blood (And Extra) Been Renewed But?
Anybody on the market who casually guessed “cash” as being the rationale for Blue Bloods‘ present semi-bubble standing, you get the gold star. The longer a TV present stays on the air, the dearer it finally ends up turning into, attributable to all of the long-haul solid and crew members getting extensions and raises alongside the way in which. And given how massive the Reagan household is, and what number of different characters are featured closely within the authorized drama, funds specificity is totally an enormous concern for Blue Bloods‘ future.
WHERE TO WATCH
– S.W.A.T. airs Friday nights on CBS at 8:00 p.m. ET
– Blue Bloods airs Friday nights on CBS at 10:00 p.m. ET
– East New York airs Sunday nights on CBS at 9:00 p.m. ET
In keeping with Deadline, energetic negotiations are going down, however with the idea that monetary cuts might be mandatory to ensure that Blue Bloods to make Season 14 occur. The present’s usually regular and higher-end scores, which have dropped from yr to yr, are an enormous motive why CBS would wish to hold the present going. It is reported that issues had stalled out just lately, however at the moment are transferring in a extra constructive course, and it is thought that an settlement might be reached.
What that probably means, not less than in Blue Bloods‘ case, is a number of common solid member could possibly be taken out of competition as a cost-saving transfer. I wouldn’t think about the most important money-makers like Tom Selleck or Donnie Wahlberg might be bidding the sequence farewell, however it’s actually attainable for a more recent addition to be written out in a technique or one other.
Blue Bloods seems to be the one present coping with these specific monetary points. S.W.A.T., in the meantime is claimed to be in fine condition as negotiations reportedly started just lately, with none obvious obstacles in place to influence its potential seventh season. It’s curious that it wasn’t a part of the larger wave of renewals, contemplating it had been up to now, however it’s attainable that different exterior points — akin to Shemar Moore turning into a first-time dad this yr — have affected the method.
When involves East New York, the scenario is extra enterprise as traditional. Although the drama kicked off strongly as probably the most widespread new reveals of the 2022-2023 fall season, incomes an additional episode order quickly after premiering, it has but to find out about its future. (In all probability didn’t assist that its full-season announcement was quickly adopted by two of its govt producers being fired.) It’s believed that CBS will solely find yourself making a call in regards to the Amanda Warren-led procedural after the upcoming arrival of True Lies, the small display adaptation of James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s motion blockbuster, in order that correct choices might be made about what’ll match into which era slots later this yr.
Ready on that renewal information doesn’t must be a complete slog both, as followers can stream episodes of Blue Bloods, S.W.A.T. and East New York (together with loads of different superior reveals) with a Paramount+ subscription.
