The hit cop drama is confirmed to return for one more season later this yr, however may the way forward for be in hassle after the most recent scores hit?
has launched the most recent viewing figures for its greatest reveals, and the recognition of the Tom Selleck drama could possibly be in decline.
The community confirmed this Friday’s episode was watched by 5.7 million dwell viewers, reaching a demo ranking of 0.3.
This determine is down from most episodes this season, which have largely been watched by greater than six million followers every week.
Furthermore, this season has struggled to succeed in the highs of earlier outings only a few years in the past.
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Though season 13 has achieved an identical common to season 12, the sequence was persistently pulling in scores that surpassed the seven million mark as not too long ago as 2020.
These newest insights may put the sequence in a tough place forward of Blue Bloods’ confirmed 14th season to premiere after the summer season.
Fortunately, the sequence remains to be one in every of CBS’s greatest primetime reveals, having aired each Friday for over a decade.
Different huge hitters for the community this week included SWAT (5.2 mil/0.4) and new drama Fireplace Nation (5.7 mil/0.4).
The primary responder drama starring SEAL Group’s Max Thieriot grabbed its greatest scores since February, placing it in good stead for season two which was confirmed again in January.
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All three Friday evening dramas additionally held their very own in opposition to its greatest competitors which aired on rival networks NBC and Fox.
Each the NBA Playoffs and Friday Evening SmackDown averaged 2.1 million viewers and a demo ranking of 0.5.
Whereas there have been nonetheless loads of eyeballs on the USA’s greatest sporting occasions, dramas are nonetheless pulling within the greatest audiences regardless of dealing with stiff competitors from streaming providers.
This week’s episode of Blue Bloods obtained an ecstatic response from the followers who tuned in as Selleck’s former Magnum PI co-star swung by for a visitor look.
Larry Manetti, who portrayed Orville ‘Rick’ Wright within the traditional detective present, portrayed retired cop Sam Velucci who had gotten blended up with a drug seller.
“Initially, Tom didn't wish to put me on the present as a result of he thought it could confuse the viewers due to Magnum,” he revealed in TV Insider.
“Lastly, about 1.5 years in the past, he advised the exec producer/author Kevin Wade, ‘You recognize, I’d like to get my pal Larry Manetti on Blue Bloods.’
“Kevin mentioned he’d give it some thought and, whereas he was recuperating from a neck downside, whereas he surfed TV, he noticed a number of episodes of different reveals I did and advised his writers to ‘discover one thing for Larry Manetti - he’d be good for this present.’”
Blue Bloods season 13 continues Fridays on CBS within the USA and the next Mondays on Sky Witness within the UK.