After CBS Leisure President Amy Reisenbach final month completely closed the door to Blue Bloods persevering with past its upcoming ultimate 8 episodes this fall, one among Paramount International’s Workplace of the CEO members immediately opened the door to the franchise doubtlessly carrying on.
Throughout Paramount International’s shareholder assembly this morning, Brian Robbins famous that Paramount is dwelling of 14 manufacturers throughout movie and TV which have generated at the very least $1B in income, together with NCIS, South Park, Yellowstone, SpongeBob SquarePants, Paw Patrol and Star Trek.
“We’re constructing tomorrow’s billion greenback manufacturers proper now” he added. “In TV, new franchise extensions are coming for Dexter, Billions and Blue Bloods, and CBS’ hit Hearth Nation reveals large promise.” (You’ll be able to watch his feedback right here, at 9:20 mark.)
Spinoffs for Dexter, Billions, Hearth Nation in addition to NCIS have been introduced; there was no official phrase on a Blue Bloods offshoot but.
Whereas Paw Patrol, SpongeBob in addition to $1B function franchises Robbins talked about, together with High Gun, Transformers and A Quiet Place, are underneath his jurisdiction as President & CEO of Paramount Photos and Nickelodeon, the sequence listed above are underneath the purview of the opposite members of the Workplace of the CEO, Chris McCarthy, President & CEO Showtime/MTV Leisure Studios and Paramount Media Networks (Dexter, Billions), and George Cheeks, President and CEO of CBS (Blue Bloods, Hearth Nation, NCIS).
Talking with reporters final month, Cheeks pressured that “divisional readability will proceed,” including, “In different phrases, I’ve no involvement in Paramount Photos greenlights and Brian has no involvement in CBS present greenlights.”
Blue Bloods is at the moment half-way by its 14th and ultimate season. Its solid, led by Tom Selleck, have been vocal about their need to increase the sequence’ run, one thing they’ve followers’ full backing on.
“We love this solid, we love their ardour for the present,” Reisenbach mentioned final month. “All reveals have to come back to an finish. It’s vital to us to refresh the schedule. We’re going to finish the present come December.”