By and huge, nearly all of the TV exhibits ending in 2024 that have been canceled needed to face such fates on account of a pronounced lack of viewers or different behind-the-scenes points, however that’s not a lot the case with CBS’ losses this 12 months. As an example, Blue Bloods was canceled again in November 2023, regardless of being one of many community’s most-watched exhibits from 12 months to 12 months, and ignoring complaints from stars like Tom Selleck. And the numbers for the ultimate episode proceed proving its worth.
CBS unveiled the viewership numbers for Blue Bloods within the days after the acclaimed episode aired. It ought to be famous that father or mother firm Paramount just isn’t at the moment partnered with Nielsen for measurement functions, and that these totals have been reported utilizing VideoAmp In a single day knowledge.
Blue Bloods’ episode “Finish of Tour” was certainly fairly the noteworthy success for all concerned, as it’s famous as having introduced in round 6.7 million pairs of eyeballs for its Friday evening airing on CBS following the midseason finales of S.W.A.T. and Hearth Nation. Whereas not essentially the most important quantity normally, it’s price noting that this complete marked Blue Bloods’ largest nightly viewers for the whole thing of Season 14, together with each the newest eps and the primary 10 installments that aired from February to Could.
What’s extra, that complete variety of viewers marked the second straight week with a rise in viewership, as famous by TVLine. And it’s even 3% or so larger than the full in a single day crowd who tuned into the midseason finale. If the community and traffic-tracking firm’s estimates maintain true, the episode might develop its complete viewership outward to round 11.4 million after Reside + 7 Day totals are tallied.
(Coincidentally sufficient, that’s the identical quantity that Paramount touted as the full viewers who watched Yellowstone’s sequence finale on Sunday evening. That simply measured the one evening, however accounted for the episode’s numbers throughout Paramount Community and CMT.)
One would suppose and hope that such spectacular numbers would mild a metaphorical fireplace below CBS execs to stay with this sequence, not less than so far as the beforehand introduced franchise-expanding challenge involved. It is unlikely the flagship might be introduced again in full, nevertheless it nonetheless stays to be seen how a brand new challenge would concentrate on different parts acquainted to this world.
Will Blue Bloods viewers comply with Tom Selleck to his subsequent challenge, or will they maintain campaigning for CBS to resume the long-running drama for a brand new season? I can’t think about Selleck will ever cease voicing his dismay anytime he’s requested about it, so maybe we are able to maintain out hope for the characters to return sooner or later sooner or later when community execs want a brand new Friday evening staple.
Till then, Blue Bloods episodes can be found to stream in full with a Paramount+ subscription.