Blue Bloods
Last year, Will Estes compared Blue Bloods' Blue Templar story line to The Godfather. This year? He'll be dealing with a crime family on the show.
"Isn't it funny how things turn out?" Estes tells TVGuide.com. "I'm really excited because there's a lot to tap into in organized crime and it's something that could work really well for us."
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In the Season 2 premiere, Jamie (Estes) will go on his first undercover assignment at a bar — sniffing out whether it's selling drugs and alcohol to minors — and ends up befriending the mysterious Noble (Eric Morris), a member ...
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Tom Selleck and Will Estes, Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods' new executive producer, Ed Zuckerman, wants to make one thing clear to viewers: He's not messing with the formula that made the sophomore CBS drama a hit in its first year.
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The veteran TV writer/producer was hired in May to replace outgoing creators Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess amid reports that CBS wanted to make the show more procedural. (Zuckerman's resume supported the theory: He served long stints on JAG and Law & Order.) However, Zuckerman insists nothing will change.
"The idea is to keep the show the same balanced show between a case of the week and the Reagan family issues and family drama," Zuckerman tells TVGuide.com....
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Will Estes, Blue Bloods
Most season finales involve cliff-hangers and a long, grueling summer of guessing games for fans, but Will Estes assures us that won't be the case for Blue Bloods.
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"I heard about a show one time — I think it was a soap — where they were having a nightmare of a time renegotiating everyone's contracts," Estes, who plays Jamie Reagan, tells TVGuide.com. "So the writers and producers came up with the cliff-hanger of a crazed gunman bursting into the hall and ...
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Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods creators and executive producers Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green have parted ways with the series, Deadline reports.
The married writing team reportedly left over creative differences. According to Deadline, CBS wants to make the show more...
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Blue Bloods
Inside Frank Reagan's Brooklyn home, the weekly Sunday family dinner sits steaming on the table, but it's daughter Erin, an assistant district attorney, who's in hot water. Her granddad, retired cop Henry, rages at her for taking on a case he doesn't like. Hurtful words fly, and when Frank tries to cool the debate, Henry shouts, "I decide when it's enough!" and stomps away. A tense silence falls until the handsome, mustached man at the head of the table says with authority, "Pass the yams." And the group of actors starring in Blue Bloods cracks up.
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Blue Bloods
Viewers of the CBS hit Blue Bloods may feel like they've gone through a time warp when they see executive producer Leonard Goldberg's credit on the screen. One of network TV's most successful execs, he oversaw programming at ABC in the 1960s, produced such hits as Charlie's Angels and Starsky & Hutch with Aaron Spelling in the 1970s and was responsible for some of the most memorable made-for-TV movies of the '80s before heading into film. Goldberg, who turns 77 this month, told us what it's like to be back on the front lines of prime time.
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Blue Bloods
It's easy to look at CBS' newest cop drama, Blue Bloods, and assume it's just the latest entry in the network's long line of police procedurals. It's easy, but wrong.
The series, which focuses on a family of New York cops, will certainly deliver the case-of-the week storytelling that has made CBS the No. 1 network. But it's the family drama that inspired veteran producer Leonard Goldberg to bring this story to television.
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"I thought about two kinds of shows I always loved doing: police shows and family shows, and I thought, 'No one's ever done one that combined both, so maybe this is the time,'" Goldberg tells TVGuide.com, adding that Norman Rockwell's famous Thanksgiving painting provided a second bit of inspiration...
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CBS has ordered pilots for a cop drama and a medical series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Reagan's Law, written by Sopranos producers Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green, will center ...
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Question: After rewatching The Sopranos Season 6, I noticed something I hadn't before. Halfway through the season, the names of writers Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess vanished. Are they done with the series? If so, they did go out with a winner (the "Live Free or Die" episode), but it would be a shame if we won't be treated to an episode penned by them in the final eight episodes. I don't think I'm giving them too much credit. Their writing always treated us to the finest blend of drama and dark comedy, with a dash of quick wit as well. Also, do you think that time will be much kinder to the much-criticized Season 6? I am hoping that once the hype dies down, people will come to accept this season as one of the show's best (much like what happened with the underappreciated Season 4). What's your take?
Answer: Yes, they did leave the show, and they won't be a part of the final batch of episodes that will air next year, according to HBO. I'm sure they appreciate this shout-out, and we
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