Blue Bloods

[[File:Donnie Wahlberg 2010.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Donnie Wahlberg, 2010]]

[[File:Donnie Wahlberg 2010.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Donnie Wahlberg, 2010]]

Original showrunner Ken Sanzel exited the series after a few months in August 2010 <ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2010-05-25 |title=Ken Sanzel To Run CBS' 'Blue Bloods' |url=https://deadline.com/2010/05/ken-sanzel-to-run-cbs-blue-bloods-43648/ |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Finke |first=Nikki |date=2010-08-06 |title=Showrunner Ken Sanzel Exits 'Blue Bloods' After Creative Tension With Tom Selleck |url=https://deadline.com/2010/08/exec-producer-ken-sanzel-to-exit-blue-bloods-after-behind-the-scenes-creative-tension-with-tom-selleck-59957/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> over creative differences with Selleck, who had expressed his concerns to the network, with the support of the other core cast members, over balancing the character-driven with the procedural aspects of the show and not wanting to interact with a [[green screen]] of a real-time crime center.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2024 |title=Tom Selleck in conversation with George Pennacchio at Live Talks Los Angeles |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUBqRp31xLc&t=3201s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912090313/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUBqRp31xLc&t=3201s |archive-date=September 12, 2024 |access-date=September 12, 2024 |at=54:30 minutes and 1:00:06 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/fY532qrmir6s7Xa9Ff5QcSkSeIPDiPg7/ |title=Watch Blue Bloods: Celebrating A Family Legacy Season 14: Blue Bloods: Celebrating A Family Legacy – Full show on CBS |date=November 29, 2024 |language=en |access-date=November 30, 2024 |via=www.cbs.com}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Original creators Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green departed the series after Season 1 in April 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Finke |first=Nikki |date=2011-04-23 |title=MORE TURMOIL: 'Blue Bloods' Creators Exit |url=https://deadline.com/2011/04/more-turmoil-blue-bloods-creators-exit-124967/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Ed Zuckerman was then named showrunner in May 2011 for the beginning of the second season.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ed Zuckerman To Run CBS' 'Blue Bloods' |url=http://www.deadline.com/2011/05/ed-zuckerman-to-run-cbs-blue-bloods |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520000919/http://www.deadline.com/2011/05/ed-zuckerman-to-run-cbs-blue-bloods |archive-date=2011-05-20 |access-date=2025-06-08 |work=Deadline.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Blue Bloods' New Boss: We're Not Changing the Show |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/blue-bloods-ed-zuckerman-1036544/ |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Kevin Wade]], who had joined the series as a writer in the first season and had previously worked with Selleck and Goldberg, became showrunner later that year and remained until the end of the series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kevin Wade {{!}} CAA |url=https://www.caa.com/entertainmenttalent/books/author/kevin-wade/ |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=Kevin Wade {{!}} CAA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyncs5Iq3-A& |title=45 Forward #-223 - Kevin Wade: A Star TV Producer and Screenwriter “Rewires” his Career |date=2025-04-17 |last=45 Forward: Your Source for Successful Aging |minutes=2:56 |access-date=2025-04-17 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Series music composer [[Mark Snow]] said there was tension between him and the show's original creators over the use of music to underscore dialogue since they did not have experience incorporating music in that way from their previous work on ''[[The Sopranos]]''.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuSdB26gBDs |title=Composer Mark Snow on getting hired for Blue Bloods |date=2016-08-26 |last=FoundationINTERVIEWS |access-date=2025-03-07 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

Original showrunner Ken Sanzel exited the series after a few months in August 2010<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2010-05-25 |title=Ken Sanzel To Run CBS' 'Blue Bloods' |url=https://deadline.com/2010/05/ken-sanzel-to-run-cbs-blue-bloods-43648/ |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Finke |first=Nikki |date=2010-08-06 |title=Showrunner Ken Sanzel Exits 'Blue Bloods' After Creative Tension With Tom Selleck |url=https://deadline.com/2010/08/exec-producer-ken-sanzel-to-exit-blue-bloods-after-behind-the-scenes-creative-tension-with-tom-selleck-59957/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> over creative differences with Selleck, who had expressed his concerns to the network, with the support of the other core cast members, over balancing the character-driven with the procedural aspects of the show and not wanting to interact with a [[green screen]] of a real-time crime center.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2024 |title=Tom Selleck in conversation with George Pennacchio at Live Talks Los Angeles |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUBqRp31xLc&t=3201s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912090313/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUBqRp31xLc&t=3201s |archive-date=September 12, 2024 |access-date=September 12, 2024 |at=54:30 minutes and 1:00:06 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/fY532qrmir6s7Xa9Ff5QcSkSeIPDiPg7/ |title=Watch Blue Bloods: Celebrating A Family Legacy Season 14: Blue Bloods: Celebrating A Family Legacy – Full show on CBS |date=November 29, 2024 |language=en |access-date=November 30, 2024 |via=www.cbs.com}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Original creators Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green departed the series after Season 1 in April 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Finke |first=Nikki |date=2011-04-23 |title=MORE TURMOIL: 'Blue Bloods' Creators Exit |url=https://deadline.com/2011/04/more-turmoil-blue-bloods-creators-exit-124967/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Ed Zuckerman was then named showrunner in May 2011 for the beginning of the second season.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ed Zuckerman To Run CBS' 'Blue Bloods' |url=http://www.deadline.com/2011/05/ed-zuckerman-to-run-cbs-blue-bloods |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520000919/http://www.deadline.com/2011/05/ed-zuckerman-to-run-cbs-blue-bloods |archive-date=2011-05-20 |access-date=2025-06-08 |work=Deadline.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Blue Bloods' New Boss: We're Not Changing the Show |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/blue-bloods-ed-zuckerman-1036544/ |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Kevin Wade]], who had joined the series as a writer in the first season and had previously worked with Selleck and Goldberg, became showrunner later that year and remained until the end of the series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kevin Wade {{!}} CAA |url=https://www.caa.com/entertainmenttalent/books/author/kevin-wade/ |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=Kevin Wade {{!}} CAA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyncs5Iq3-A& |title=45 Forward #-223 - Kevin Wade: A Star TV Producer and Screenwriter “Rewires” his Career |date=2025-04-17 |last=45 Forward: Your Source for Successful Aging |minutes=2:56 |access-date=2025-04-17 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Series music composer [[Mark Snow]] said there was tension between him and the show's original creators over the use of music to underscore dialogue since they did not have experience incorporating music in that way from their previous work on ''[[The Sopranos]]''.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuSdB26gBDs |title=Composer Mark Snow on getting hired for Blue Bloods |date=2016-08-26 |last=FoundationINTERVIEWS |access-date=2025-03-07 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

Director [[David Barrett (director)|David Barrett]] explained how he developed a framework for filming the character in different ways to emphasize their character traits that he conveyed to other directors. "This show is a painting, and each storyline is a color to this painting, so let's approach it from a cinematic rhythm, if you will."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaw |first=C. |date=2020-04-24 |title=Blue Bloods Director David Barrett Talks Stunts and TV Career |url=https://stuntsunlimited.com/blue-bloods-director-david-barrett/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Welcome to Stunts Unlimited |language=en-US}}</ref> Showrunner Kevin Wade often stressed that the show didn't seek to be a "soap box" to promote one point of view, but aimed to give equal airing to opposing views on law enforcement issues.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 17, 2024 |title='Blue Bloods' showrunner reveals details of show's final season |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/blue-bloods-tom-selleck-qm4gcutx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201000929/https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/blue-bloods-tom-selleck-qm4gcutx |archive-date=December 1, 2024 |access-date=October 16, 2024 |website=Newsday}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitovich |first=Matt Webb |date=October 3, 2022 |title=Blue Bloods Boss Talks 'Upside-Down World' the Reagans Now Police, Says 'Nobody Is Tuning In to Be Lectured' |url=https://tvline.com/lists/blue-bloods-season-13-preview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209192008/https://tvline.com/lists/blue-bloods-season-13-preview/ |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |access-date=October 16, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 16, 2024 |title=What can 'Blue Bloods' fans expect for the finale and later on? |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/blue-bloods-final-episodes-dloeywka |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241105102625/https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/blue-bloods-final-episodes-dloeywka |archive-date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=October 16, 2024 |website=Newsday}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Patten |first=Dominic |date=2024-12-14 |title='Blue Bloods' Series Finale: EP Kevin Wade On The Last Dinner, The Reagans' End & Possible Spinoffs |url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/blue-bloods-finale-interview-kevin-wade-1236203098/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Both writer producers [[Brian Burns (screenwriter)|Brian Burns]] and Siobhan Byrne O'Connor had family ties to law enforcement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wasserman |first=Philip |title=Tribeca Citizen Portrait of the Artist: Brian Burns |url=https://tribecacitizen.com/2019/10/01/portrait-of-the-artist-brian-burns/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908102045/https://tribecacitizen.com/2019/10/01/portrait-of-the-artist-brian-burns/ |archive-date=September 8, 2024 |access-date=September 18, 2024 |website=Tribeca Citizen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Catholic upbringing influences script writer's 'Blue Bloods'work |url=https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/conversations-sr-camille/catholic-upbringing-influences-script-writers-blue-bloods-work |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209192336/https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/conversations-sr-camille/catholic-upbringing-influences-script-writers-blue-bloods-work |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |access-date=September 18, 2024 |website=National Catholic Reporter}}</ref> Former NYPD officer James Nuciforo was the technical advisor for the entire run, and also had a recurring on-screen role as part of Frank Reagan's security detail.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rudolph |first=Ileane |date=September 28, 2023 |title=How 'Blue Bloods' Actor & Former Cop James Nuciforo Helps Show Stay Accurate |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1105077/blue-bloods-real-cop-james-nuciforo-season-14/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209203849/https://www.tvinsider.com/1105077/blue-bloods-real-cop-james-nuciforo-season-14/ |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |access-date=October 12, 2024 |website=TV Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The making of "Blue Bloods": Sitting down with the show's police consultant |url=https://www.cbs58.com/news/the-making-of-blue-bloods-sitting-down-with-the-shows-police-consultant |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209194610/https://www.cbs58.com/news/the-making-of-blue-bloods-sitting-down-with-the-shows-police-consultant |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |access-date=October 12, 2024 |website=CBS58}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Giannotta |first=Meghan |date=2018-09-30 |title=On the 'Blue Bloods' set, recreating the NYPD is done by the book {{!}} amNewYork |url=https://www.amny.com/entertainment/nypd-on-tv-1-21274635/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=www.amny.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

Director [[David Barrett (director)|David Barrett]] explained how he developed a framework for filming the character in different ways to emphasize their character traits that he conveyed to other directors. "This show is a painting, and each storyline is a color to this painting, so let's approach it from a cinematic rhythm, if you will."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaw |first=C. |date=2020-04-24 |title=Blue Bloods Director David Barrett Talks Stunts and TV Career |url=https://stuntsunlimited.com/blue-bloods-director-david-barrett/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Welcome to Stunts Unlimited |language=en-US}}</ref> Showrunner Kevin Wade often stressed that the show didn't seek to be a "soap box" to promote one point of view, but aimed to give equal airing to opposing views on law enforcement issues.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 17, 2024 |title='Blue Bloods' showrunner reveals details of show's final season |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/blue-bloods-tom-selleck-qm4gcutx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201000929/https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/blue-bloods-tom-selleck-qm4gcutx |archive-date=December 1, 2024 |access-date=October 16, 2024 |website=Newsday}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitovich |first=Matt Webb |date=October 3, 2022 |title=Blue Bloods Boss Talks 'Upside-Down World' the Reagans Now Police, Says 'Nobody Is Tuning In to Be Lectured' |url=https://tvline.com/lists/blue-bloods-season-13-preview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209192008/https://tvline.com/lists/blue-bloods-season-13-preview/ |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |access-date=October 16, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 16, 2024 |title=What can 'Blue Bloods' fans expect for the finale and later on? |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/blue-bloods-final-episodes-dloeywka |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241105102625/https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/blue-bloods-final-episodes-dloeywka |archive-date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=October 16, 2024 |website=Newsday}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Patten |first=Dominic |date=2024-12-14 |title='Blue Bloods' Series Finale: EP Kevin Wade On The Last Dinner, The Reagans' End & Possible Spinoffs |url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/blue-bloods-finale-interview-kevin-wade-1236203098/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Both writer producers [[Brian Burns (screenwriter)|Brian Burns]] and Siobhan Byrne O'Connor had family ties to law enforcement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wasserman |first=Philip |title=Tribeca Citizen Portrait of the Artist: Brian Burns |url=https://tribecacitizen.com/2019/10/01/portrait-of-the-artist-brian-burns/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908102045/https://tribecacitizen.com/2019/10/01/portrait-of-the-artist-brian-burns/ |archive-date=September 8, 2024 |access-date=September 18, 2024 |website=Tribeca Citizen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Catholic upbringing influences script writer's 'Blue Bloods'work |url=https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/conversations-sr-camille/catholic-upbringing-influences-script-writers-blue-bloods-work |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209192336/https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/conversations-sr-camille/catholic-upbringing-influences-script-writers-blue-bloods-work |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |access-date=September 18, 2024 |website=National Catholic Reporter}}</ref> Former NYPD officer James Nuciforo was the technical advisor for the entire run, and also had a recurring on-screen role as part of Frank Reagan's security detail.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rudolph |first=Ileane |date=September 28, 2023 |title=How 'Blue Bloods' Actor & Former Cop James Nuciforo Helps Show Stay Accurate |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1105077/blue-bloods-real-cop-james-nuciforo-season-14/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209203849/https://www.tvinsider.com/1105077/blue-bloods-real-cop-james-nuciforo-season-14/ |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |access-date=October 12, 2024 |website=TV Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The making of "Blue Bloods": Sitting down with the show's police consultant |url=https://www.cbs58.com/news/the-making-of-blue-bloods-sitting-down-with-the-shows-police-consultant |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209194610/https://www.cbs58.com/news/the-making-of-blue-bloods-sitting-down-with-the-shows-police-consultant |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |access-date=October 12, 2024 |website=CBS58}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Giannotta |first=Meghan |date=2018-09-30 |title=On the 'Blue Bloods' set, recreating the NYPD is done by the book {{!}} amNewYork |url=https://www.amny.com/entertainment/nypd-on-tv-1-21274635/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=www.amny.com |language=en-US}}</ref>