As Tom Selleck is on the verge of losing both his TV show and his ranch, just how much money has he made from Blue Bloods over the years?
In December 2023, CBS announced that Blue Bloods would end with Season 14, and ever since then, lead star Tom Selleck has been waging a one-man war with the network in an attempt to save his iconic series. Admittedly, one of the main reasons Selleck needs Blue Bloods to continue is to keep his main source of income.
But just how much does that source amount to for Selleck per year — and how much has he earned from Blue Bloods throughout all 14 seasons?
Selleck Has Made a Fortune from Blue Bloods
Ever since 2016, it’s been well-known that Tom Selleck’s Blue Bloods salary was $200k per episode. This is a staggering amount of money on its own, but it gets better once we start multiplying. An average Blue Bloods season is 22 episodes long, so we’re looking at $4.4M per season which translates to “per year.”
But just how much has Selleck made from Blue Bloods for all 14 seasons? Let’s see.
The first nine seasons alone brought the actor a whopping $39.8M: those were all 22-episode seasons with the exception of Season 3 which had 23 episodes. Seasons 10–13 had 19, 16, 20, 21 with the same salary, amounting to $15.2M. Season 14 is planned to have 18 episodes where Selleck earns $150k per episode due to the 25% pay cut and will bring him $2.7M.
In total, Tom Selleck will have earned $57.7M from Blue Bloods by this season’s finale!
But the Star Needs More Blue Bloods Money
Despite his massive income from the show throughout the years, the upcoming finale of Blue Bloods spells trouble for Tom Selleck. According to him, he won’t be able to hold on to his massive 63-acre ranch which costs way too much in upkeep. If the show does indeed come to a closure, Selleck will have to sell the ranch.
“You know, hopefully I keep working enough to hold onto the place. [Running out of money is] always an issue. If I stopped working, yeah. Am I set for life? Yeah, but maybe not on a 63-acre ranch,” the actor explained on CBS Sunday Morning.
Talk about budgeting, investments, and planning a retirement, duh.