Acting legend Tom Selleck stepped out for a workout on the streets of California as he marked the end of his longtime TV cop drama Blue Bloods.
The bearded 79-year-old sported an all-black ensemble as he headed to the gym last week in Thousand Oaks, the first time he was seen out and about since the show wrapped it’s final episode in June.
Selleck is said to have relocated back to his California ranch with wife Jillie after 14-years of commuting to and from the East Coast to film the show, which was suddenly halted by CBS bosses at the end of last year. As he whipped himself back into shape, Selleck wore high-waisted shorts, a black T-shirt and Brooks running shoes – with his trademark bushy mustache coupled with a a silver beard he has been growing for months.
Selleck made no secret over his disappointment with Blue Bloods coming to an end, and after show bosses announced last year that it would stop filming, he said he hoped they would ‘come to their senses.’
Although filming on the show has wrapped, fans can still expect to see the actor for the conclusion of its 14th and final season in October.
And while Tom may be happy to have more time to hit the gym now he is back on the West Coast, he said back in January that he had ‘learned to love’ his busy schedule.
‘Sometimes the hours are a little harder because I’m older, but so what?’ he told TV Insider. ‘I want to work as long as they’ll have me.’
Selleck, who was previously best known as Magnum PI as well as a stint on Friends, won legions of fans with his turn as Frank Reagan on Blue Bloods, a fictional NYPD commissioner.
He has starred alongside Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan and Will Estes since September 2010, and said when the show was axed that fans were sure to react with fury at the decision.
‘CBS will find an awful lot of people aren’t ready to say goodbye to it,’ he said at the time.
‘The show’s more popular than ever, and I think [numbers] will increase with the interest this year. We’re certainly not out of ideas.’
When filming wrapped, a source said Tom was set to enjoy downtime on his 65-acre California ranch that he shares with wife Jillie Mack, 66.
‘He wants to relax on his ranch, walk around his property, spend time with his wife and family, and travel a bit,’ a source told Closer magazine in January.
‘Tom and Jillie can just sit at home, cook, go for a long walk and be very content. He adores Jillie and trusts her to schedule activities or travel plans.
‘He’s looking forward to having more free time to spend with her.’
However, Tom revealed in May that the fallout from the end of Blue Bloods could end up costing him his twilight years on the ranch.
Despite a career spanning decades in Hollywood – including a reported $200,000-per-episode Blue Bloods deal – he told CBS Sunday Morning that he was in jeopardy of falling behind on bills after the show was axed.
‘You know, hopefully I keep working enough to hold on to the place,’ Selleck said, to which CBS correspondent Tracy Smith responded, ‘Seriously, that’s an issue? If you stopped working?’
Selleck said, ‘That’s always an issue – if I stopped working, yeah. Am I set for life? Yeah, but maybe not on a 63-acre ranch!’
The source added to Closer magazine that as Tom moves towards retirement, he is more enamored than ever with both his wife and daughter Hannah, 35, an accomplished horse rider.
The source said: ‘Tom’s very close to Hannah and very proud of her competitive horse jumping career.
‘He hopes Hannah finds love and has children, but he’s not the type of dad to push it.’