'Blue Bloods' Makes a Splash in the Big Apple

September 22, 2010

ET's on the red carpet with Tom Selleck and his co-stars as they premiere their arresting new CBS cop drama, 'Blue Bloods,' in New York on Wednesday.

"You don't get a chance in television to see your stuff in front of audiences very often, so I'm excited about that tonight," says Tom, who returns to series TV as the patriarch of a family of New York City cops.

"It's a character-driven cop show," he adds. "It has some police work but the police work and its effect on the family is really the heart and soul of our show. So it takes real good actors and I think we've got a great cast."

Donnie Wahlberg plays the family's older brother and says of Tom, "He doesn't know it but he's kind of like my dad, onscreen and off, too… When we're off camera, he's the leader, he's the guy."

"Tom and I fell in to a father-daughter scene very easily," says Bridget Moynahan, who plays the family's sister . "He's got that paternal vibe about him -- even though everybody thinks he's a hunk."

Len Cariou plays the family grandfather and Will Estes is the kid brother on the show, which premieres this Friday on CBS. "The Talk" and "Big Brother"'s Julie Chen says she, for one, can't wait to watch the drama unfold: "…I thought, 'Oh my God,' when Tom Selleck comes on that screen, you just believe that he is the commissioner of the police department in New York City."

"I think it's just a classic TV drama with one of the greatest TV stars in the history of the medium," her husband, CBS Corporation President and CEO Leslie Moonves says. "Tom is still bigger than life. He's still a great television persona. This is a well written script, the cast is fabulous, and I think it's right in our wheelhouse at CBS, and I love it."





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