In his acting career spanning almost six decades, Tom Selleck has held a prominent role in several long-term projects, from Magnum, P.I. to, most recently, Blue Bloods. The latter, however, is nearing the series finale, and it’s not just time on set that Selleck could lose out on, but he is also worried about losing his beloved ranch home should the series end.
Since 2010, Selleck starred as NYPD Police Commissioner Frank Reagan in Blue Bloods, one of CBS’s leading programs. Back in November 2023, it was revealed that season 14 would be the police drama’s last. This will cut Selleck off from a resource that’s been invaluable to him keeping his rustic California property.
Tom Selleck is worried about losing his beloved ranch with ‘Blue Bloods’ ending
Selleck has proudly and enthusiastically maintained a sweeping 63-acre property in Ventura County, California since around 1988. That all could come to a sudden and premature end if he’s no longer employed, after Blue Bloods ends later this year.
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“You know, hopefully, I keep working enough to hold onto the place,” said Selleck in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning. “That’s always an issue. If I stopped working, yeah. Am I set for life? Yeah, but maybe not on a 63-acre ranch!”
According to Parade, Selleck has a net worth of approximately $45 million. The value of land depends on several factors, but in general, acquiring 50 to 60 acres of land costs tens of thousands of dollars in California, according to several listings on Land.com.
Selleck is planning for the worst and hoping for the best regarding ‘Blue Bloods’ and his ranch
Selleck had just quit Magnum, P.I. when he scooped up the sweeping Golden State swatch of land. The location puts them right near Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village amidst an avocado ranch that once belonged to Dean Martin.
For Selleck, working the ranch has become a passion project as much as any show or film. “So I like to get outside and work on the ranch, from fixing roads to clearing brush,” he shared in a 2012 interview with PEOPLE. “I hate going to the gym, so sweating outdoors sure beats sitting on a stationary bike staring at my navel. And I work cheaper than anyone I could hire to do it.”
While Selleck could lose himself to working the land and tending to his ranch, whose fate hangs in the balance, he’s stil just as focused on acting as he’s ever been.
“As an actor, you never lose — I don’t lose, anyway — that sense that every time I finish a job, it’s my last job,” he mused. “I like the fact that there’s no excuses. You just go to work and you do the work. And I have a lot of reverence for what I call ‘the work,’ and I love it. And I’d like to keep doing it.”
