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After 14 amazing seasons and more than 200 episodes, Blue Bloods ended its run on December 13 with a series finale event that brought together all of the Reagans for one final farewell. It seems only fitting that after the show’s final scene came to a close and the credits began, CBS used the finale to pay tribute to a beloved member of the Blue Bloods family.

“In loving memory of our founder and mentor Leonard Goldberg,” read the dedication card that ran at the end of the series finale, “End of Tour.”

The dedication card was designed to honor the late Goldberg, who sadly passed away five years back on December 5, 2019, at the age of 85. While his name might not immediately ring a bell among fans because he was not a member of the cast, Goldberg played a key role in creating the show we’ve come to know and love over the years.

In 293 episodes, Blue Bloods has never missed a family dinner.

Sometimes, the iconic dinner scenes were in a hotel, hospital, or diner, but there was guaranteed to be a scene where the Reagans got together, put all their problems aside, and spent time together as a family.

These Blue Bloods family dinners were as important to the cast and writers as they were to the audience, and they were a true labor of love, considering how much work went into them.

(John Paul Filo/CBS) The Iconic Blue Bloods Family Dinners Were The Intentional Centerpiece Of The Series

The family dinner scenes are more associated with Blue Bloods than any other aspect of the police/family drama, and that was on purpose.

From the beginning, late producer Leonard Goldberg wanted the dinners to be central because he intended the show to be about a family of cops, not just a police procedural.

After 293 episodes, is the Reagan family really saying goodbye? Well, not if the cast of “Blue Bloods” could help it.

Ever since the news broke that Season 14 of the police drama would be its last, Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg and more members of the cast have been vocal about wanting to continue.

But before we get to the end, let’s start at the beginning.

In 2010, CBS almost passed on the police drama. “They did 10 pilots that year and it was the last one they picked up, but also the highest testing one they did,” Selleck recalls, sitting across from Wahlberg for our interview. A large reason he believes it was greenlit — legendary producer Leonard Goldberg.

“Tom and Leonard were two titans in television. Sorry to embarrass you, Dad,” Wahlberg adds, looking at Selleck, who has played his father Commissioner Frank Reagan on all 14 seasons. “I think their reputations, talent...

Tom Selleck thanked CBS for the last eight episodes of popular family cop drama Blue Bloods that begin airing tonight and, when concluded, will mark the end of the show’s impressive 14-season run.

“These eight shows that we can look forward to are because CBS agreed and wanted to do that and celebrate – not only celebrate Blue Bloods but commemorate its legacy. And I just wanted to thank them,” the actor said Thursday night during the show’s panel at PaleyFest in NYC.

The series will have aired nearly 300 episodes when Season 14, Part 2 wraps. Part 1 aired from February to May.

Deadline first reported CBS’ plans to end Blue Bloods’ run almost a year ago. Network executives said later that, “All shows have to come to an end. It’s important to us to refresh the schedule,” acknowledging that the series by EP and showrunner Kevin Wade had been a staple of the lineup.

We hate to see them go. Blue Bloods’ looming departure on CBS this December after 14 hit seasons will leave millions of faithful fans with not only a hole in their hearts but also in their Friday night TV schedule. The seeds of the family-first cop drama were planted when The Sopranos writers Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green decided to deviate from the late-2000s trend of shows with dark antiheroes. “We wanted to go for the positive, the heroic,” Green noted in 2010, when Blue Bloods premiered. Joining with veteran network exec and producer Leonard Goldberg (Starsky & Hutch), they found their heroes in the fictional Reagans, a tight-knit, multigenerational Irish Catholic clan of NYPD cops and an assistant district attorney who investigate and prosecute crimes, rather than commit them. The police procedural planned to have action-packed, edge-of-your-seat moments but would really home in on the family drama and interwoven relationships. CBS...

In 2010, just five episodes into Blue Bloods’ run, Kevin Wade interviewed with Leonard Goldberg, Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green, cocreators of the promising family police drama, about a writing job. “The meeting centered around developing Tom Selleck’s character,” Wade recalls. “I offered that New York’s police commissioner is more of a CEO to 35,000 cops than a cop himself, and that his conflicts, dilemmas, strengths and vulnerabilities should reflect that. They responded positively, and I started the next day. Although any crime-story chops I might have were wholly unproven, I was drawn to the challenge.” Those challenges included “two requests written in stone” by Goldberg, Wade explains: “Each episode must wrap up the crimes of the week by that show’s end, and no matter how deep the conflicts between family members, they would have dinner together on Sunday at Frank and Henry Reagan’s home.” As a result,...

The end of Blue Bloods is fast approaching. The final episodes of the CBS cop drama will air this fall, and we have all the details about when the Reagan family will return to TV for the last time.

CBS has canceled ‘Blue Bloods’ Donnie Wahlberg and Marisa Ramirez on the set of ‘Blue Bloods’ in June 2024 | Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/Gc Images

Last fall, CBS announced that Blue Bloods would end with its 14th season.

“Blue Bloods will forever be a beloved part of CBS’ legacy. It ruled Friday nights with unprecedented dominance since its premiere and established itself as a pillar of our winning lineup with an exceptionally devoted fan base,” said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment and David Stapf, president of CBS Studios, when announcing the cancellation. “We’ll be forever grateful to the legendary Leonard Goldberg for developing this signature series and to the amazing cast led by Tom Selleck.

Tom Selleck’s Blue Bloods is unarguably one of the best television series in the crime drama genre. Aired on CBS, the series tells the life story of the police commissioner of New York named Frank Reagan, who has more than just problems at work and home to deal with as one of his children heads to the police force while the other is intrigued by the lawyers.

Blue Bloods (2010-2024)

However, after thirteen successful seasons sparsed with 20 episodes each on average and one season ongoing, it seems like the Reagan family’s police procedural crime series will soon be ending its run. This follows reports that CBS has not listed the Selleck-led show’s name in the list of the 3 television series to be renewed this year, in 2024.

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David Soul, who starred alongside Paul Michael Glaser on the 1970s’ ABC buddy cop show Starsky and Hutch and had a No. 1 hit with the song “Don’t Give Up on Us,” has died. He was 80.

Soul died Thursday after “a valiant battle for life in the loving company of family,” his wife, Helen Snell, said in a statement.

“He shared many extraordinary gifts in the world as actor, singer, storyteller, creative artist and dear friend,” she said. “His smile, laughter and passion for life will be remembered by the many whose lives he has touched.”

Soul also appeared for two seasons on the 1968-70 ABC show Here Come the Brides, played one of the corrupt young motorcycle cops brought down by Clint Eastwood’s Harry Callahan in the thriller Magnum Force (1973) and stood out as a terrified vampire hunter in the 1979 Stephen King CBS miniseries Salem’s Lot.

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The American Broadcasting Company aired its iconic series ABC Movie of the Week from 1969 to 1975. In the intro of Michael Karol’s book The ABC Movie of the Week Companion: A Loving Tribute to the Classic Series, the author called the anthology show “influential” for baby-boomers. Karol then went on to quote a press release from Barry Diller; ABC’s vice president at the time said the network was trying to “broaden the base of familiar television anthologies and movies-for-television” and how a 90-minute format would “do justice to that special echelon of story ideas, which don’t quite work in the standard one-and two-hour television program forms.” The concept also entailed working with production companies outside of their own (ABC-Circle Films), including frequent collaborator Spelling-Goldberg. And as many fans of vintage American tele-cinema will agree, one of Spelling-Goldberg’s, not to mention ABC’s most memorable TV-movies from that...

Poster for ‘Blue Bloods’ season 14 (Photo Credit: CBS)

CBS’s popular long-running crime drama Blue Bloods will wrap up with its upcoming 14th season. The network confirmed the 14th and now final season will arrive in two parts, with the first half airing in the spring of 2024 and the second half debuting in the fall.

Season 14 part one premieres on Friday, February 16, 2024 at 10pm Et/Pt.

“Blue Bloods will forever be a beloved part of CBS’s legacy. It ruled Friday nights with unprecedented dominance since its premiere and established itself as a pillar of our winning lineup with an exceptionally devoted fan base,” stated Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment and David Stapf, president of CBS Studios. “We’ll be forever grateful to the legendary Leonard Goldberg for developing this signature series and to the amazing cast led by Tom Selleck, who America embraced as family and watched as...

Deadline reports that Blue Bloods, CBS’ long-running family cop drama, will be coming to an end with a two-part final season.

The first ten episodes of Blue Bloods season 14 will debut on CBS on February 16th and stream live on Paramount+, with the remaining eight episodes running in fall 2024. The series follows the Reagans, a family who has a history of working in law enforcement. Tom Selleck stars as Frank Reagan, the New York Police Department Police Commissioner.

“Blue Bloods will forever be a beloved part of CBS’s legacy. It ruled Friday nights with unprecedented dominance since its premiere and established itself as a pillar of our winning lineup with an exceptionally devoted fan base,” Amy Reisenbach, President, CBS Entertainment and David Stapf, President, CBS Studios, said in a joint statement. “We’ll be forever grateful to the legendary Leonard Goldberg for developing this signature series and to the...

CBS has announced that its hit drama series Blue Bloods will return for a two-part 14th and final season starting on the Network, and available to stream live on Paramount+*, on Friday, Feb. 16, and finish in fall 2024. A long-time anchor to the Network’s successful Friday night lineup, Blue Bloods is Friday’s #1 primetime program and the #3 broadcast drama on television. “Blue Bloods will forever be a beloved part of CBS’ legacy. It ruled Friday nights with unprecedented dominance since its premiere and established itself as a pillar of our winning lineup with an exceptionally devoted fan base,” said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment and David Stapf, president of CBS Studios. “We’ll be forever grateful to the legendary Leonard Goldberg for developing this signature series and to the amazing cast led by Tom Selleck, who...

When Blue Bloods was on the bubble last season as rising costs threatened the long-running series with cancellation, it was inevitable that it wasn't long for this world.

With today's news that Blue Bloods is ending, it's becoming increasingly clear that the economics of the broadcast networks are becoming more constrained by the day.

Is Blue Bloods Ending After Season 14?

Sadly, CBS confirmed what fans expected in November 2023.

Blue Bloods Season 14 has been split into two parts, with the first ten episodes airing in the spring and the final eight being held until fall 2024.

"Blue Bloods will forever be a beloved part of CBS' legacy. It ruled Friday nights with unprecedented dominance since its premiere and established itself as a pillar of our winning lineup with an exceptionally devoted fan base," said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment and David Stapf, president of CBS Studios in a statement.

Blue Bloods,...

CBS will bring its long-running drama Blue Bloods to an end with the show’s 14th season.

The final season will be split into two parts: 10 episodes will air starting Feb. 16 as the show resumes production following the end of industry labor strikes. After a summer hiatus, the final eight episodes will run in the fall.

“Blue Bloods will forever be a beloved part of CBS’ legacy. It ruled Friday nights with unprecedented dominance since its premiere and established itself as a pillar of our winning lineup with an exceptionally devoted fan base,” CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach and CBS Studios president David Stapf said in a joint statement. “We’ll be forever grateful to the legendary Leonard Goldberg for developing this signature series and to the amazing cast led by Tom Selleck, who America embraced as family and watched as welcomed guests at the Reagan dinner table. We also...

Those savory Reagan family dinners are — eventually — coming to an end.

CBS’ Blue Bloods will wrap its run with its upcoming 14th season, Deadline reports.

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“Blue Bloods” will end with its 14th season on CBS.

The Tom Selleck-led cop drama will sign off with a two-part last installment, the first 10 episodes of which will premiere Feb. 16 at 10 p.m. on CBS — and will stream on Paramount+ — while the additional 8 episodes will be released in the fall 2024 season.

“’Blue Bloods’ will forever be a beloved part of CBS’ legacy. It ruled Friday nights with unprecedented dominance since its premiere and established itself as a pillar of our winning lineup with an exceptionally devoted fan base,” CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach and CBS Studios president David Stapf wrote in a joint statement, paying tribute to the late Leonard Goldberg, who served as an EP on the series before passing away in 2019.

“We’ll be forever grateful to the legendary Leonard Goldberg for developing this signature series and to the amazing cast led by Tom Selleck, who...

Blue Bloods is coming to an end.

The long-running CBS cop family drama will return for its 14th and final season, the network confirmed.

The ending will occur with a two-part final season which will consist of 18 episodes, via Deadline.

The first 10 episodes will air this coming midseason, premiering on CBS on February 16, 2024 and streaming live on Paramount+, and the remaining eight episodes will run in fall of 2024.

“Blue Bloods will forever be a beloved part of CBS’s legacy. It ruled Friday nights with unprecedented dominance since its premiere and established itself as a pillar of our winning lineup with an exceptionally devoted fan base,” Amy Reisenbach, President, CBS Entertainment and David Stapf, President, CBS Studios, said in a joint statement.

“We’ll be forever grateful to the legendary Leonard Goldberg for developing this signature series and to the amazing cast led by Tom Selleck, who America embraced as...

Exclusive: The upcoming 14th season of CBS’ venerable cop family drama Blue Bloods will be its last. The popular series starring Tom Selleck is getting an extended farewell with a two-part final season which will consist of 18 episodes, Deadline has learned. The first 10 will air this coming midseason, premiering on CBS Feb. 16 and streaming live on Paramount+; the remaining 8 will run in fall 2024.

Coming off a double Hollywood strike that reduced the sizes of the 2023-24 scripted seasons to 10-13 episodes each — with a number of CBS shows only doing 10 — the network is giving two of its top series that are coming to an end, Blue Bloods and Young Sheldon, a proper sendoff with expanded final seasons. As Deadline reported last week, the Big Bang Theory prequel’s seventh and final season will be comprised of 14 episodes.

Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan.

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Mafia-related murders. An improbable constellation of 20th-century icons. Belated accessibility to the public after decades of obscurity. Are we talking about the JFK assassination or Winter Kills, William Richert’s 1979 film inspired by it?

Adapted from Richard Condon’s 1974 novel, the film flamed out on its initial release for many of the usual reasons: a troubled production, the short-sightedness of critics, and a willingness on the part of the filmmakers to potentially confuse, alienate, or offend audiences of the day. But even if you don’t go in with a conspiratorial mindset, one viewing of this riotously entertaining, chillingly perceptive film could leave you wondering if some larger force is at play, protecting the targets of this should-be New Hollywood classic by keeping it in the dark after all this time.

The history of Winter Kills is nearly as lurid and tangled as the conspiracy it depicts. Unable to secure...

Since 2010, the CBS police procedural drama television series, Blue Bloods, has entertained audiences with the fictional story of the Reagan family, led by Tom Selleck, who plays a stoic police chief. Intertwined with New York’s criminal justice system, the long-running series focuses on the interaction of the family and each unique role they play in seeking justice for others.

The heart of Blue Bloods is the family dinner scenes where the entire Catholic Irish-American clan gathers together to dissect the challenges of their daily lives. While many a meal has been served over the show’s long-running history, fish has never found a place on the dinner table, and with good reason!

What’s for dinner?

It feels so good to be back at this table! ? Catch up and watch the season premiere of #BlueBloods now on @ParamountPlus: https://t.co/c1weRM8dg2 pic.twitter.com/rD9asaHopQ...

Tom Selleck has long since been the face of Blue Bloods, but fans’ favorite part of many episodes in the CBS series is the family dinner scenes. Those family dinners provide a sense of nostalgia or perhaps a reminder to gather one’s own family around the table.

Whatever emotions they evoke in viewers, the Reagan family dinners in every Blue Bloods episode aren’t a coincidence. No matter the chaos that might swirl in the NYPD or a city courthouse that day, the family always gathers for evening meals, with patriarch Frank Reagan (Selleck) at the head of the table and “Pop” Reagan (Len Cariou) opposite him. The dinners have become integral to the show — even if Selleck didn’t think they would survive the pilot.

The ‘Blue Bloods’ family dinner scenes are now iconic

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In 1987, a hyper-advanced alien species known as the “Yautja” descended upon an elite military squad in Guatemala. Thanks to its memorable performances, quotable dialogue and inventive action set pieces, “Predator” became an American action movie staple. The film has spawned four sequels, including the new Hulu film “Prey,” and two spinoffs. Yet, the mega franchise all started with a piece of paper underneath a door.

“The Thomas brothers snuck the script onto the Fox lot and under somebody’s door,” says John Davis, who has produced all seven “Predator” movies. “We got there on Monday, and there was this script. I was an executive at the time, and I had been working with Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was a really good friend of mine. We were always both trying to figure out how we could work together. And so I’m the executive on this movie at Fox, and what happened is I became a producer.

Exclusive: We hear Paramount+ is developing Dee Takes Seoul, a K-pop dramedy from writer Diana Snyder Ritter (Young & Hungry), South Korean production company Cj Entertainment and Paramount Television Studios, with Jenny Lee attached as executive producer and showrunner.

Paramount+ declined to comment.

Written by Snyder Ritter, Dee Takes Seoul is a fish out of water dramedy that follows Dee Martinez, a twenty-something struggling choreographer who is about to give up on her dreams when she gets the opportunity of a lifetime— to become a choreographer for an up-and-coming girl group. There’s just one catch… they’re a K-pop band and the job requires Dee to move to South Korea. Now Dee, a Philly girl with the attitude to prove it, finds herself exploring, falling in love, and dancing her way through Seoul.

Snyder Ritter and Lee executive produce with Wendy Howard Goldberg and Nadine Schiff-Rosen. Cj Entertainment produces via Paramount Television Studios.

Rod Perry, who starred on the 1970s ABC series S.W.A.T. and appeared opposite Cicely Tyson in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, died Dec. 17, his family announced. He was 86.

Perry also had the leads in the Blaxploitation films The Black Godfather (1974) and The Black Gestapo (1975).

Perry portrayed Sgt. David “Deacon” Kay opposite Steve Forrest and Robert Urich on S.W.A.T., which was produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg and lasted 37 episodes in 1975-76, then returned for the 2003 S.W.A.T. feature as the father of LL Cool J’s Deke....

Rod Perry, who starred on the 1970s ABC series S.W.A.T. and appeared opposite Cicely Tyson in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, died Dec. 17, his family announced. He was 86.

Perry also had the leads in the Blaxploitation films The Black Godfather (1974) and The Black Gestapo (1975).

Perry portrayed Sgt. David “Deacon” Kay opposite Steve Forrest and Robert Urich on S.W.A.T., which was produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg and lasted 37 episodes in 1975-76, then returned for the 2003 S.W.A.T. feature as the father of LL Cool J’s Deke....

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – for Die Hard fans.

While there may be a little less festive cheer to go around this December, one thing remains constant during the holiday season: the debate about whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie.

And one man who probably knows better than most is screenwriter Doug Richardson. Besides Bruce Willis himself, Richardson has had a hand in more Die Hard films than almost anyone out there, starting with the similarly festive follow-up Die Hard 2: Die Harder.

While Willis is firmly in the “no” camp on the question of whether Die Hard and its sequel are Christmas movies, Richardson disagrees.

“It is a Christmas movie,” he tells Den of Geek.

“At this time of year, the internet starts to erupt over whether it’s a Christmas movie. It’s very amusing. But I think it fits the movie and...

Fox is heading to Fantasy Island for the summer. The network has given a straight-to-series order to a contemporary version of the classic drama series. The project, from writer-producers Liz Craft and Sarah Fain (The 100), Sony Pictures TV and Gemstone Studios, will air next summer.

This marks the first green light for Gemstone Studios, Sony TV’s boutique label dedicated to premium independent production in a creative and efficient way. Gemstone and Sony TV will co-produce with Fox Entertainment.

Keeping the semi-anthological format of the original with a handful of main characters living on the island and new guests arriving in every episode, the new Fantasy Island, written and executive produced by Craft and Fain, delves into the “what if” questions that keep us awake at night. Each episode will tell emotional, provocative stories about people who walk in with a desire, but end up reborn to themselves through the magical realism of Fantasy Island.

Since the coronavirus is an equal opportunity disease, Hollywood stars, media and politicians are all on lockdown with the common folk this weekend. That leaves plenty of time for social media outreach and advice.

With pressure mounting on governments to mandate confinement instead of merely suggesting it, it’s likely more celebrities will jump in with updates on what they’re doing to stave off the stir crazy.

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We’ll monitor the outpourings as they roll in. But here’s an early sample of what’s on the minds of some of the famous people:

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One of the most significant additions to the Academy Awards ceremony around 30 years ago has been the In Memoriam segment. Producers find the perfect blend of music, photos and clips for the short annual presentation.

Which of the past Oscar winners and nominees from many different branches will be featured this Sunday, February 9, on the Oscars 2020 ceremony for ABC? Some of the most likely to be included will be acting nominees Danny Aiello, Diahann Carroll, Doris Day, Kirk Douglas, Peter Fonda, Robert Forster, Sylvia Miles, Michael J. Pollard and Rip Torn. How about major creatives such as Stanley Donen, Robert Evans, Buck Henry, Andre Previn and John Singleton?

Visit our own Gold Derby memoriam gallery for the year of 2019 and the just launched gallery for 2020.

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Amid the chaos that was 2019, the show business industry lost some major players. There were icons of the big screen and TV, along with such legends as Broadway director Harold Prince and actress Carol Channing; singers Eddie Money, Ric Ocasek and José José; musicians Peter Tork, Ginger Baker and Dr. John; and composers Michel Legrand, André Previn and Jerry Herman, to name just a few of the year’s high-profile passings.

Hollywood also lost groundbreaking directors, unforgettable writers, and executives.

Familiar actors who left us this year include Robert Forster, Luke Perry, Katherine Helmond, Rutger Hauer, Jan-Michael Vincent, Arte Johnson, Rip Torn, Diahann Carroll, Peter “Chewbacca” Mayhew, Cameron Boyce, Bob Einstein, Seymour Cassel, Michael J. Pollard and Danny Aiello.

I did a Charlie's Angels episode [in 1976]. It was supposed to be a recurring role — Jaclyn Smith’s boyfriend, when they were trying to give the Angels more of a private life — which was pretty exciting for an out-of-work actor, which I was back then. But it ended up being only one episode. It did not recur.

I don't think I met Leonard back then, thank God. I'd have been too nervous. But years later, after he cast me on Blue Bloods and we became friends, I would sometimes kid him about how he once ...

Prolific producer and former top film and top executive Leonard Goldberg, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 85, never slowed down. At the time of his death, he was still working as executive producer on the hit CBS cop family drama Blue Bloods starring Tom Selleck.

Blue Bloods originated more than a decade ago with Goldberg pitching the very basic idea to then-CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler. It was also Goldberg who later suggested Selleck for the role of the Reagan family patriarch, Commissioner Frank Reagan. Selleck has shared publicly that he was reluctant to commit to an ongoing series at the time but was drawn to the pilot script and signed on.

Goldberg, a long-time member of the CBS Board of Directors, was a big believer in Blue Bloods even when the pilot flew largely under the radar during the 2010 pilot season. But, fueled by incredibly strong testing that surprised many,...

Hollywood remembered producer Leonard Goldberg today, with a roster of tributes reflecting his long history in television and film.

“I met Len 40 years ago on a show called Charlies Angels,” said Jaclyn Smith. “He was an important part of the richest years of my career. It was this shared history that became a wonderful friendship. I have the greatest respect for him not only professionally but more importantly as a loving family man. Len, you are now truly surrounded by angels.”

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Leonard Goldberg, the TV executive and producer who previously served as president of 20th Century Fox, died on Thursday at the age of 85.

He died at Cedars Sinai Medical Center from injuries resulting from a fall, according to a spokesperson. He was surrounded by his family.

Goldberg served as president of 20th Century Fox for two years beginning in 1987. Under his leadership, the studio produced such notable films as “Broadcast News,” “Big,” “Die Hard,” “Wall Street,” and “Working Girl.” Under his own banner, Goldberg also served as producer on projects including “WarGames,” “Sleeping With The Enemy,” “Double Jeopardy,” and “Charlie’s Angels.”

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Goldberg began his career in the research department at ABC, eventually working his way up to head of programming. In that position, Goldberg oversaw the launch of shows like “The Dating Game,” “The Newlywed Game,” and “Dark Shadows,” and is credited with pioneering the made-for-tv movie format.

Leonard Goldberg, a former president of 20th Century Fox and Emmy-winning film and television producer whose credits include Blue Bloods, T.J. Hooker, Family and Fantasy Island, among others, has died. He was 85. Goldberg died from injuries resulting from a fall December 4, his publicist told Deadline.

Goldberg’s long list of TV credits stretches from numerous 1970s telefilms through crime dramas The Rookies, S.W.A.T. and Starsky and Hutch to Gavilan, Hart to Hart and Paper Dolls. He also was an executiv producer on the 2011 TV version of Charlie’s Angels.

Goldberg produced such films as Charlie’s Angels (2000), Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Double Jeopardy (1999), The Distinguished Gentleman (1992), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) and SpaceCamp (1986).

Goldberg shared three Outstanding Drama Series Emmy noms for Family, which aired on ABC from 1976-80, and won an Emmy for the drama special Something About Amelia in 1984. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in...

Film and television executive and producer Leonard Goldberg passed away on Wednesday due to injuries sustained during a fall. He was 85. He died surrounded by his family.

Goldberg most recently served as an executive producer on the popular CBS drama series “Blue Bloods,” which is in its tenth season. He was formerly the president of 20th Century Fox, during which time the studio produced hit films like “Broadcast News,” “Die Hard,” “Wall Street,” “Big,” and “Working Girl.” Goldberg also executive produced a number of films under his own production banner, including “WarGames,” “Charlie’s Angels,” and “Sleeping With the Enemy.”

He was also formerly the head of programming at ABC, during which time he helped pioneer the made-for-television movie format. Hit shows like “Mod Squad,” “That Girl,” and “Marcus Welby, M.D.” all came during his time at the network. As the producing partner of Aaron Spelling, Goldberg also worked on hit shows like “Charlie’s Angels,...

“Charlie’s Angels” is set to land in China on Nov. 15.

The new movie iteration of the 1970s TV show stars Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinksa as the three gun-toting, karate-chopping investigators sent on dangerous missions by the mysterious Charles Townsend, whose private detection firm now has branches around the world. Elizabeth Banks directs.

The Sony Pictures movie will hit mainland Chinese theaters day and date with its U.S. release.

The last “Angels” film, 2003’s “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle,” grossed a little more than $2 million in China. There are now tens of thousands more screens in the Middle Kingdom, which has become the world’s second-largest movie market.

However, none of the new film’s three main stars is of Chinese descent, as was Lucy Liu. Whether that will have any effect on its reception in China remains to be seen.

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Two months shy of his 80th birthday, music industry veteran Doug Morris is vacating his seat on CBS Corp.’s board of directors. The announcement came Sept. 9 on the heels of news that Les Moonves was stepping down as chairman and CEO of CBS amid a cascade of sexual assault allegations.

Morris, the only executive to have held a chief position at each of the three major music groups, joined the board in 2007 when he was chairman and CEO of Vivendi’s Umg. Last year Morris collected some $332,000 in compensation and stock, according to an SEC filing by CBS, for his service on the board.

Morris spent 2011 through 2017 as CEO of Sony Music, home to Adele, Bruce Springsteen and Tony Bennett, among many others. His first ascent to the top of the C-suite came in 1994 when Morris took on the role of president and COO of Warner Music U.S.

CBS must work to put its former CEO, Leslie Moonves, in the past. To do so, it has hired a new slate of directors who have a fair amount of expertise in peering into the future.

CBS’ new directors include an attorney who specializes in mergers and acquisitions; a former top Wall Street investment banker; the CEO of a toy company that has worked to expand into entertainment; an expert in corporate transformation; a veteran entertainment-industry executive; and the former CEO of Time Warner. They take new roles as the company – the owner of what is one of the nation’s best known TV networks – attempts to move forward after Moonves left in the wake of multiple women levying serious allegations of sexual harassment against him and as the company grapples with a new world in which digital giants are outmaneuvering many of the entertainment’s traditional bellwethers.

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CBS has made it official: Leslie Moonves is stepping down as chairman-ceo amid a cascade of sexual assault allegations, and CBS and National Amusements Inc. have settled the legal battle that erupted in May over control of the company.

CBS chief operating officer Joe Ianniello has been named interim CEO of the company. The shakeup at the top includes the addition of six new board members to the 14-member CBS board, which has been at odds with Nai.

“CBS is an organization of talented and dedicated people who have created one of the most successful media companies in the world,” said Shari Redstone, CBS vice chair and president of Nai. “Today’s resolution will benefit all shareholders, allowing us to focus on the business of running CBS – and transforming it for the future. We are confident in Joe’s ability to serve as acting CEO and delighted to welcome our new directors,...

CBS’ S.W.A.T. has the same name, theme music and even title font as the 1970s cop drama on which it and the 2003 movie are based, but cast and executive producers promise that similarities to the original end there.

“I call it S.W.A.T. 2017 … we’re taking on the Trump years,” star Shemar Moore told TV critics at TCA.

Noting the pilot begins with the cop-shooting death of an unarmed teen, Moore said, “It’s not Black Lives Matter. It’s All Lives Matter. … It’s fear, it’s racism, it’s terrorism.”

One critic noted that CBS has a “rich history of shows” that are “very pro-police” and pro-military, wondering how EPs intend to balance that with what they were up onstage selling to them.

“Approach it honestly and in a grounded way,” EP Shawn Ryan responded. “I think you can be pro-police and also be pro-truth.” He said what...

Following his recurring stint on CBS’ medical drama Code Black this season, Jay Harrington has been tapped by the network for a lead role opposite Shemar Moore in the drama pilot S.W.A.T., executive produced by The Shield creator Shawn Ryan, Neal H. Moritz, Justin Lin and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas.

Written by Thomas and directed by Lin, S.W.A.T. is inspired by the 2003 Sony movie that was based on the 1975 ABC series produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg. Described as an intense, action-packed procedural, S.W.A.T. follows a locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant, Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson (Moore), torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he’s tasked to run a highly trained unit that is the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles.

Harrington will play David “Deacon” Kay. Level-headed and competent, Deacon is an experienced Swat officer who’s ready for a commanding role.

Following his recurring stint on CBS’ medical drama Code Black this season, Jay Harrington has been tapped by the network for a lead role opposite Shemar Moore in the drama pilot S.W.A.T., executive produced by The Shield creator Shawn Ryan, Neal H. Moritz, Justin Lin and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas. Written by Thomas and directed by Lin, S.W.A.T. is inspired by the 2003 Sony movie that was based on the 1975 ABC series produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg…...

CBS has pushed the untitled Paul Attanasio Latino cop family drama pilot, executive produced by Leonard Goldberg, for casting reasons. Written by Homicide creator Attanasio, the drama revolves around the multi-generational members of a Mexican-American family with deep roots in San Diego intertwine personally and professionally due to their powerful careers in law enforcement. The pilot requires specific casting. The network and producing studio CBS TV Studios made…...

Another popular actor who left a long-running CBS drama series is coming back as the lead of his own series. Shemar Moore, who departed Criminal Minds last spring after 11 seasons, has been tapped as the star of CBS drama pilot S.W.A.T., executive produced by The Shield creator Shawn Ryan, Neal H. Moritz, Justin Lin and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas. Moore also will serve as a producer on the project, inspired by the 2003 Sony movie that was based on the 1975 ABC series produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg.

Written by Thomas and directed by Lin, S.W.A.T. is described as an intense, action-packed procedural following a locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant, Daniel ‘Hondo’ Harrelson (Moore), torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he’s tasked to run a highly-trained unit that is the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles.

Moore’s Harrelson, exuding...

After fielding multiple offers this pilot season, David Castaneda (Sicario) has signed on as a key series regular in CBS’ family cop drama pilot from Bull co-creator Paul Attanasio and Blue Bloods executive producer Leonard Goldberg & co-ep/director David Barrett. The Untitled Paul Attanasio Project centers on the multi-generational members of a Mexican-American family with deep roots in San Diego who intertwine personally and professionally due to their powerful careers…...

CBS has given a pilot order to S.W.A.T., a drama series inspired by the 2003 Sony movie that was based on the 1975 TV series produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg. The project, executive produced by The Shield creator Shawn Ryan, Neal H. Moritz (Preacher), Justin Lin (Scorpion) and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, hails from Sony Pictures TV, which will co-produce with CBS TV Studios.

The project had a pilot production commitment with series penalty behind it. It marks the first pilot order under the overall deal Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment signed with Sony TV last summer, which is exclusive in broadcast and first-look in cable.

Written by Sleepy Hollow alum Thomas with Fast & Furious helmer Lin set to direct, S.W.A.T. is described as an intense, action-packed procedural following a locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant torn between loyalty to the streets and duty...

CBS has given a pilot order to "S.W.A.T.," a drama series inspired by the 2003 Sony movie that was based on the 1975 TV series produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg. The project, executive produced by The Shield creator Shawn Ryan, Neal H. Moritz (Preacher), Justin Lin (Scorpion) and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas (The Get Down, Friday Night Lights), hails from Sony Pictures TV, which will co-produce with CBS TV Studios. The project had a pilot production commitment with ser…...

CBS has given a pilot order to an untitled drama from “House” executive producer Paul Attanasio, TheWrap has learned. The hour-long drama follows the multi-generational members of a Mexican-American family with deep roots in San Diego that intertwine personally and professionally due to their powerful careers in law enforcement. Attanasio will serve as writer and executive producer on the pilot, which hails from CBS Television Studios. Rodrigo Garcia will direct and executive produce. Leonard Goldberg and David Barrett also serve as executive producers. Also Read: CBS Orders Hate Crime Investigation Drama Pilot With Katie Couric Producing Among the other pilots ordered at the network this.