“We had this family of actors who all actually liked each other, which never happens in television.

So it was an enormous blessing.”

The Reagans have finished their final family dinner.

BLUE BLOODS “End of Tour” - Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan

Tom Selleck on ‘Blue Bloods’.Michael Parmelee/CBS

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How does it feel to be finished withBlue Bloodsafter 14 years?

TOM SELLECK:Well, I don’t think it goes away that quickly.

We finished shooting our last episode in July, but it’s just now airing.

Blue Bloods - Pictured: Will Estes as Jamie Reagan, Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan, Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan, and Andrew Terraciano as Sean Reagan.

Will Estes as Jamie Reagan, Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan, Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan, and Andrew Terraciano as Sean Reagan on ‘Blue Bloods’.CBS

It just takes an enormous amount of getting used to, which I’m still doing.

So all those things are going to take quite a bit of getting used to.

What was your experience like filming that final episode?

And we did our work for about six or seven hours and didn’t dwell on it.

It seemed like something needed to be said.

There were some tears and some hugs and group hugs, single hugs.

Nobody wanted it to end.

So I went back home to L.A. and really felt I should be there when the show finished.

So I flew back to New York and was able to watch them shoot the last scene.

It was all pretty emotional.

We loved the show.

It was a blessing for 15 years.

I mean, we had two families.

So it was an enormous blessing.

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What’s been the hardest part of the show ending?

And you always say it’s kind of like high school graduation.

Everybody says they’ll keep in touch and things happen.

Well, that happens in movies too.

You say you do a movie, establish relationships, and then it’s over.

This is a more complicated one.

How do you feel you have changed or evolved as an actor over the course of this series?

Make it look like “Here goes nothing.”

But it’s really “Here goes everything.”

“Okay, what are the jokes?

I know this guy.”

But I continued to learn about Frank Reagan and watch him evolve as a character for 15 years.

I was never bored.

15 years is a long time, and you change physically, you change every other way.

You’re just older.

My biggest goal is to confirm people realize we went out in rather spectacular success.

It wasn’t tired, it wasn’t anything else.

All 14 seasons ofBlue Bloodsare streaming on Paramount+.

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.