Tom Selleck ‘Turning His Whole World Upside Down’ to Score a TV Comeback, Faces ‘an Uphill Battle’
Former Blue Bloods star Tom Selleck is plotting a major career revival in 2026 at the ripe old age of 80, and insiders say that’s behind his switch to a new talent agency as pals fear competing for roles with younger hunks could harm his aging health.
No longer the leading hunk he was in his mid-30s when he starred as happy-go-lucky private eye Thomas Magnum in the iconic Magnum, P.I. series from 1980 to 1988, Selleck recently admitted age limitations.
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“Sometimes the hours are a little harder because I’m older, but so what?” he told TV Insider, adding: “I want to work as long as they’ll have me.”
With that attitude, he’s irked that his hit Blue Bloods crime series ended after 14 years and to see his costar Donnie Wahlberg, 56, who played his son, move on as the same character in CBS’ spinoff police drama, Boston Blue.
But Selleck is so determined to forge on, he’s even changed his talent agency, leaving CAA for UTA.
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“Blue Bloods went away for Tom before he was ready to say goodbye, and it’s not a great feeling for him to see his former costar thrive on the cheaper spinoff Boston Blue that CBS put on the air after they ended the main show,” notes a source.
“But Tom isn’t just changing his longtime agency representation — he’s turning his whole world upside down just to show the industry that he wants to stay in the game.”
“Perception matters, and Tom still wants to be perceived as a bankable leading man, no matter how old he is.
“He still totally believes in himself. The problem with all of this is that Tom is still conducting business like it’s 1985, not 2025.”
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“No matter how famous he is, and how many millions of retirement-age fans he has, landing the lead role in an ongoing successful drama TV series is harder than ever.”
Adds the source: “It’s a process that favors new faces, not people like Tom who have been very famous for decades upon decades.”
“Especially at Tom’s age and with the physical limitations he has, he’s got an uphill battle ahead of him to get back on TV in a big way.”
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