Well, these are TV series, but falls into the same general category. For those who watch family dramas, Blue Bloods and Yellowstone could not be more different in practically every way. Both, coincidentally ended their series in the same week. Blue Bloods on a Friday and Yellowstone on the Sunday.

In keeping with their respective differences, the endings were such that new seasons could be written if another network picks up Blue Bloods which ran thirteen seasons. The case wants that and I know millions of fans do as well

As part of the significant difference in Yellowstone with violence or tragic death, sometimes multiple, in each almost every episode, there could be short-run spin-off series. Indeed, the two short-run series, 1883 and 1923, were developed with powerful casts to serve as “origin of Yellowstone” stories. The creator and writer, Taylor Sheridan already has another series, Landman,  started which is at the time available through streaming, and we don’t get that service. They did show the first two episodes on the regular Paramount channel.  While it deals with a major oil corporation in Texas, the themes and types of characters are similar to Yellowstone.

Back to Blue Bloods though. Many of us were surprised CBS kept it going as the network tends to be anti-conservative and the Regan family in Blue Bloods depicts strong family relationships – not without periodic differences to be resolved – and adherence to conservative principles. The stellar cast and superb writing deserve at least another few seasons under a new network. We’ll see what happens.