"Blue Bloods" Casts Broadway Vet Bebe Neuwirth as Frank's [spoiler]
by Sandra Gonzalez
Aug 16, 2013


Bebe Neuwirth and Tom Selleck are going to clash when the Broadway vet comes to "Blue Bloods" later this year.

EW has learned the "Frasier" alum has booked a three-episode arc on the CBS cop procedural playing a character named Kelly Peterson, a beautiful, stylish and charming woman who is the new Inspector General overseeing Frank’s department.

But while Kelly and Frank will be at odds, it wasn’t always that way. The two are said to have met several years ago and, at the time, “sparks definitely flew.” (Well, this could be awkward…)



Neuwirth will first appear in an October episode.

"Blue Bloods" is set to begin its fourth season Sept. 27 on CBS.

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Exclusive: A New Love Interest for "Blue Bloods'" Tom Selleck?
Oct 9, 2013
by Bruce Fretts


Don't make the mistake of saying Bebe Neuwirth's incoming Inspector General will be "over" Tom Selleck's NYPD Commissioner Frank Reagan on "Blue Bloods".

"She's not over me," Selleck bristled humorously of his new recurring costar at a SAG Foundation Q&A in New York City Tuesday night. "But it is a bit of a problem. She can invoke certain things that make his job difficult. To Frank, who's not a very patient man, it's a nuisance."



Might those sparks of conflict lead to romance?

"It is essentially romantic comedy we're doing," Selleck confirmed. "But it's serious. They fight a lot, but we're finding out they enjoy the company in argumentation."



Neuwirth has shot two episodes of the show, and Selleck said he thinks she'll return for more. Where that will lead for longtime widower Frank is anyone's guess.

"I don't have a 'p' [for producer] next to my name in the credits, so I honestly can't tell you," he said. "I don't know about romance. Frank is still wearing his wedding ring. He's to the stage where he can enjoy flirting, but he's a complex guy."

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