NEW YORK (AP) — The success of the family police show "Blue
Bloods," which was CBS' most popular drama on the air last week,
has defied the traditional rules of television.  "Blue Bloods"
airs on Friday night, which for many years has been considered a
television graveyard because broadcasters figure potential
viewers are out on the town instead of in their living rooms.
Networks usually program accordingly, keeping their highest-
profile shows on other nights.  "Blue Bloods," which stars Tom
Selleck as a New York City police commissioner and patriarch to
a crime-fighting family, has defied the odds. It's the most
popular Friday night scripted series in more than a decade. In
its fourth season, the show's ratings are up 4 percent over last
year, the Nielsen company said.  Last week, with the usually
more popular "NCIS" airing reruns, "Blue Bloods" was CBS' second
most-watched show on the air behind "The Big Bang Theory." The
only drama on TV to do better was NBC's "The Black List."  "The
show offers a unique t