CBS’s "Blue Bloods" has tapped veteran director-producer Michael Pressman to serve as co-executive producer and director, reports Deadline.com.

Pressman, who directed two episodes of the police and family drama in its first season, has previously served as executive producer on "Chicago Hope" and two David E. Kelley series, "Picket Fences" and "The Brotherhood of Poland, N.H.," the story notes.