Blue Bloods Spinoff Boston Blue Almost Put Danny Somewhere Else

Star of Boston Blue, Donnie Wahlberg, just lately defined how there was multiple Blue Bloods spinoff concept. Whereas the creators finally selected Boston, the present may have been set someplace completely completely different.

Boston Blue is a police drama that follows a former NYPD officer, Danny Reagan (Wahlberg), and his new associate Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Inexperienced), after he joins the Boston Police Division. The present additionally stars Ernie Hudson (Reverend Edwin Peters), Maggie Lawson (Sarah Silver), Gloria Reuben (Mae Silver), Marcus Scribner (Jonah Silver), and Mika Amonsen (Sean Reagan).

In an interview with CinemaBlend, Wahlberg revealed that the sequence’ protagonist virtually moved right down to Texas as a substitute of staying within the Northeast. The actor defined that the purpose of the relocation was to take the character and put him exterior of his “consolation zone.” And, whereas Texas would have been a enjoyable concept, Boston was the place he believed Reagan ought to be.

Perhaps Danny goes to Texas, and he’s a fish out of water, or perhaps he goes to LA or Vegas and works in a on line casino. Simply someplace completely different, the place he’s not that, , [he] doesn’t know each nook and cranny of the place he’s, and he has to get on a horse or do issues which might be out of his consolation zone. And nothing is extra out of his consolation zone than being in Boston. I can inform you that. Not me, Danny.

His assertion additionally sheds mild on how completely different Boston Blue may have been. If the spinoff moved his character to Texas as a substitute, the sequence may be extra much like Taylor Sheridan’s hit TV present Tulsa King.

In Tulsa King, Sylvester Stallone’s Dwight Manfredi is a New Yorker who’s pressured to rebuild his life in Oklahoma. Danny would’ve needed to adapt much more within the South due to the key cultural variations between the 2 areas. Whereas Boston is a special metropolis, it’s nonetheless comparatively much like New York, making the transition really feel extra pure and fewer surprising.

Wahlberg mentioned that Boston Blue showrunners, Brandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnier, had been throwing the thought round with Jerry Bruckheimer. In accordance with the actor, they spoke about bringing a Blue Bloods character to Boston and creating a brand new group. And, consequently, Danny was on his technique to Massachusetts.

There was an concept, and we had been type of growing the thought. However on the similar time, I believe Jerry Bruckheimer and the Brandons had been growing an concept of one other regulation enforcement household, , a special present. [It] may have been to associate with Blue Bloods. It may have been no matter. And I believe there was a personality who was transferring to Boston. That’s how we met the household. And I believe they’re like, “Hey, as a substitute of transferring him to Texas, why don’t we discuss him becoming a member of this factor and transferring to Boston?

Wahlberg admitted that, at first, he was a bit reluctant about starring in a by-product after Blue Bloods acquired canceled. He additionally did not notice how rapidly the brand new sequence would launch as a result of he did not see the unique present’s cancellation coming and was a bit blindsided by it.

So anyway, , when it really was ending, I form of didn’t imagine it, proper? And so all of a sudden it was like, “Nicely, do I actually wish to do a spin-off?” I didn’t know, . And this concept was simply actually good, and the script was actually good. And I checked out it, and I noticed the chances of weaving Blue Bloods’ world into it, and I noticed an opportunity to play Danny another way, even completely different than I considered within the type of Texas spin-off concept.

Boston Blue premieres on October 17, 2025, at 10:00 PM ET and seven:00 PM PT on CBS.