Blue Bloods Spinoff Boston Blue Virtually Put Danny Someplace Else

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

Boston Blue is a police drama that follows a former NYPD officer, Danny Reagan (Wahlberg), and his new accomplice 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 nearly moved right down to Texas as an alternative of staying within the Northeast. The actor defined that the purpose of the relocation was to take the character and put him outdoors of his “consolation zone.” And, whereas Texas would have been a enjoyable concept, Boston was the place he believed Reagan must be.

Perhaps Danny goes to Texas, and he’s a fish out of water, or possibly 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 an alternative, the sequence could be extra just 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 most important cultural variations between the 2 areas. Whereas Boston is a special metropolis, it’s nonetheless comparatively just like New York, making the transition really feel extra pure and fewer stunning.

Wahlberg mentioned that Boston Blue showrunners, Brandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnier, have been throwing the concept round with Jerry Bruckheimer. In response to the actor, they spoke about bringing a Blue Bloods character to Boston and creating a brand new crew. And, because of this, Danny was on his solution to Massachusetts.

There was an concept, and we have been type of growing the concept. However on the identical time, I believe Jerry Bruckheimer and the Brandons have been growing an concept of one other regulation enforcement household, , a special present. [It] may have been to accomplice 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 an alternative of transferring him to Texas, why don’t we speak about him becoming a member of this factor and transferring to Boston?

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

So anyway, , when it really was ending, I type of didn’t consider it, proper? And so out of the blue 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.