Blue Bloods Spinoff Boston Blue Virtually Put Danny Someplace Else

Star of Boston Blue, Donnie Wahlberg, not too long ago defined how there was multiple Blue Bloods spinoff thought. Whereas the creators finally selected Boston, the present might have been set someplace completely totally 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 collection’ 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 exterior of his “consolation zone.” And, whereas Texas would have been a enjoyable thought, 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 totally different, the place he’s not that, you understand, [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 gentle on how totally different Boston Blue might have been. If the spinoff moved his character to Texas as an alternative, the collection 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 compelled to rebuild his life in Oklahoma. Danny would’ve needed to adapt much more within the South due to the main 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 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 group. And, because of this, Danny was on his strategy to Massachusetts.

There was an thought, and we have been kind of growing the concept. However on the identical time, I feel Jerry Bruckheimer and the Brandons have been growing an thought of one other legislation enforcement household, you understand, a special present. [It] might have been to accomplice with Blue Bloods. It might have been no matter. And I feel there was a personality who was transferring to Boston. That’s how we met the household. And I feel they’re like, “Hey, as an alternative 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 little bit reluctant about starring in a by-product after Blue Bloods bought canceled. He additionally did not notice how rapidly the brand new collection would launch as a result of he did not see the unique present’s cancellation coming and was a little bit blindsided by it.

So anyway, you understand, when it really was ending, I type of didn’t imagine it, proper? And so abruptly it was like, “Properly, do I actually need to do a spin-off?” I didn’t know, you understand. And this concept was simply actually good, and the script was actually good. And I checked out it, and I noticed the probabilities of weaving Blue Bloods’ world into it, and I noticed an opportunity to play Danny otherwise, even totally different than I thought of within the kind of Texas spin-off thought.

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