Blue Bloods got here to a conclusion again in 2024 after fourteen seasons, practically 300 episodes, and loads of feedback from star Tom Selleck about not wanting it to finish. The TV icon’s pitch for a Season 15 did not result in a renewal, however one other Reagan is getting his personal present. Danny Reagan, performed by Donnie Wahlberg, is relocating from New York Metropolis to star in Boston Blue, set to premiere on CBS later within the 2025 TV schedule in Blue Bloods‘ outdated time slot. So, why a derivative and never Season 15? Wahlberg weighed in with an surprising reply.
Boston Blue will take Danny Reagan away from the NYC-based Reagan household dinners of Blue Bloods to hitch Boston P.D. His new associate might be Lena Silvers, performed by Sonequa Martin-Inexperienced in her first sequence common position since Star Trek: Discovery ended on Paramount+ final 12 months. These might be very totally different circumstances from these followers watched Danny in for practically a decade and a half on Blue Bloods (and proceed to stream through Paramount+ subscription if the current numbers are any indication).
Considerably surprisingly, Wahlberg candidly answered a fan in Boston Blue‘s Instagram feedback when requested why CBS did not “simply proceed with BB?!?” He stated:
We tried. Now we feature on in a brand new manner.
Apparently, the will to proceed Blue Bloods was there behind the scenes, however the CBS stars simply did not align for the drama to proceed in Season 15 on Friday nights. Boston Blue is not going to really feel like a complete change from the unique sequence, although, with Wahlberg’s longtime costar Bridget Moynahan reprising her position as Erin Reagan for the spinoff’s premiere.
Wahlberg himself additionally famous that New York and Boston are geographically fairly shut, so even when followers do not all the time see it on display screen on Boston Blue, it stands to motive that Reagans could have frequent off-screen reunions. That will rely on the circumstances of Danny’s departure, although!
Viewers could not wish to depend on seeing Tom Selleck again as Frank Reagan, although, if there’s fact to the rumors that the. Magnum P.I. vet was livid concerning the spinoff occurring as a substitute of Season 15. Elsewhere within the Instagram feedback, Donnie Wahlberg additionally answered a “so confused” fan who wished to know why CBS cancelled Blue Bloods in the event that they’re “going to have basically the identical plot line!?” He responded:
I’m undecided, nevertheless it was. This can be a probability for it to hold on. Household is perpetually. 💙❤️
“Household is perpetually” is a stunning sentiment, however will it really feel true for Blue Bloods followers when Boston Blue premieres with out nearly all of the Reagan household? Solely time will inform, and the months are counting down till the primary episode.
Boston Blue arrives on CBS on October 17 to shut out the community’s new Friday night time lineup, comprised of Hearth Nation Season 4 at 8 p.m. ET, adopted by new spinoff Sheriff Nation at 9 p.m. ET, after which Donnie Wahlberg’s sequence at 10 p.m. ET. Within the meantime, you possibly can all the time revisit the highs and lows of Blue Bloods streaming on Paramount+.