Fans of CBS‘ cancelled Blue
Franchise vet Donnie Wahlberg — who of course played Danny for all of Blue Bloods‘ 14-season run — shared on Instagram a first “promo” for Boston Blue. (I use air quotes because it uses fleeting, archival Blue Bloods clips.) Both the video and Wahlberg’s caption confirm a fall (versus midseason/early 2026) premiere for the new, Beantown adventures of Danny Reagan.
CBS will officially announce its complete fall schedule, with days and time slots, on May 7.
“So excited to carry on the tradition, to share so many surprises, to answer some unanswered questions and to welcome all of you — to #BostonBlue!” wrote Wahlberg on Instagram. “The next chapter in the #BlueBloods legacy begins. I can’t wait.”
Ordered to series on Feb. 18 — two months after Blue Bloods‘ series finale — this “Blue Bloods Universe expansion” finds Wahlberg’s Detective Danny Reagan leaving New York City and his family to take a position with the Boston Police Department.
Once there, Danny will be partnered with Detective Lena Peters, the yet-to-be-cast eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.
Though filming clearly has not yet begun, there are rumblings (relayed to TVLine by reader newsjunkie) that the series will film in Toronto, save for some on-location establishing shots. (TVLine has reached out to CBS for comment.)
Fact is, precious few scripted TV series have ever filmed in Boston, with Robert Urich’s mid-1980s crime drama, Spenser: For Hire, being one of the exceptions. ABC’s A Million Little Things was famously set in Boston, but filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia. Even Blue Bloods patriarch Tom Selleck’s Massachusetts-based Jesse Stone TV movies were filmed in Nova Scotia.
Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis (both of The Blacklist and L.A.’s Finest, as well as Alert: Missing Persons Unit) will serve as Boston Blue’s showrunners and executive-produce alongside Wahlberg, Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed.
