‘Boston Blue’ Teaser Shows Danny & Lena’s First Encounter & New Cases (VIDEO)
Boston Blue has shared another glimpse into the Blue Bloods spinoff premiering this October. In the teaser trailer above, Donnie Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green‘s Danny Reagan and Lena Silver meet, and the detectives trek on out several cases. The teaser was revealed after a CBS press conference on Thursday, September 4 promoting its new fall 2025 shows, which includes Sheriff Country, The Road, and DMV.
Photos shared on August 25 revealed the first look at Bridget Moynahan reprising her role as Erin Reagan with Donnie Wahlberg‘s Danny Reagan in the series premiere. And while the photos share similarities to the look of its predecessor, there’s a much different tone to the look of Boston Blue than fans may have expected. TV Insider revealed the first photos of Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green in Boston Blue on the morning of Monday, August 25.
Here’s the official storyline for the Boston Blue pilot: “NYPD detective Danny Reagan teams up with Boston detective Lena Silver to investigate a deadly fire at a tech company. As they dig deeper, they uncover a complex web of secrets involving facial recognition technology, family ties, and a search for justice that brings the Silver and Reagan families closer together.”
Gloria Reuben, Ernie Hudson, Black-ish alum Marcus Scribner, Mika Amonsen, and Maggie Lawson also star.
Here’s everything there is to know about Boston Blue so far.
When does Boston Blue premiere?
Bridget Moynahan, Sonequa Martin-Green, Donnie Wahlberg, Ernie Hudson, Marcus Scribner, and Maggie Lawson in ‘Boston Blue’ series premiere (John Medland / CBS)
Boston Blue will air during Blue Bloods‘ former time slot starting on Friday, October 17, at 10/9c on CBS. Next-day streaming will be available on Paramount+.
What is Boston Blue about?
Boston Blue stars Wahlberg as he reprises his role as NYPD Detective Danny Reagan. In this new series, Danny takes a position with the Boston Police Department and is paired with Detective Lena Silver (Martin-Green), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family. The Silver family is comprised of Boston District Attorney Mae Silver (Reuben), Boston PD Detective Lena Silver, Police Superintendent Sarah Silver (Lawson), rookie cop Jonah Silver (Scribner), and renowned Baptist pastor Reverend Edwin Peters (Hudson). As Danny settles into his new city, he also hopes to reconnect with his younger son, Sean (Amonsen), who is beginning his own career in Boston.
Who is in the Boston Blue cast?
Gloria Reuben as Mae Silver in ‘Boston Blue’ Season 1 Episode 1 (John Medland / CBS)
Wahlberg — who is also an executive producer on the series — was the first star announced. Martin-Green was the second.
Wahlberg said in a statement on May 7 that when it came to Detective Silver’s casting, Martin-Green was “not the first choice — the only choice.” His statement also implies that new Reagan family members from Boston are going to be prominent in this new series.
“One thing about Blue Bloods and how beloved it was is because there are so many law enforcement families in this country. There’s not just the Reagans,” Wahlberg said, per Variety. “They’re in every state, every city, every town, everywhere, and there are other families around that have stories to tell too. Danny’s story will continue the Reagan family. You can’t have Danny without Reagans — there’ll be connective tissue. But we’re also going to get to discover a new family and carry on the tradition of telling their stories.”
Martin-Green said that the Silver family will be featured as well. She said: “We love the Reagans. We have all loved the Reagans for so long. And I feel that we’ll love the [Silvers] too. I’m super excited for this partnership, and to be back in a CBS family — and in this family, your family. It means a lot, and I’m grateful for it. I think we’re going to have a good time.”
Ernie Hudson’s casting as the Silver family patriarch, Reverend Peters, a renowned pastor of an historic Baptist church in Boston, was revealed on May 16 (via Deadline). He’s described as “an open-minded, welcoming man that is comfortable in all traditions [who] is happy to preside at his church’s traditional Sunday Baptist service. Reverend Peters is the father of Mae Silver, Boston’s District Attorney, and grandfather of Det. Lena Silver (Martin-Green), Superintendent Ashley Silver, and rookie patrol cop, Isaac Silver.”
Deadline, on June 2, also reported that Maggie Lawson will star in the series as Sarah Silver, the Boston Police Department’s superintendent who is also Lena and Jonah’s stepsister.
Gloria Reuben, who previously appeared as an ATF agent in two episodes of Blue Bloods, is set to star in the series regular role of “Mae Silver, Boston’s District Attorney and the matriarch of a blended family of law enforcement professionals,” according to Deadline. “The widow of a judge who was murdered on the courthouse steps, Mae endeavors to put family ahead of work whenever possible. Her daughter Lena is a Boston Police Department Detective, and her stepdaughter Sarah is the Police Superintendent. Her son Jonah is a rookie cop; her father is Reverend Peters. Mae is accustomed to making decisions and standing by them.”
Marcus Scribner plays Jonah Silver. “Jonah is the youngest member of the Silver family and is in law enforcement like his mother and sisters — each of whom are formidable in their own ways,” Jonah’s character description reads, per Variety. “Always the cool kid growing up, Jonah carries himself with confidence and swagger in all situations, so he’s naturally frustrated at being a rookie cop on the sidelines of the city’s biggest investigations.”
Jeramie Burgos plays Caleb Bruce.
Marcus Scribner as Jonah Silver and Mika Amonsen as Sean Reagan in ‘Boston Blue’ Season 1 Episode 1 (John Medland / CBS)
Is Maria Baez in Boston Blue?
Baez is not a confirmed character for Boston Blue as of the time of publication, but Wahlberg hinted at the possibility of Baez appearing along with other Blue Bloods stars.
After years of fans thinking there was a romantic spark between partners Danny and Baez, Danny finally asked Baez out in the series finale. He was making good on a promise to his grandfather, Henry Reagan (Len Cariou), who wanted to see his widowed grandson find love again. Wahlberg himself advocated for this romantic ending for Danny and Baez.
“I think that was a lot of me really pushing,” Wahlberg told Variety following the series finale. “I pushed a lot for some closure with that. I went to [writer] Siobhan O’Connor, and I was like, ‘Listen, you’ve got to do something. They don’t need to go get married, but something would be nice, just to show that there may be a future for them, or that their relationship has really evolved.’”
Boston Blue is produced by CBS Studios in association with JBTV. Sonnier and Margolis will showrun and executive produce. Jerry Bruckheimer, KristieAnne Reed, and Wahlberg will also serve as executive producers.
Sonnier and Margolis hail from The Blacklist and S.W.A.T. They started in the NBC Writers on the Verge program (now NBCU LAUNCH). After five seasons on The Blacklist, they developed and showran L.A.’s Finest, the Sony and JBTV-produced Bad Boys spinoff starring Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba, which ran for two seasons on Spectrum before subsequent successful runs on Fox and Netflix. “The Brandons” are currently executive producers on the upcoming third season of Fox’s missing persons procedural Alert: Missing Persons Unit.
Boston Blue, Series Premiere, Friday, October 17, 10/9c, CBS
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Still don’t understand why they are pushing this expander when the cast and audience were all happy with Blue Bloods in its present state.
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Looking forward to it but a bit disappointed there aren’t any more Reagan’s involved .
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I really wanted Blue Bloods to be picked up by another channel. I guess this new show will have to do. I hope the great family feeling you get when watching Blue Bloods crosses over to the new series
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I LOVED BLUE BLOODS!!!
I HATED WHEN CBS CANCELED THE SHOW!!!
Now we watch movies on Prime or Netflix on Friday nights.
BRING BLUE BLOODS BACK!!!
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No Baez?? I will watch a couple of episodes, but it will have to be extremely good for me to like it. I loved the charisma between them because she made Danny show warm emotions as he did for Baez.
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Already I'm not believing this. Danny Reagan would never move to Boston. Jamie, I would believe... he went to college there. But what would make Danny move out of the City?
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This bit of information has made my day. I hope Boston Blue will keep some of the good traits of Blue Bloods i.e. lack of profanity, loyalty of personnel to one another and caring for fellow beings.and lack of blood and guts without all the violence. Maybe even have a Reagan family member pop over for a visit once in a while. Sounds good to me, bring it on as soon as possible and give more episodes per season PLEASE!
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YES!
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Won’t be watching this show. Shouldn’t have canceled Blue Bloods.
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It will be on CBS so I WILL NOT BE WATCHING. CBS likes to introduce a show and then cancels it regardless of fan popularity and support. CBS has been cancelled in my home.
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I like some of the characters but not all. I love Danny Reagan. He’s not pretentious. I liked Jamie and Eddie as well, as well as Anthony.
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I will watch the pilot but that will probably be it. This show will most likely be more WOKE than realistic with gay drama, less black or hispanic criminals, low income neighborhood residents more white than any other race. Out of respect for Blue Bloods and the people loved it, I think he should have turned down the role. I think the show will be a bust because the real fans of Blue Bloods will not accept it.
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Get rid of NCIS" Syndey, move SWAT back to that timeslot, followed by Fire Country and end with Boston Blue on Friday nights!
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Ugh! That's soooo disappointing. I can't stand her. But I LOVE Danny! So sad... guess I won't be watching much. They're ruining everything about the great Reagan family and friends.
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I dunno, but I doubt we will watch it. After all, CBS likes to dump really good shows for no good reason, so unlikely to give them any business anymore.
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whoever is doing your casting needs to look for a new job!
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What about Jennifer Esposito playing is love interset
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OMG I can't wait to watch. Donnie is my favorite. I never missed an episode, but if I knew I would have to I set my dvr!
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Great news. He's my favorite Wahlberg.
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I think I might be like some others in this regards, in that there better be a pretty darn good explanation on why Danny Reagan, a lifelong New Yorker, the eldest son of a New York City police dynasty, would somehow up and transfer to the, of all things, Boston Police Department. Other than Donnie and the Wahlberg family being from the Boston area the logistics of this change of venue doesn’t make a whole lot of sense!
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I will give it a chance, but I'm disappointed that his partner isn't Baez.
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They ended blue bloods because they said it was costing too much money to continue. Plus closing NYC streets to film.
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It should be if they can get the cast right. For me that means no Ramirez. I found the character cloying annoying, especially after Danny’s wife who was so strong. Find someone new.
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Yuk...never could stand the idea of them as a couple. They should keep Blue going ..better without Danny..focus elsewhere
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I'm with you there.... also hoping they'll have a few guest appearances to keep it still tethered with " original" Blue
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Always with the spin-offs. Come out with something new.
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Great, but his partner needs to be there.
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No Maria what
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OK, this not Blue Bloods, but I suppose it is the next best thing. I do hope we get to some other members of the Reagan family stop by. And with Baez out of the picture, maybe Danny can pursue a relationship with the psychic Maggie.
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Yeah!!!
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I, too am happy to hear this, even if Danny did not want to move to Las Vegas where he lives sometimes. But...Baez...I waited and waited. I'm a romantic at heart I guess. I'm just a little too old for Danny 🙁
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Total junk. Sorry but not sorry. Too many chiefs in the movie. It lost its glow from "Blue Bloods". I turned "Boston Blue" off 7 minutes after it started. The beginning with The "BOSS" Bruce who I can't stand until a bossy woman takes command making other detectives look like 3rd graders was enough for me. I won't be watching this series at all.
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Not impressed with the dialogue, doesn't feel natural. Also, not sure how they are going to sell the audience on Danny Reagan in Boston. I was mildly interested, but this promo has lessened my interest unfortunately.
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I am looking forward to "Boston Blue" with great anticipation. I think that viewers should give it a chance. Being ftom a small town 10 minutes away from Boston, it would be nice to have this new series filmed on location. Remember the "Spenser, for Hire" TV series in the mid-1980s? My younger brother and I were actually in a background shot in that show, unbeknown prior to sn eoisode to us, until we and friends saw us on an episode. The City of Boston has always been very excited and cooperative to work with Hollywood film crews, producers, directors, and actors assisting them filming a number of movies and several TV series for decades.
Blue Bloods was a great show, actually my favorite at the time it was broadcast; and I do not watch more than a few hours of TV each week. It was reminiscent of other great police dramas, i. e. "Hill Street Blues" in the 1980s, and "NYPD Blue" in the 1990s, both of which I have downloaded every episode and watch continually. For those who miss "Blue Bloods", so do I. However, when you consider the reasons why it was cancelled, mainly because the actors salaries were getting so high that CBS could not afford to consider keeping the show alive, be glad that it lasted the full 10 years that it did. Originally it was scheduled to be cancelled after season 8!
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im looking forward to watching BOSTON BLUE, but NOTHING I have read addresses the reason for moving to Boston
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You canNOT replace the much loved Reagan family with another family just because you decide to - viewers (including ME) will not accept it. I am very angry and "MAY" watch ONLY the first episode but I really don't even want to do that. Blue Bloods is really gone - but as me - not forgotten and you can't replace them. I hope all devoted followers of Blue Bloods also boycott this show since they never should have shut down Blue Bloods to begin with.
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im just curious as to HOW & WHY Danny came to go to Boston?
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Are they gonna show Danny eating dinner... somewhere... on Sunday?? 😳🤓
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Sounds at 1st read here that it should be good. But wish CBS had listened to Tom Selleck and Wahlberg to keep Blue Bloods going. So many storyline ideas that could have been explored. Hope for crossover of Blue Bloods characters. Wish Fox or CW had picked up Blue Bloods like Fox did w/Last Man Standing.
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As former law enforcement, Blue bloods was my favorite show, followed by the Rookie. I have never been to New York but one of the largest police departments in the U.S. The show kept me going and always looked forward to it on Friday nights. Now there is a void in my soul.
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Be great if another not so stupid network would pick it up
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Ridiculous...🙄...this...should have been allowed to evolve
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CBS loves to make money but not spend it. Blue Bloods became too expensive for their bottom line to produce.
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Where is baetz???
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I love Maggie. Great choice.
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I am hoping that this cast is as good as the original cast of blue bloods. I hope to see a lot of crossover scenes with his family. I am not sure why they canceled the Original because it had a lot of growth that it could have done.
I personally really liked Danny and his first partner.
I would like to see more of Joe maybe becoming more like his dad was in personality and to see all of the family in some capacity. Danny was very close to jis family and that was what kept him grounded. And his faith.
You really need a family life that is solid and grounded for Danny to keep him grounded.
Linda did that well.
I think everyone liked the sunday dinners
and that they were not ashamed of showing there faith. I think it made them real and relatable.
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I’m thrilled for Donnie and Danny! Danny Reagan was my favorite character on Blue Bloods, and I’m so happy he’s getting his own show!
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Taking a wait & see approach. Hope the title gets changed.
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I'M going to have see the show and see for my self!!!!
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i am so happy to hear this. Blue Blood was my favorite show of all time. and i miss watching it every Friday night. i hope some of the cast from the show will be on but happy that Danny is starring in it.
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The cost of production.
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Was too expensive to produce.
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I would be more interested in watching if the Regan family move there with him or visit him, keep Baez as his love interests and partner
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Happy there is a spinoff but won’t be watching without Baez as a romantic interest.
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I’m not. Danny Reagan is the best!
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