‘Boston Blue’: First Look at Donnie Wahlberg & Sonequa Martin-Green in ‘Blue Bloods’ Offshoot
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Danny Reagan is back, and he’s got a new partner. TV Insider can exclusively debut the first looks at Donnie Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green in Boston Blue, the Blue Bloods offshoot coming to CBS this October.
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 (Gloria Reuben), Boston PD Detective Lena Silver, Police Superintendent Sarah Silver (Maggie Lawson), rookie cop Jonah Silver (Marcus Scribner), and renowned Baptist pastor Reverend Edwin Peters (Ernie Hudson). As Danny settles into his new city, he also hopes to reconnect with his younger son, Sean (Mika Amonsen), who is beginning his own career in Boston.
This Boston Blue first look shows Wahlberg and Martin-Green behind the scenes of the procedural, which splits its filming time between Toronto and Boston (Wahlberg’s home town), and in character as Danny and Lena. Danny has swapped his usual suited-up work attire for a leather jacket and grey tee in one of the photos. Lena, meanwhile, is looking sharp in a grey (should we say silver?) suit. They’re also seen on the scene of a crime on a Boston street. Based on the American and Pride flags hanging from the windows of the brick townhouses, it seems as though Boston Blue kicks off in June/July.
Get your first glimpses of Danny and Lena below.
Donnie Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green as Danny Reagan and Lena Silver
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Danny and Lena at the scene of a crime in Boston
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Donnie Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green behind the scenes of Boston Blue
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Boston Blue premieres on Friday, October 17, at 10/9c on CBS (Blue Bloods’ old time slot). The series premiere will feature Blue Bloods star Bridget Moynahan reprising her role as Erin Reagan. Wahlberg has hinted it’s likely that more of the Blue Bloods family is going to appear on the new series.
Boston Blue aims to highlight new law enforcement families through the Silvers while showing the next chapter of Danny’s family story.
“We are obviously standing on the shoulders of the Reagan family, the culture that was already established,” Martin-Green said in a video with Wahlberg introducing their show. “And I love it because we’re going to get close with another family, the Silvers, which is also a prominent law enforcement family, and that’s where Lena Silver is from, and it’s very similar to the Reagans. I mean, they couldn’t be more different, but they are also so similar. Here we have Boston, which is a character in and of itself, and you have Danny, who understands a family like this. It’s crime. It’s doing the right thing. It’s sacrifice. It’s all those things that we’ve loved with Blue Bloods for a long time.”
“No matter who was a fan of Blue Bloods, they all could relate to the family,” Wahlberg added. That concept will be at the heart of Boston Blue.
Boston Blue, Series Premiere, Friday, October 17, 10/9c, CBS
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Where is baetz??
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Exactly
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Sad to see that a fine longstanding show like Blue Bloods gets cancelled and then reincarnated into just another woke Hollywood production that will quickly go south and lose their core viewers and ultimately get cancelled after their commitment has been completed. RIP Blue Bloods.
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I find it insulting, that CBS claimed the reason THEY cancelled Blue Bloods (against the pleas of the entire cast) was because CBS wanted to focus on more "Unscripted" shows (which THEY claim cost less to produce) like other Networks have done, because "Scripted" shows cost more to produce; however, CBS turns around and "greenlights" Boston Blue, Sheriff Country, NCIS:Origins, etc.!
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I don’t know why they have to try to fix something that isn’t broken so hard to find good shows on TV now and they take off Blue Bloods. I’ll try and watch the show. I am hoping it’s good but it absolutely won’t be the same. Loved Blue Bloods.
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It bothers me a lot when they cancelled Blue bloods and the entire cast wanted to continue the show. Then CBS has a new show with him as a central character is like adding insult to injury.
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Yeah bring back Blue Bloods cancel Boston Blue
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I really wish it was the tried and true BlueBloods, but definitely going to watch and give it a shot!
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I was sad when Blue Bloods was cancelled. But, hearing about this new production with Donnie Wahlberg continuing as Danny Reagan, a cop in Boston, I was thrilled! However, it will be a little disconcerting to see "Danny Reagan" with a new partner, after the last BB episode where he and Baez seemed to take things "to the next level". But ... I will wait and see. I have HIGH HOPES!
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