Boston Blue’: Donnie Wahlberg’s new show let him do two things he never did on ‘Blue Bloods’

The world of Blue Bloods is expanding as Donnie Wahlberg reprises his role as NYPD officer Danny Reagan in Boston Blue (premiering Oct. 17 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on CTV in Canada, CBS in the U.S.). As Danny’s son Sean (Mika Amonsen) begins his own career as a patrol cop with the Boston Police Department, an investigation leads Danny to take a job with Boston PD. But amid all the crimes and investigations, the Blue Bloods spinoff is really a story centred around two policing families.

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‘Boston Blue’: Donnie Wahlberg’s new show let him do two things he never did on ‘Blue Bloods’
Wahlberg reprises his role as Danny Reagan in the “Blue Bloods” spinoff, exploring new family dynamics
Elisabetta Bianchini
Sat, October 18, 2025 at 3:09 a.m. GMT+2
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(L-R): Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan and Sonequa Martin-Green as Lena Silver (Photo by Christos Kalohoridis/CBS via Getty Images)
(L-R): Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan and Sonequa Martin-Green as Lena Silver (Photo by Christos Kalohoridis/CBS via Getty Images)
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The world of Blue Bloods is expanding as Donnie Wahlberg reprises his role as NYPD officer Danny Reagan in Boston Blue (premiering Oct. 17 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on CTV in Canada, CBS in the U.S.). As Danny’s son Sean (Mika Amonsen) begins his own career as a patrol cop with the Boston Police Department, an investigation leads Danny to take a job with Boston PD. But amid all the crimes and investigations, the Blue Bloods spinoff is really a story centred around two policing families.

“It does give Danny a chance to do two things he’s never done on Blue Bloods. … One is to be a fish out of water in a new city. Two is to be a dad to a cop,” Wahlberg told Yahoo Canada about what appealed to him about the show. “On Blue Bloods Danny’s been the son of a cop, the grandson of a cop, the brother of a cop, but never the father of a cop. And I knew that would create some opportunities.”

Sean’s partner on patrol is Jonah Silver (Marcus Scribner), they’re best friends who met at the police academy. Jonah’s sister Lena (Sonequa Martin-Green) is a detective, his other sister Sarah (Maggie Lawson) is the police superintendent and their mother, Mae (Gloria Reuben), is the district attorney