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The CBS fall 2025-2026 television schedule has been released, and we know exactly when Boston Blue will air. We already knew it would take over the Friday night time slot held by its predecessor, Blue Bloods, but premiere dates were just officially announced.

Airing alongside Fire Country and Sheriff Country, the series premiere of Boston Blue is set to air on Friday, Oct. 17 at 10/9c. Sheriff Country is also a new series and while it will air right before Boston Blue on Oct. 17, before moving to the 8 pm time slot beginning on Oct. 24. The schedule change for the first two shows will not affect Boston Blue, which will stay the same for its run in the first season.

Boston Blue will follow Donnie Wahlberg’s Danny Reagan as he moves to Boston and joins the police department alongside Detective Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green), who also comes from a family legacy of law enforcement.

Danny Reagan’s youngest son Sean will look a little different when he appears alongside his dad on CBS’ upcoming drama series Boston Blue. Mika Amonsen has been cast as a series regular opposite Donnie Wahlberg on the Blue Bloods offshoot, taking over the role of Sean Reagan.

On Blue Bloods, Sean was played by Andrew Terraciano who recurred throughout the series’ 14-season run. According to sources, the recasting stems from the character taking a new creative direction on Boston Blue as he follows the Reagans’ career path into law enforcement. Meanwhile, the addition of Sean to the offshoot helps explain Danny’s move from his native New York to Boston.

On Boston Blue, Wahlberg reprises his role as NYPD Detective Danny Reagan as he takes a position with Boston Pd. Once in Boston, he is paired with Detective Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.

Although “Boston Blue” is a direct offshoot of “Blue Bloods,” the Reagan family will look a bit different this time around. Mika Amonsen has joined the CBS drama in a series regular role playing the youngest son of Donnie Wahlberg’s character, Danny Reagan.

Andrew Terraciano portrayed Sean in 292 of the 293 episodes of “Blue Bloods.”

Per CBS, in the new series, Sean has “relocated to Boston to start a new chapter as a Boston Pd patrolman. Sean committed himself to pursuing his family’s legacy but wanted to do so on his own terms, which meant joining a department outside of his hometown. Danny’s decision to stay in Boston gives this father and son duo a chance to reconnect on a deeper level.”

Amonsen has appeared in “Reacher” for Prime Video and starred in Eli Roth’s “Thanksgiving.”

“Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan, Peter Hermann as Jack Boyle, Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan,...

CBS’ Blue Bloods spinoff Boston Blue will feature another character from the original series, albeit played by a different actor.

Mika Amonsen (Thanksgiving) has joined the show’s cast as Sean Reagan, the youngest son of series lead Donnie Wahlberg’s character, Danny Reagan. Amonsen will take over the role played by Andrew Terraciano throughout Blue Bloods’ 14-season run on CBS.

The first-year series, which began production this week, follows Danny as he moves on from the NYPD to take a position with the Boston police. The cast also includes Sonequa Martin-Green, Gloria Reuben, Ernie Hudson, Maggie Lawson and Marcus Scribner.

Amsonen’s Sean Reagan has also relocated to Boston, where he becomes a patrolman for the Boston Pd. Per the character’s description, “Sean committed himself to pursuing his family’s legacy but wanted to do so on his own terms, which meant joining a department outside of his hometown.

Production is almost set to begin on Boston Blue. Star Donnie Wahlberg revealed that the “new chapter” is beginning soon on his Instagram on July 7, sharing a photo from the Boston Blue series premiere table read on his story. In Boston Blue, a universe expansion of the long-running top drama Blue Bloods, Wahlberg will reprise his role as NYPD officer Danny Reagan as he takes a position with Boston Pd. Once in Boston, he is paired with detective Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family. Peters is played by Star Trek: Discovery‘s Sonequa Martin-Green, whom Wahlberg tagged in his table read story with the caption, “A new chapter.” The photo shows the cover page of Wahlberg’s pilot script, written by Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis, the Boston Blue creators and showrunners. The episode is directed by Anthony Hemingway, who never directed an episode of...

The Blue Bloods universe will expand this fall with Boston Blue. Donnie Wahlberg, who is returning as former NYPD detective Danny Reagan, recently shared some major updates for the upcoming spinoff series.

Per TVLine, Wahlberg recently shared on his Instagram Story that he has arrived in Toronto, Ontario — where Boston Blue will call home — ahead of the show's first table read. "A new day. A new city. A new opportunity. A new adventure. The same gratitude," the actor captioned the post. The next morning, Wahlberg shared a picture from the first Boston Blue table read, where he was seated next to Sonequa Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery), who will co-star in the spinoff as Lena Silver. "A new chapter," he wrote. With the first table read underway, production on the spinoff is expected to begin imminently.

A new day. A new city. A new opportunity. A new adventure. The same gratitude

Announced in February 2025, Boston Blue,...

Danny Reagan’s story is ready to resume.

Nearly seven months after CBS’ long-running Blue Bloods aired its series finale, franchise vet Donnie Wahlberg RSVP’d for the first table read for Boston Blue, the “universe expansion” announced back in February.

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Wahlberg flew into Toronto, Ontario — Boston Blue‘s production base — the other night, sharing on Instagram, “A new day. A new city. A new opportunity. A new adventure.

Blue Bloods rises through the streaming charts ahead of the upcoming spinoff series starring Donnie Wahlberg.

Per Flix Patrol, Blue Bloods has officially broken through to the number 10 spot on the top 10 streaming shows chart for Paramount+ for June 29. The long-running police drama came to an unexpected close last year, with the final episode of Blue Bloods premiering on CBS on December 13.

Created by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, Blue Bloods starred Tom Selleck as New York City Police Commissioner Frank Raegan, son of retired Commissioner Henry Reagan (portrayed by Len Cariou) and patriarch of one of NYC's most well-known law enforcement families. The series' core cast is rounded out by Bridget Moynahan as Ada Erin Reagan, Will Estes as Officer (later Sergeant) Jamie Reagan, Donnie Wahlberg as Detective Danny Reagan, Jennifer Esposito as Detective Jackie Curatola, Marisa Ramirez as Detective Maria Baez, Amy Carlson as Linda Reagan, Vanessa Ray as Officer Eddie Janko-Reagan,...

CBS‘ Boston Blue continues to assemble the Silver family. Marcus Scribner (black-ish) has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming Blue Bloods offshoot. He joins previously cast Donnie Wahlberg, Sonequa Martin-Green, Ernie Hudson, Maggie Lawson and Gloria Reuben.

In Boston Blue, Wahlberg reprises his Blue Bloods role as NYPD Officer Danny Reagan as he takes a position with Boston Pd. Once in Boston, he is paired with Detective Lena Silver (Martin-Green), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.

Reuben plays Mae Silver, Boston’s District Attorney and the matriarch of a blended family of law enforcement professionals. Her daughter is Lena, and her stepdaughter Sarah (Lawson) is the Police Superintendent. Her son Jonah (Scribner) is a rookie cop; her father is Reverend Peters (Hudson).

Scribner’s Jonah is the youngest member of the Silver family and is in law enforcement like his mother and sisters — each...

The Blue Bloods universe will continue this fall with the highly anticipated spinoff Boston Blue. Donnie Wahlberg is reprising his role as Danny Reagan, and he will be joined by an ensemble cast that now includes former ER star Gloria Reuben.

According to Deadline, Reuben has been cast as Mae Silver, described as "Boston’s District Attorney and the matriarch of a blended family of law enforcement professionals. 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." Boston Blue will serve as Reuben's return to the Blue Bloods universe. She previously played Atf Agent Rachel Weber in a...

Gloria Reuben has joined the growing cast of “Boston Blue,” the “Blue Bloods” spinoff premiering on CBS this fall.

She has been cast as Mae Silver, who serves as Boston’s district attorney. The official description for the character reads, “The widow of a judge who was murdered on the courthouse steps, Mae is the matriarch of a blended family of law enforcement professionals: her daughter Lena (Sonequa Martin-Green) is a Boston Police Department detective, and her stepdaughter Sarah (Maggie Lawson) is the police superintendent. Her son Jonah is a rookie cop. Mae is accustomed to making decisions and standing by them.”

“Boston Blue” stars Donnie Wahlberg, who reprises his “Blue Bloods” role, Danny Reagan. The series follows Danny as he takes a position with the Boston police department, where he is partnered with Lena.

Reuben is best known for playing Jeanie Boulet on “ER,” which ran on NBC from...

Exclusive: CBS‘ Boston Blue has cast another key member of the Silver family. ER alumna Gloria Reuben has been tapped as a series regular on the upcoming Blue Bloods universe series. She joins previously cast Donnie Wahlberg, Sonequa Martin-Green, Ernie Hudson and Maggie Lawson.

In Boston Blue, Wahlberg will reprise his Blue Bloods role as NYPD Officer Danny Reagan as he takes a position with Boston Pd. Once in Boston, he is paired with Detective Lena Silver (Martin-Green), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.

Reuben will play Mae Silver, Boston’s District Attorney and the matriarch of a blended family of law enforcement professionals. The widow of a judge who was murdered on the courthouse steps, Mae endeavors to put family ahead of work whenever possible. Her daughter is Lena, and her stepdaughter Sarah (Lawson) is the Police Superintendent. Her son Jonah is a rookie cop; her...

Fox has canceled its drama series Alert: Missing Persons Unit and The Cleaning Lady.

The decision comes shortly after the two shows wrapped their 2024-25 seasons: Alert aired its last episode on May 27, and The Cleaning Lady finished up on June 3. They end their runs on Fox after three and four seasons.

The cancellations are not a big surprise, as Alert and The Cleaning Lady were at the lower end of Fox’s ratings for the season. In seven-day linear ratings (not including streaming), Alert averaged 2.16 million viewers and The Cleaning Lady, 1.68 million, well below the totals for renewed dramas Doc (4.6 million) and Murder in a Small Town (3.15 million). Fox also canceled first-year drama Rescue: Hi-Surf in May.

With the cancellations, Fox has just two shows still awaiting word on their futures. Animated series The Great North is running through the summer, and the network probably won’t make a decision for a while.

Both “The Cleaning Lady” and “Alert: Missing Persons Unit” have been canceled at Fox, Variety has learned.

“The Cleaning Lady” had aired four seasons at the broadcast network, while “Alert: Missing Persons Unit” had aired three. Both shows wrapped up with their respective season finales in the past two weeks.

Fox announced their fall schedule going into their upfront presentation to advertisers in May, with both “Cleaning Lady” and “Alert” in limbo at that time. The two shows now join fellow Fox drama “Rescue: Hi-Surf” on the chopping block.

Previously, Fox gave out massive four-season renewals for “The Simpsons,” “Bob’s Burgers” and “Family Guy,” while also bringing “American Dad” back to the network. The medical drama “Doc” has also been renewed for a second season, while Fox has picked up the one-hour comedy “Best Medicine,” dramatic thriller “Memory of a Killer,” and the multi-part scripted event “The Faithful.”

“The Cleaning Lady...

Fox has determined the fate of two bubble shows, canceling dramas Alert: Missing Persons Unit after three seasons and The Cleaning Lady after four.

The network had delayed final decisions on its remaining bubble series until after their current seasons had aired. Alert wrapped its Season 3 run on May 27, and The Cleaning Lady‘s fourth season ended on June 3.

The cancellations do not come as a surprise as Alert, The Cleaning Lady as well as the other two Fox scripted series not picked up for next season, Accused and The Great North, sit at the bottom of the network’s 2024-25 season rankings.

Animated comedy The Great North also is expected to be canceled once its current fifth season ends later this month.

As for anthology Accused, developed and executive produced by Howard Gordon, it might come back in the future for a limited run as an event, Michael Thorn,...

The upcoming Blue Bloods spinoff, Boston Blue, has cast its latest star. After a run that spanned more than a decade, Blue Bloods ended its run on CBS after 14 seasons. News followed in February that a spinoff of the police procedural was moving forward at the network, with Donnie Wahlberg reprising the role of Danny Reagan, though he'll be joined by a largely new cast.

Deadlinehas confirmed the latest addition to the upcoming spinoff, confirming that Psych's Maggie Lawson is set to join Boston Blue in a main cast member capacity alongside Wahlberg and the previously announced actors Sonequa Martin-Green and Ernie Hudson. Lawson, known for her role as Juliet O’Hara in the long-running crime dramedy Psych, will play the Superintendent of the Boston Police Department.

What The Latest Cast Addition Means For Boston Blue It's A Family Affair

Reprising his role as NYPD Officer Danny Reagan, Wahlberg's character...

Maggie Lawson has been cast as a series regular in “Boston Blue,” CBS’ upcoming spinoff of “Blue Bloods.”

She will play Boston Police Department superintendent Sarah Silver, who is described as “well aware of the tightrope she can walk sometimes between her job and her family.”

“Boston Blue” stars Donnie Wahlberg in a reprisal of his “Blue Bloods” role, officer Danny Reagan. The series follows Danny after he takes a role with Boston Pd, where he is partnered with detective Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.

This won’t be Lawson’s first time playing a cop: she is best known for starring as Juliet O’Hara in “Psych,” which ran on the USA network for eight seasons from 2006 to 2014, as well “Psych: The Movie” (2017), “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home” (2020) and “Psych 3: This Is Gus (2021).” In 2024, she starred in the Hallmark Christmas movie “Sugarplummed,...

Exclusive: Psych alumna Maggie Lawson is returning to the TV police ranks as a series regular on CBS‘ upcoming Blue Bloods universe series Boston Blue. She joins previously cast Donnie Wahlberg, Sonequa Martin-Green and Ernie Hudson.

In Boston Blue, Wahlberg will reprise his Blue Bloods role as NYPD Officer Danny Reagan as he takes a position with Boston Pd. Once in Boston, he is paired with Detective Lena Silver (Martin-Green), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.

Lawson will play Sarah Silver, the strong willed and decisive Superintendent in the Boston Police Department who is Lena’s stepsister. Sarah is well aware of the tightrope she can walk sometimes between her job and her family.

Hudson plays the patriarch of the blended Silver family, Reverend Peters. He is the father of Mae Silver, Boston’s District Attorney, and grandfather/step-grandfather of Det. Lena Silver (Martin-Green), Superintendent Sarah Silver (Lawson), and rookie patrol cop,...

Exclusive: The annual NBC TV Writers Program from NBCU Launch has set its Class of 2025-27, who were selected from a pool of 2,100 applicants: Ama Anane, Max Asayesh-Brown, Marissa Díaz, Deanna Esposito, Andrew Xiao Inouye Grace, Taryn Hillin, Jacqueline Jasso, William McGhee, and Kenyetta Raelyn.

NBCU Launch is the umbrella brand that houses the comprehensive inclusion efforts across NBCUniversal’s entertainment TV portfolio. The program was created two decades ago to help develop emerging episodic TV writers and prepare them to be staffed on scripted series with the long-term goal of developing the next generation of showrunners.

Over eight months, writers will develop an original pilot under the guidance and mentorship of NBCUniversal programming executives. In addition to personal branding sessions, writing workshops, and mock showrunner meetings, writers will also have a chance to simulate various writers’ room scenarios and meet with potential representation.

Guest instructors include: Nkechi Okoro Carrol, Patrick Macmanus (Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy), writing team Brandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnier (Boston Blue), Britt Matt (Harlem), Felicia Pride (Bel-Air), and Rashad Raisani (9-1-1: Nashville). Margolis, Matt, Pride, Raisani, and Sonnier are alumni of the NBC TV Writers Program.

Though staffing is not guaranteed upon completion of the program, 7 writers have written on NBCU shows, including Bryce Cracknell (FBI: Most Wanted), Bixby Elliot (Five-Star Weekend), Helen Fernandez (Happy’s Place), Maia Henkin (Suits: LA), Neda Jebelli (The Miniature Wife), David Loong (The Hunting Party), and Sebastián Rea (Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy).

Learn more about the incoming cohorts below.

Anane’s worldview and writing are deeply informed by growing up in the two wildest places on Earth: Papua New Guinea and Las Vegas. She writes scripts about women navigating the push-pull of ambition, children, and inconvenient love. Her characters are often animated by interracial relationships. She tackles themes inspired by her experience running classrooms in prisons and public schools, running an education-based nonprofit, and running after her kids. Her goal is to be staffed on a female character-driven dramedy or comedy. She was a 2024 Moonshot TV Pilot Accelerator Fellow, a 2024 Semifinalist for the Humanitas New Voices Fellowship, and a 2024 Script Competition Finalist for the Austin Film Festival. She is a graduate of Emerson College and Columbia University. Anane is represented by Rob Golenberg.

A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, Asayesh-Brown writes character-driven dramedies, usually with a mystery or crime component. His passion for writing also extends to literary fiction and blogs about housing policy. In his youth, he developed a love for comedy after watching episodes of The King of Queens. After graduating with a Bfa in Film & TV Production from NYU in 2018, he quit his job as a line cook in Brooklyn and moved to Los Angeles. After nearly two years at 3 Arts Entertainment, he landed on the TV drama development team at NBCUniversal, where he has been since 2021. In 2023, Asayesh-Brown was named a Humanitas New Voices Fellow. He is represented by M88.

Díaz was a writer on NBC’s Lopez vs Lopez and was selected for the inaugural Latino Film Institute + Warner Bros. OneFifty Directing Fellowship. Inspired by her Eldest Daughter Syndrome, she writes irreverent, female-driven comedies. She was also a writer and producer on Netflix’s Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste, and a producer on HBOMax’s Generation. As a writer, director, and producer, her work has been supported by the Sundance Episodic Lab; the FX Imaginar TV Incubator for Fearless Latinx Creators sponsored by Film Independent and Nalip; and the Women Directing Mentorship presented by Shondaland and SeriesFest. Díaz holds a Bfa in Film & TV Production from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and an Mfa from USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program. She is represented by 3 Arts Entertainment.

Esposito found her way to storytelling after nearly becoming a lawyer — a detour that taught her about power, performance, and why the truth sometimes makes the best fiction. After earning a B.S. in Psychology and Criminology from the University of Toronto, she worked as a courtroom reporter before pivoting to writing, earning an Mfa in Screenwriting at the American Film Institute. Her industry work credits include writer’s production assistant on two Peacock series, Ted and Apples Never Fall. She has won AFI’s Writer’s Room Ready award, was selected for 2023’s The Black List x Wif Episodic Lab, and is a Women in Film Screenwriting Fellow. Esposito is passionate about storytelling that subverts the male gaze and highlights the identities and experiences of people who have not always seen themselves in characters on-screen. She is represented by Untitled Entertainment.

Growing up in the Midwest with family ties to Hawaii, Grace‘s dramas often explore multi-racial experiences, queer identity, and feature protagonists attempting to unite people with drastically opposed values. His short films have been screened at festivals nationally, and several of his original stage plays were produced at the Hollywood Fringe Festival and Playhouse West. Grace won the Austin Film Festival’s Virtual Pitch competition with his original pilot “Hail to the Chief,” recently completed UCLA’s Program in Producing, and Ensemble Studio Theatre LA’s New West Playwrights program. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a B.A. in Communication–Radio, TV & Film. Grace is represented by Viewfinder Management.

Hillin is a screenwriter, journalist, and cancer survivor who went from rural California to the Ivy League. Growing up, she struggled with her identity and sense of belonging until she went to college. While at Yale, she majored in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies with the career aspiration of becoming a spy. After being rejected by the CIA, she pivoted to journalism, covering science, politics, sex, and marijuana, breaking national stories cited in major outlets like the New York Times. Her hobby training in mixed martial arts led her to compete with the National Guard in a reality show. Much of Hillin’s work is inspired by her lived experiences. She now writes action-packed genre shows that often focus on strong women looking for their place in the world, who kick a lot of ass and sometimes hunt monsters or spy for secret organizations. She was selected for Sony Television’s Writers Program, the Universal Features Lab, and Coverfly’s Red List. Hillin is represented by Brett Etre.

Jasso is a writer from the dairy farms of central California. Her work focuses on thought-provoking, ensemble dramas that capture the beautiful mess of family, the weight of expectations, and the fight for identity. Jasso began her career in the marketing department at Universal Pictures, working on popular films like Candyman and the Halloween franchise, before transitioning into a role supporting the company’s comprehensive inclusion efforts. She has previously participated in Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab. Jasso is represented by Color Creative.

McGhee forged his love of storytelling through long, dark winters of suburban Chicago. He writes genre-blending dramas and dramedies, populating elaborate worlds with dysfunctional ensembles, and explores lost innocence, portraying outsiders who can’t go home again. Upon graduating from Wesleyan University, McGhee began working in Los Angeles as a development assistant in features (Solstice Studios) and animation (Stoopid Buddy Stoodios), and later as a showrunner’s assistant in both drama and comedy rooms run by former writers of hit shows like Succession and Rick & Morty. McGhee is represented by Good Fear Content.

Raelyn is a D.C.-based filmmaker who crafts bold, character-driven dramas —true crime thrillers, soapy historicals, and edgy YA—that explore the collision of capitalism, class, and gender. Her protagonists are fierce outsiders on a mission to challenge the status quo. After graduating from Columbia University, she worked on Wall Street before vigorously pursuing TV writing. Raelyn founded the Writers Mafia Professional Writers’ group and is an alumna of Mara Brock Akil’s Writers’ Colony, the Black List Episodic Lab, The Writers Lab, and the Moonshot Pilot Accelerator. She was also an Austin Film Festival Finalist and the 2019 ScreenCraft Drama feature winner. Raelyn is repped by Epicenter.

People in New York City call the Ghostbusters when something strange is in their neighborhood... or Blue Bloods' NYPD officer Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg). In Boston, on the Blue Bloods spinoff, Boston Blue, they'll be calling the newly joined Boston Police Officer Danny Reagan and members of the Silver family, a prominent law enforcement family. Ernie Hudson, who played Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters franchise, has joined the cast of the spinoff as the Silver family patriarch and a man of the cloth. And while ghosts won't be the culprits running around Beantown, a familiar face used to hunting them will play a new character in the upcoming police procedural.

According to Deadline, Hudson will play Reverend Peters, a renowned pastor of a historic Baptist church in Boston. Reverend Peters is the Silver family patriarch, who is open-minded and welcoming. He's also the father of Mae Silver, Boston's District Attorney,...

Another iconic name is joining the next chapter of the Blue Bloods legacy. Ghostbusters and Oz star Ernie Hudson has officially signed on as a series regular in CBS’ new Friday night police drama Boston Blue, according to a report by Deadline this afternoon. The series, a continuation of the Blue Bloods universe, is set to premiere this fall in the franchise’s longtime 10 Pm slot. Hudson will star opposite Donnie Wahlberg, who reprises his fan-favorite role as NYPD Detective Danny Reagan, and Sonequa Martin-Green as Detective Lena Silver, Reagan’s new partner in Boston.

Hudson will be playing the character of Reverend Peters, who is a respected and open-minded spiritual leader who helms an historic Baptist church in Boston. He's known for his warmth and wisom and is considered a fixture in both the religious and civic communities, frequently bridging gaps between institutions. He’s also the patriarch of the Silver family,...

Big casting news has been revealed for Boston Blue, the upcoming Blue Bloods offshoot that brings back original series star Donnie Wahlberg. Set to air this fall, taking over the Friday 10 Pm time slot previously held by Blue Bloods, Boston Blue will see Wahlberg reprising his role as Danny Reagan.

Per Deadline, it's just been revealed that one of Wahlberg's new co-stars will include Ghostbusters legend Ernie Hudson. His casting follows the addition of Sonequa Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery). The show picks up after Danny takes a position with Boston Pd with Detective Lena Silver (Martin-Green) serving as his new partner. Lena is the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family, not dissimilar to the Reagans in Blue Bloods.

Hudson is playing Reverend Peters, a renowned pastor of a Baptist church and the grandfather of Det. Lena Silver. He is also the father of Mae Silver, Boston's District Attorney,...

Ernie Hudson has joined “Boston Blue,” CBS’ upcoming spinoff of “Blue Bloods,” as a series regular.

The series stars Donnie Wahlberg as his “Blue Bloods” character, detective Danny Reagan, who moves to Boston and is partnered with detective Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.

Hudson will play the patriarch of that family, Reverend Peters, who is described as “a renowned pastor of an historic Baptist church in Boston. An open-minded, welcoming man that is comfortable in all traditions, he 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 detective Lena Silver, superintendent Ashley Silver, and rookie patrol cop, Isaac Silver.

CBS Studios produces “Boston Blue” in association with Jbtv. Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis serve as showrunners, and executive produce alongside Jerry Bruckheimer, KristieAnne Reed and Wahlberg.

Exclusive: Ernie Hudson has been tapped as a series regular opposite Donnie Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green in CBS’ upcoming Blue Bloods universe series Boston Blue which will debut this fall, airing in Blue Bloods’ Friday 10 Pm time slot.

In Boston Blue, Wahlberg will reprise his Blue Bloods role as NYPD Officer Danny Reagan as he takes a position with Boston Pd. Once in Boston, he is paired with Detective Lena Silver (Martin-Green), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.

Hudson will play the Silver family patriarch, Reverend Peters, a renowned pastor of an historic Baptist church in Boston. An open-minded, welcoming man that is comfortable in all traditions, he 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.

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Created by José Junior and José Luiz Magalhães and directed by Lipe Binder, the fourth season of gritty crime series “The Anti-Kidnapping Unit” follows Detective Carlos Mendonça (Silvio Guindane) and Inspector Juliano Santiago (Erom Cordeiro) as they confront the surge of kidnappings that gripped Rio de Janeiro in the late ’80s and ’90s. New series is another partnership between AfroReggae Audiovisual and Globo, which has produced such hits as “Living On a Razor’s Edge,” “Dissident Archangel” and “The Game.” AfroReggae’s commitment to keeping it real meant location shoots in favelas and prisons. “The Anti-Kidnapping Unit” is an original Globoplay production in collaboration with AfroReggae Audiovisual and A Fábrica.

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Exclusive: Golden Globe, Emmy, and NAACP Award-winner Anthony Hemingway is set to direct and executive produce the first episode of the CBS Blue Bloods spinoff Boston Blue, led by Donnie Wahlberg.

As Deadline announced in February, the Blue Bloods Universe was established as the network gave Boston Blue a straight-to-series order. In the new series, from writers Brandon Sonnier & Brandon Margolis, Wahlberg will reprise his role as NYPD Detective Danny Reagan as he takes a position with the Boston Pd. Once in Boston, he is paired with Detective Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.

Sonequa Martin-Green will join Wahlberg in Boston Blue as Detective Peters. Boston native Wahlberg appeared with Martin-Green for the first time last week to promote the series at CBS Fest in Los Angeles.

Hemingway is best known for his work on...

The hotly-anticipated Blue Bloodsoffshoot adds a fan-favorite Star Trek: Discovery star to its leading cast.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Star Trek: Discovery star Sonequa Martin-Green has officially signed on to co-star in the upcoming Blue Bloods offshootalongside series mainstay Donnie Wahlberg. Martin-Green is set to portray Lena Peters, a Boston police detective who is partnered up with Wahlberg's Detective Danny Reagan following the latter's move from New York City. The pair immediately find a common connection as, like Danny, Lena is revealed to be the oldest child in a family that has held prominence in the city's law enforcement community for generations.

Boston Blue is set to feature a new creative team led by Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis as co-showrunners, along with Jerry Bruckheimer Television's Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed, each of whom are executive producing with Wahlberg. This marks a departure from Blue Bloods, which was created by...

The Fire Country universe expands this fall as Sheriff Country joins the flagship series. CBS has already announced that the Morena Baccarin series will finally premiere in the upcoming TV season, but having the show on the schedule makes it more real. The network has not made huge changes to the Fire Country schedule, with the show set to air on Fridays. Sheriff Country will air on the same night. Additionally, Blue Bloods spin-off Boston Blue will also be on the schedule. Sheriff Country kicks off the night at 8 p.m. Et with Fire Country following after in its regular time slot of 9 p.m. Et and Boston Blue at 10 p.m. Et.

Sheriff Country stars Baccarin as straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox, the stepsister of Cal Fire’s division chief Sharon Leone (Diane Farr of Fire Country). She investigates criminal activity while she patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater, contending with her ex-con father,...

Sonequa Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery) is joining the cast of Boston Blue, CBS’ universe expansion of the long-running Blue Bloods.

Martin-Green will star opposite Donnie Wahlberg in the new series from writers Brandon Sonnier & Brandon Margolis (S.W.A.T.), Wahlberg will reprise his role as NYPD Detective Danny Reagan as he takes a position with Boston Pd. He, together with Martin-Green, revealed that she was joining the fall show at a press conference Wednesday at Paramount.

Martin-Green will play Detective Lena Silver for the Boston Pd.

“I’m gonna have to get a really good Boston accent, just so I can throw it out at times,” Martin-Green told reporters. “We love the Reagans. We have all loved the Reagans for so long. Being Detective Lena Silver, who is coming from a prominent law enforcement family, you will love the Silvers too. I’m super excited for this partnership, and to be back in the CBS family.

CBS has revealed the first look at its slate of new fall shows for 2025. In addition to revealing its 2025-2026 schedule, the network dropped teaser videos for its freshman series including its trio of new spinoffs Boston Blue (an offshoot of Blue Bloods), CIA (from the world of FBI), and Sheriff Country (a Fire Country spinoff), along with its brand new comedy series Dmv and music competition show The Road. Check out first looks at all of them below. Boston Blue The Blue Bloods spinoff, focuses on Donnie Wahlberg reprising his role as Danny Reagan in a universe expansion of the long-running top drama Blue Bloods. In the new drama, Reagan takes a position with Boston Pd. Once in Boston, he is paired with Detective Lena Peters (Sonequa Martin-Green), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family. It is produced by CBS Studios in association with Jbtv. Brandon Sonnier...

CBS has found the second star for its upcoming drama Boston Blue.

Sonequa Martin-Green will play a lead role in the Blue Bloods spinoff opposite Donnie Wahlberg, who is reprising his role as Danny Reagan from the long-running series that ended in December 2024. Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery) will play Lena Silver, a Boston police detective who becomes Danny’s partner as he moves to a new city. Like Danny, Lena is the eldest child in a prominent law enforcement family.

CBS placed a straight-to-series order for Boston Blue in February, calling it a “universe extension” of Blue Bloods. While it’s set in the same world as Blue Bloods, it has a new creative team: Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis (The Blacklist, Alert: Missing Persons Unit) will serve as showrunners and executive produce with Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed of Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Wahlberg. (Bruckheimer’s company wasn’t involved in the original series.

Sonequa Martin-Green has been cast in “Boston Blue” (working title), CBS’ upcoming spinoff of “Blue Bloods.”

She will play detective Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family, who is partnered with Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg reprising his “Blue Bloods” role).

The news was announced by Wahlberg and Martin-Green themselves at a CBS press briefing in Los Angeles on Wednesday, where the network also unveiled its full 2025-2026 schedule.

“We love the Reagans. We have all loved the Reagans for so long,” Martin-Green said about the central “Blue Bloods” family. “And I feel that we’ll love the Peters 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.”

Wahlberg, who is an executive producer on “Boston Blue,...

Boston Blue spoilers and updates reveal Blue Bloods star Donnie Wahlberg answers the question if the flagship show stars will appear in the spinoff. Let’s see what Donnie has to say about the matter, as fans have been asking.

The Spinoff Is Set For The 2025-2026 Season

Donnie Wahlberg expresses his thrill about filming Boston Blue in Boston and hints at possible appearances by familiar faces from Blue Bloods.

CBS announced a Blue Bloods spinoff for the 2025-26 TV season, focusing on Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg) who moves to Boston to join the local police.

The show will feature Danny partnered with Det. Lena Peters (not cast yet), who is also from a notable law enforcement family.

Wahlberg teased about some guest stars when asked on the Morning Magic podcast, saying the Reagans are just a phone call away, hinting at their possible involvement in the new series. He...

The Reagan family isn’t going anywhere – they’re just moving north. CBS announced back in February that a Blue Bloods spin-off is officially on the way for the 2025–26 television season, and it’ll center on Donnie Wahlberg’sDanny Reagan as he accepts a new job with the Boston Police Department. Titled Boston Blue, the series will follow Danny as he teams up with Detective Lena Peters, a character described as the eldest child in another prominent law enforcement family. (Casting for Peters hasn’t been announced yet.) According to Wahlberg, fans shouldn’t rule out seeing some familiar faces along the way.

In a new interview on the Morning Magic podcast with Sue and Kendra, Wahlberg teased that Boston Blue will stay closely tied to its Blue Bloods roots.

"It will be a Danny Reagan-based show, but the Reagans are only a phone call away, and Danny Reagan likes to use the phone,...

Blue Bloods fans haven't seen the last of Donnie Wahlberg's Detective Danny Reagan. The actor will be back as the fan-favorite character for the upcoming offshoot Boston Blue.

Wahlberg recently shared the first promo for Boston Blue, featuring archive footage of the actor as Danny Reagan from Blue Bloods, on Instagram. The promo confirms that Boston Blue will be part of CBS' Fall 2025 schedule as opposed to being saved as a midseason replacement. Wahlberg also teased what Blue Bloods fans can expect from the Boston-set offshoot, writing in the post's caption, "So excited to carry on the tradition, to share so many surprises, to answer some unanswered questions and to welcome all of you — to [Boston Blue]! The next chapter in the [Blue Bloods] legacy begins. I can’t wait. See you CBS fall!"

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Fans of CBS’ cancelled Blue Bloods will only have to wait another six months or so to get their next fix of Danny Reagan.

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.

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In the realm of TV in the 2000s, few network shows can compete with the success of "Blue Bloods." Debuting on CBS in 2010, the police procedural enjoyed a ridiculously healthy run, airing 14 seasons and nearly 300 episodes. But all good things do come to an end, with CBS canceling the popular series at the end of 2023. That was rough for fans but fortunately, these characters will live on. Or, at the very least, one very popular character will.

Donnie Wahlberg's Danny Reagan is going to headline his very own spin-off, which will keep the "Blue Bloods" universe alive. Get ready for "Boston Blue." As the title implies, this new show will take Danny to a new location, with a new cast of characters, and new cases for him to crack. So, what do we know about the show? How soon is it happening?...

Following its 14-season, 293-episode run in December 2024, Blue Bloods was given a ceremonious End of Watch call to honor its CBS finale. Far from the last time fans can witness police officer Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg) patrol the crime-ridden streets, the new spin-off Boston Blue will follow the character to the Massachusetts capital.

As Reagan relocates from New York to Boston and meets his new Boston Pd colleagues, he buts heads with his new partner, the eldest child in a proud family of Boston cops who know much more about the city and its criminals than Reagan does. Between the premise, casting, development, and potential release date, it's high time to pull out the magnifying glass and inspect all there is to know about Boston Blue thus far.

'Boston Blue's Premise & Development

Boston Blue did not begin as a conceived Blue Bloods spin-off. According to Deadline, a project titled Jamaica...

The series adaptation of Judy Blume’s novel “Forever” will premiere Thursday, May 8, on Netflix.

Showrunner and creator Mara Brock Akil is behind the new series, which is based on the 1975 book that follows teenagers and their experience of losing their virginity. The show takes a new angle, presenting “an epic love story of two Black teens exploring romance and their identities through the awkward journey of being each other’s firsts, set in Los Angeles, 2018,” according to the official logline.

The cast includes Lovie Simone, Michael Cooper Jr., Karen Pittman, Wood Harris, Marvin Winans III, Xosha Roquemore, Niles Fitch, Barry Shabaka Henley, Ali Gallo, Xavier Mills, E’myri Crutchfield, Adriyan Rae and Paigion Walker.

Akil executive produces the drama with Blume, Susie Fitzgerald, Sara White, Erika Harrison, Regina King, Reina King, Anthony Hemingway and Shana C. Waterman.

First Looks/Trailers

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To pilot or not to pilot has been a question broadcast networks have been asking themselves for more than a decade and are increasingly answering ‘no’ to, especially when it comes to the traditional pilot season in the months leading to the May upfronts. We haven’t gotten a single pilot order in 2025 so far. While that is about to change with a handful of orders coming up, the pilot drought has been persistent amid an industry contraction and linear viewing decline, especially as the networks are still dealing with the backlog caused by strike-related delays.

Broadcasters these days often opt for economically efficient planted spinoffs that shoot as regular episodes of existing drama and comedy series or for development rooms and straight-to-series orders, primarily on the drama side. That is ironic because most of the biggest new drama hits of the last two seasons, CBS’ Tracker and Matlock and ABC’s High Potential,...

Fox has dropped the first trailer for Season 3 of Alert: Missing Persons Unit which gives us a peek at Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s Chief Inspector Bill Houston, who steps into an interim role with oversight of the Mpu.

It’s “all hands on deck”, says Warner’s Houston, as the Mpu searches for Nikki (Dania Ramirez), one of the Mpu’s own.

Houston, a former Army Captain, believes in structure and rules and, in the past, had issues with Jason’s (Scott Caan) cowboy tactics. He begins to come around to the idea that some rules need to be broken once he sees the results the team gets with their unorthodox approach. He will become the father figure Mpu didn’t know they needed.

Alert: Missing Persons Unit is set in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit (Mpu). Each episode features a search for a missing person headed by...

Exclusive: Fox alums Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The Resident) and Megalyn Echikunwoke (Almost Family) are returning to the network in recurring roles opposite Scott Caan and Dania Ramirez in the upcoming second season of its procedural drama Alert: Missing Persons Unit.

Alert: Missing Persons Unit is set in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit (Mpu). Each episode features a search for a missing person headed by detectives Jason Grant (Caan) and Nikki Batista (Ramirez). Together with the Mpu team, their job is to find the missing or abducted and reunite them with their loved ones.

In Season 2, the Mpu team settle into their new office in headquarters, where Jason and Nikki meet their new boss Inspector Hollis Braun (guest star Gil Bellows), who wants to keep a close eye on the team, particularly the unpredictable Jason Grant. Jason brings his old friend in to help with the case: master hacker...

After 14 seasons, Blue Bloods fans were saddened when the show ended in December 2024. While the bad news is, there’s no hope for a return, the good news is an expansion series is in the works and Donnie Wahlberg will be involved with the project. Cts has all the details on this new show, below.

Same Old Danny Reagan, Different Location

CBS recently announced a straight-to-series order, which is a “Blue Bloods Universe expansion.” In addition, Donnie Wahlberg will be part of the cast; however, there will be one major difference in this show, which is location. The new series is tentatively titled, Boston Blue.

In the spin-off, Wahlberg’s Blue Bloods character, Danny Reagan, will relocate to the Boston Police Department, and have a new partner in Detective Lena Peters.

She, too, was raised in a law enforcement family and was the oldest daughter. The new series is slated...

Blue Bloods is getting a spinoff, after all! But is it the one we want?

Blue Bloods fans are still mourning the end of the long-running CBS series. After 14 seasons, it signed off in December 2024 with a good finale that wrapped up things for the Reagans while still leaving the door open for more plotlines.

There has been buzz for a while about a spinoff, and many ideas have been suggested. Most focused on Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg), the veteran detective. Well, it looks like it’s happening after all!

Deadline has reported CBS is ordering to series Boston Blue, a new spinoff that will transplant Danny from New York to Boston. Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis will serve as showrunners and executive-produce alongside Wahlberg, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Kristie Anne Reed.

What’s interesting is that the show wasn’t intended as a Blue Bloods spinoff. An original concept would...

CBS today announced a straight-to-series order for Boston Blue (working title), a new drama starring Donnie Wahlberg, for the 2025-2026 broadcast season.

In Boston Blue, a universe expansion of the long-running top drama Blue Bloods, Wahlberg will reprise his role as NYPD officer Danny Reagan as he takes a position with Boston Pd. Once in Boston, he is paired with Detective Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.

Boston Blue is produced by CBS Studios in association with Jbtv. Brandon Sonnier & Brandon Margolis will showrun and executive produce.

Jerry Bruckheimer, KristieAnne Reed and Donnie Wahlberg will also serve as executive producers.

Brandon Sonnier & Brandon Margolis started in the NBC Writers on the Verge program (now NBCU Launch). After five seasons on the long-running NBC hit The Blacklist, they developed and showran L.A.’s Finest.

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Blue Bloods had a slow, and for some, agonizing march toward cancelation. The CBS drama was allowed to fashion a finale episode, but the stars made it clear that they didn't want to say goodbye, and wished to continue telling stories within the Blue Bloods universe.

Well, after months of speculation and hand wringing, their hopes have come true. Blue Bloods will officially get a CBS spinoff that will pick up where the flagship show left off. Deadline confirmed that the spinoff will be titled Boston Bloods, and take place within the eponymous city.

Boston Bloods will pick up where Blue Bloods left off "End of Tour" -- It’s all hands on deck for the Reagan family, as they race to stop deadly mayhem in the city when the gangs of New York unite together to demand amnesty for the release of their imprisoned members and those awaiting trial,...

Marisa Ramirez as Maria Baez and Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan in ‘Blue Bloods’ season 14 episode 17

CBS isn’t totally done with Blue Bloods just yet. The series might have ended on December 13, 2024 with season 14, episode 18, but it will live on with a spinoff starring Donnie Wahlberg. Wahlberg is confirmed to reprise his role as Danny Reagan in a series that will move the action from New York to Boston.

Tentatively titled Boston Blue, the spinoff is expected to join the network’s primetime lineup for the 2025-2026 season.

“In Boston Blue, a universe expansion of the long-running top drama Blue Bloods, Wahlberg will reprise his role as NYPD officer Danny Reagan as he takes a position with Boston Pd,” reads CBS’s synopsis. “Once in Boston, he is paired with detective Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.”

The spinoff has Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis...

Blue Bloods ended in December after 14 seasons and 292 episodes, but CBS is already preparing a spinoff series. The network has given Boston Blue a straight-to-series order, with Donnie Wahlberg returning as Danny Reagan.

CBS is calling this spinoff a “universe expansion” of Blue Bloods. The new series will premiere in the 2025-26 season and will “follow Danny as he leaves New York and takes a position with the Boston police — where he’s partnered with Detective Lena Peters, the daughter of a prominent law enforcement family in the city.” Boston Blue comes from a different creative team, with Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis serving as showrunners. The pair will also executive produce alongside Jerry Bruckheimer, KristieAnne Reed, and Donnie Wahlberg.

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The Blue Bloods franchise is set to expand with a newly announced spinoff series!

CBS’ beloved show – which starred the likes of Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg and Bridget Moynahan – came to a close after 14 seasons in December 2024.

On Tuesday (February 18), it was revealed that the network had ordered a new series called Boston Blue, which will take the original series in a whole new direction. One actor from the original cast is confirmed to return in a starring role.

Keep reading to find out more…

Deadline exclusively broke the news about Boston Blue, revealing that Donnie would be returning as Danny Reagan.

The new series will move Donnie‘s character to Boston where he gets a job with Boston Pd and “is paired with Detective Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.”

CBS ordered an entire season of Boston Blue, and it is expected to premiere during the 2025-2026 broadcast season.

Good news has been revealed for fans of Blue Bloods after this hit police drama series recently ended its run. A new series set in the same universe is now in the works with one of the original show's fan favorite stars taking center stage.

Per Deadline, Donnie Wahlberg will return as Danny Reagan in a new series set in the Blue Bloods universe. Currently titled Boston Blue, the offshoot has already been given a straight-to-series order by CBS. In the offshoot, written by Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis (S.W.A.T.), Wahlberg's Reagan "takes a position with Boston Pd. Once in Boston, he is paired with Detective Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family."

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