Can Boston Blue bring viewers back to CBS for Friday-night dinners? Cocreators Brandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnier didn’t plan for their series about a cop relocating to Boston to be near his son to become a Blue Bloods spinoff, but they jumped at the chance to make it one when opportunity knocked during development.

Only a few tweaks were needed to insert Danny Reagan, Donnie Wahlberg ‘s tough New York detective, into the world. After fruitlessly trying to keep Blue Bloods from cancellation, Wahlberg says, “When the opportunity came to expand the universe, thought I felt the weight of expectations, I couldn’t say no to carrying on that legacy.”

When the series opens, Danny has transferred to the Boston PD after his son Sean ( Reacher ‘s Mika Amonson, replacing Blue Blood

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