Blue Bloods Spinoff Boston Blue: Meet the Forged of the CBS Present

CBS is increasing the Blue Bloods universe with its Boston Blue spinoff — however who makes up the solid?

Blue Bloods, which premiered in 2010, adopted the lives of the Reagan household, lots of whom labored for the NYPD underneath the management of NYC police commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck). Frank and his father, Henry Reagan (Len Cariou), have been central to the present alongside Frank’s kids: daughter Erin Reagan (Bridget Moynahan) and sons Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) and Jamie Reagan (Will Estes).

After Blue Bloods led to December 2024, CBS confirmed it wasn’t utterly the tip by selecting up a present centered round Wahlberg’s character.

“So excited to hold on the custom, to share so many surprises, to reply some unanswered questions and to welcome all of you — to #BostonBlue!” Wahlberg wrote through Instagram in March 2025. “The subsequent chapter within the #BlueBloods legacy begins. I can’t wait. See you CBS fall! 💙❤️🫡🙏🏼.”

Whereas a number of Blue Bloods alums expressed curiosity in making appearances, it stays to be seen who will truly be part of Boston Blue. Tom Selleck mentioned becoming a member of one other mission within the Blue Bloods universe, telling Parade in December 2024, “I’m open to options, as a result of I really like Frank Reagan, however no one’s actually requested. I don’t see him retiring and going off someplace.”

Vanessa Ray, in the meantime, teased to TV Insider in October 2024, “I’d do something with these individuals. So, sure, after all. I don’t know what world it could make sense for Eddie to be in a by-product in any respect. But when they should put me in a wig and dye my eyebrows and I’ll play a special character simply so I get to hang around with all of them extra, then I’ll do it.”

CBS, nonetheless, has been busy constructing out the solid with a number of newcomers. Maintain scrolling to fulfill the Boston Blue solid — and get a breakdown of who they play:

Donnie Wahlberg

After originating the position of Danny Reagan on Blue Bloods, Wahlberg returns to play the previous NYPD officer as he “takes on a place” with the Boston P.D. “As soon as in Boston, he’s paired with detective Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a distinguished regulation enforcement household,” learn the official logline.

Sonequa Martin-Inexperienced

Talking of Lena, Martin-Inexperienced will play Wahlberg’s onscreen companion.

“We love the Reagans. We have now all cherished the Reagans for therefore lengthy,” she stated in an announcement after becoming a member of the present in Might 2025. “And I really feel that we’ll love the Peters too. I’m tremendous excited for this partnership, and to be again in a CBS household — and on this household, your loved ones. It means lots, and I’m grateful for it. I believe we’re going to have time.”

Ernie Hudson

Hudson is ready to painting Lena’s grandfather, Reverend Peters, who’s “a famend pastor of an historic Baptist church in Boston.” Based on the official character description, the Peters-Silver household patriarch is “an open-minded, welcoming man that’s snug in all traditions, he’s joyful to preside at his church’s conventional Sunday Baptist service.” Reverend Peters is the daddy of Boston’s District Legal professional Mae Silver and grandfather of Lena, Superintendent Ashley Silver and rookie patrol cop Isaac Silver.

Maggie Lawson

Lawson has been solid as Boston Police Division superintendent Sarah Silver, who’s described as “properly conscious of the tightrope she will stroll generally between her job and her household.”

Gloria Reuben

Gloria Reuben has been tapped to play sequence common Mae Silver, who serves as Boston’s District Legal professional. Mae is the daughter of Hudson’s character, Reverend Peters. She is “the matriarch of a blended household of regulation enforcement professionals” and the mom of Martin-Inexperienced’s character, Lena. She can also be the stepmother of Lawson’s character, Sarah. Mae has a son named Jonah who’s a rookie cop.

Mae is somebody who went via a private tragedy, as she is a “widow of a decide who was murdered on the courthouse steps.” Nonetheless, she “endeavors to place household forward of labor every time doable.”

Her character is “accustomed to creating choices and standing by them,” in response to Deadline.

Followers could acknowledge Reuben from her roles in ER, Lincoln and Elsbeth. She additionally beforehand appeared on two episodes of Blue Bloods as recurring character Rachel Weber in 2021.

Marcus Scribner

Scribner was solid as a sequence common within the position of Jonah Silver. The official description labeled Jonah as “the youngest member of the Silver household and is in regulation enforcement like his mom and sisters — every of whom are formidable in their very own methods.”

The synopsis continued: “At all times the cool child rising up, Jonah carries himself with confidence and swagger in all conditions, so he’s naturally annoyed at being a rookie cop on the sidelines of the town’s largest investigations.”