Blue Bloods in the Media

[zapper]

article in National Post:  https://nationalpost.com/opinion/raymond-j-de-souza-blue-bloods-the-unapologetic-pro-police-drama-in-an-anti-police-age

Author of article is a conservative Catholic priest, just for context.

[newsjunkie]

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/blue-bloods-tom-selleck-donnie-wahlberg-canceled-1236234226/

"“It feels like, I read a movie script, I’m negotiating to do a deal for the movie, and I’m walking to my agent’s office, and I keep looking back over my shoulder, hoping someone from ‘Blue Bloods’ is chasing me down the street saying, ‘Wait, we’re going to do one more season,’” he says. “A lot of times in television, 14 years in, people are running for the exit. We’re all trying to move forward now onto what’s next, but I think every one of us has that feeling of just turning back, hoping someone’s there to say, ‘Don’t sign that contract. Wait a minute!’”.....

Plus, would a spinoff really work, focusing on one or two characters and not the entire family — the heart of what “Blue Bloods” is about?

“It’s going to be a very delicate dance to keep that integrity. Where’s the family going to be? They can’t be in New York. I would probably drive to New York from Ohio, if I was Danny, to go to every dinner and back,” Wahlberg says of his character. “Until we know that there’s absolutely no way this show can be resurrected somehow, I think we’re all walking forward… but taking a peek back.”

 

 

Edited December 21, 2024 by newsjunkie

[Sake614]

Selleck tried to convince the network to renew and CBS said no. I have a hard time believing they have any interest in a spin-off. I certainly have no appetite for it. This show should have ended a good 7 years before it did. As much as I like the cast, IMO the show grew more stale every year. It had a good run, now it’s time for everyone to move forward. The younger cast can focus on school and what they want to do with the rest of their lives. Selleck can retire or maybe do another Jesse Stone movie. Donnie and Bridget should be able to find lead or at least supporting roles elsewhere and the character actors can continue along that path. 

[newsjunkie]

57 minutes ago, Sake614 said:

Selleck tried to convince the network to renew and CBS said no. I have a hard time believing they have any interest in a spin-off. I certainly have no appetite for it. This show should have ended a good 7 years before it did. As much as I like the cast, IMO the show grew more stale every year. It had a good run, now it’s time for everyone to move forward. The younger cast can focus on school and what they want to do with the rest of their lives. Selleck can retire or maybe do another Jesse Stone movie. Donnie and Bridget should be able to find lead or at least supporting roles elsewhere and the character actors can continue along that path. 

I think there have been enough comments by Donnie Wahlberg and in a more limited way from some of the CBS executives to suggest there have been initial substantive discussions about a possible spin-off probably primarily focused on his character, possibly along with Baez, and occasional appearances by other Reagans (if there is no shock revival), probably along the lines of the "alternate ending" scenario he suggested in Entertainment Weekly.

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[DanaK]

CBS orders straight to series spinoff "Boston Blue" with Donnie Wahlberg playing Danny Reagan in Boston. I would have thought the character was ready to retire

https://www.givememyremote.com/remote/2025/02/18/cbs-orders-blue-bloods-universe-expansion-with-new-drama-boston-blue/

 

[Sarah 103]

21 hours ago, DanaK said:

CBS orders straight to series spinoff "Boston Blue" with Donnie Wahlberg playing Danny Reagan in Boston. I would have thought the character was ready to retire

https://www.givememyremote.com/remote/2025/02/18/cbs-orders-blue-bloods-universe-expansion-with-new-drama-boston-blue/

 

Anyone else disappointed they didn't go with a Young Reagans prequel series type thing (Henry's commissioner, Frank's working his way up through the ranks, and the third plot in every episode is something involving the kids: Danny, Joe, Erin, Jamie)? Without the big family dinner scene in every episode, is it really Blue Bloods? 

[highway61]

On 2/19/2025 at 1:23 PM, Sarah 103 said:

Anyone else disappointed they didn't go with a Young Reagans prequel series type thing (Henry's commissioner, Frank's working his way up through the ranks, and the third plot in every episode is something involving the kids: Danny, Joe, Erin, Jamie)? Without the big family dinner scene in every episode, is it really Blue Bloods? 

I think if you gave me a dozen crazy spin-off ideas (flashback, Baker PI, President Erin Reagan, Joe Hill, whatever whatever), Danny goes to a new city would be low among the ones most interesting to me. 

Yes, he should be retiring soon, and while I'm sure they'll have a perfectly reasonable explanation, Danny is such a 'this is MY town' guy...

 

[Sarah 103]

4 hours ago, highway61 said:

Yes, he should be retiring soon, and while I'm sure they'll have a perfectly reasonable explanation, Danny is such a 'this is MY town' guy...

The series was originally pitched as more of an original series about an LAPD officer moving to Boston, but because its 2025 and very little gets made that isn't tied to an existing franchise/IP, CBS decided to turn this into the Blue Bloods spin-off by changing the lead character (making it Danny Reagan instead of a new original character and moving from New York to Boston)

[newsjunkie]

Deadline updated their article after the fact with the following little detail: The original pitch was called "Jamaica Plain" after the Boston neighborhood and this timeline detail: "By early December, Jamaica Plain, named after a Boston neighborhood, was heating up for a pickup with Wahlberg in talks to join." https://deadline.com/2025/02/blue-bloods-series-boston-blue-donnie-wahlberg-danny-reagan-1236293667/

[CheshireCat]

On 2/19/2025 at 1:23 PM, Sarah 103 said:

 Without the big family dinner scene in every episode, is it really Blue Bloods? 

The article I read mentioned that Danny's partner would be from a law enforcement family in Boston. 

After I read that, I wonder how you create a show that uses key features from another show without making it look like a copy of it. Unless they think that Blue Bloods fans want a copy which, I'm under the impression, isn't the case. 

I think the family dynamic makes it difficult to "spin-off" Blue Bloods as long as other features aren't changed. The family dynamic was what set it apart from other cop shows and unlike shows like NCIS, CSI and FBI, I don't think you can take the same ingredients and just move the show to a different city. I'm not sure it leaves enough new stories to tell. 
I think a Blood Bloods spin-off would need a change like make it about a family of prosectors and have one of them be a cop or make it about fire fighters or make it a prequel or sequel. 

That would preserve what set the show apart while opening up a lot of new avenues. But I'll guess we'll see how they'll do it and what'll come of it. 

 

20 hours ago, highway61 said:

I think if you gave me a dozen crazy spin-off ideas (flashback, Baker PI, President Erin Reagan, Joe Hill, whatever whatever), Danny goes to a new city would be low among the ones most interesting to me. 

Someone on TV Line commented that it would have made the most sense to center the spin-off around Joe Hill given the circumstances and I agree. 

However, I can see how Danny might move to Boston if all of the circumstances are right.
I imagine that carrying the Reagan name might not be as easy for him as it will be for Jamie once Frank retires considering that Danny had somewhat of a reputation. He got results but he also crossed a line at times. 
So, if the new show respects that Erin and Jack got remarried and Eddie and Jamie are having a baby and if the relationship with Baez doesn't work out and with his boys out of the house, then I think it can make sense that Danny feels the need to start over in a new city, especially if the job offer is good, too. 

You know, in a "be away from the memories and the constant reminder of his siblings' happy relationships but close enough to still be able to get together with the family on a regular basis" kind of way. 

Of course, there's also the possibility that he's moving because of Baez and he's not partnered with her because they're a couple. I'm not sure how likely that is, though.