The upcomingBlue Bloodsspinoff,Boston Blue, has cast its latest star. Following a run that spanned more than a decade,Blue Bloodsended 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 Wahlbergreprising 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 thatPsych’sMaggie Lawson is set to joinBoston Bluein a main cast member capacityalongside 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 comedyPsych, 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 asNYPD Officer Danny Reagan, Wahlberg’s character takes a job with the Boston Police Department. He gets paired with Detective Lena Silver (Martin-Green), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family, and he’ll work under Sarah Silver (Lawson), the Superintendent of the Boston Police Department, who is described as confident.She is also Lena’s stepsister, walking the tightrope between her family and her job.
Boston Bluewill air on Fridays at 10 PM ET, though an exact premiere date hasn’t been announced.
The family ties are completed by Ernie Hudson’s character, who plays Reverend Peters. The patriarch of the blended Silver family, Peters is the father of Mae Silver, Boston’s District Attorney, and grandfather of Detective Lena Silver, Sarah Silver (Lawson), and rookie patrol cop Isaac Silver. Some of these roles have yet to be announced, but it sets up the spinoff to have a different family focus than the original series.
Our Take On How Boston Blue Is Shaping Up
It Has The Right Stuff
The spinoff, which is produced by CBS Studios in association with Jerry Bruckheimer TV, with Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis as showrunners and executive producers, will be a departure from the long-running police procedural. However, with Jerry Bruckheimer, KristieAnne Reed, and Wahlberg himself as executive producers,plus the veteran Anthony Hemingwayas director, there will be a lot of progression.There is also continuity in terms of the story, although the family ofBoston Bluehas their own challenges and struggles that will set the new drama apart from what came before with the Reagan family.
