Sonequa Martin-Green Boards CBS’ ‘Boston Blue’

The former ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ captain will star opposite Donnie Wahlberg in the series.

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.)

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.)