Which ‘Blue Bloods’ Characters Are — and Aren’t — Returning for the ‘Boston Blue’ Spinoff?
oods might be over but CBS has since expanded the universe with Boston Blue — but which characters are reprising their roles in the spinoff?
Blue Bloods, which premiered in 2010, followed the lives of the Reagan family, many of whom worked for the NYPD under the leadership of NYC police commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck). Frank’s father, Henry Reagan (Len Cariou), have been central to the show alongside Frank’s children: daughter Erin Reagan (Bridget Moynahan) and sons Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) and Jamie Reagan (Will Estes)
Blue Bloods might be over but CBS has since expanded the universe with Boston Blue — but which characters are reprising their roles in the spinoff?
Blue Bloods, which premiered in 2010, followed the lives of the Reagan family, many of whom worked for the NYPD under the leadership of NYC police commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck). Frank’s father, Henry Reagan (Len Cariou), have been central to the show alongside Frank’s children: daughter Erin Reagan (Bridget Moynahan) and sons Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) and Jamie Reagan (Will Estes).
Speculation that Blue Bloods would end started in 2023 when the police procedural was renewed after the cast and producers agreed to take a 25 percent pay cut. Wahlberg exclusively told Us Weekly in April 2023 that he hoped to see Blue Bloods achieve the same level of success as Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
“I mean, Ice-T and Mariska Hargitay have been going for gosh, so many years, and we hope to last as long as they have,” he shared at the time. “One of the things I’ve done is I try to just stay very present in each episode and take each script that comes my way and say, ‘OK, what’s gonna happen now? You know, what am I doing this week?’ And kind of find the journey in that particular episode and not get caught up in what’s gonna happen next year, what’s gonna happen in two years.”
CBS’ police procedural Blue Bloods finished its 13th season in May 2023, and there is plenty of Blue Bloods season 14 news to be had. First airing in 2010, Blue Bloods is quite different from most procedural dramas as it doesn’t follow one specific branch of law enforcement. Rather, Blue Bloods centers on the Reagan family and their subsequent multi-generational power within the New York City criminal justice system. Each family member represents a different role in law enforcement, which lends the series a unique perspective.
A successful series from the start, Blue Bloods has evolved into a TV institution as it continues its second decade on the air. Unlike more limited procedurals, Blue Bloods‘ character-centric narratives have kept audiences rapt, and the upcoming season 14 should be no different. Blue Bloods has thus far seen the criminal justice family work together with various colleagues through a number of cases for the past 13 years, and the show is set to continue based on the latest Blue Bloods season 14 news.
