I’m Furious All Over Again About Blue Bloods’ Cancellation After Shocking New Spinoff Announcement

The surprising news that Blue Bloods is getting a spinoff makes me mad all over again that the original series was canceled. The Tom Selleck-led cop and family drama made Friday night television exciting because it didn’t follow the same formula as most other procedurals. Instead, Blue Bloods‘ Reagan family was central to each story. All 293 episodes featured a now-iconic scene in which the family got together for Sunday dinner. Additionally, family members often turned to one another for support and occasionally butted heads over cases or policy decisions.

Unfortunately, CBS made the disappointing decision to cancel Blue Bloods despite how popular it was even after 14 years on the air. Neither a fan-led movement to save Blue Bloods nor the cast’s passion for continuing the series moved the needle with CBS executives, and Blue Bloods aired its finale on December 13, 2025. CBS has recently announced a Blue Bloods spinoff about Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg), but the new series will take place in Boston rather than New York, away from the rest of the Reagan clan.

Boston Blue Makes Me Annoyed We Couldn’t Just Get Blue Bloods Season 15

The New Show Stars Only One Of The Reagan Clan

Boston Blue, the new Blue Bloods spinoff, continues Danny Reagan’s story, and that’s a good thing. Danny was one of the best Blue Bloods characters. He grew a lot over the procedural’s 14 years and deserved the happy ending he got in Blue Bloods’ series finale. However, a new show starring only one Reagan isn’t nearly the same as CBS greenlighting Blue Bloods season 15. The spinoff won’t feature all the Reagans even though the family’s relationship is what made the series so special.

Why Is A Blue Bloods Sequel With Donnie Wahlberg Happening Instead Of Season 15?

CBS has ordered a Blue Bloods spinoff centered around Donnie Wahlberg’s Danny Reagan, months after the original police procedural show ended.

A fifteenth season of Blue Bloods would have meant 18 to 22 new stories about the entire Reagan family. The series finale was written in a way that would have made it easy to pick the series back up if it had been sold to a different network. The only major change for the family was that Blue Bloods‘ Jamie and Eddie revealed they were expecting their first child, which is a story I would have loved to continue in a new season of Blue Bloods.

The Cast Reactions’ To Blue Bloods’ Ending Makes Me Feel Bad About Its Spinoff

Nobody Wanted Blue Bloods To End

One of the worst aspects of Blue Bloods‘ cancelation is that the cast was as heartbroken as the audience. After 14 years on the air, Tom Selleck might have been justified in rationalizing that he’d had a good run and now could enjoy his retirement, but that was not how he felt. Selleck was one of the most vocal voices pressuring CBS to change its mind about canceling Blue Bloods, with Wahlberg a close second. Both the main cast and people who played more secondary characters have spoken out about how heartbreaking it is not to continue, and many have also expressed concern for the crew members who will now be out of a job.