{"id":2113452,"date":"2025-10-24T19:26:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2113452"},"modified":"2025-10-24T19:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:26:16","slug":"how-tom-selleck-feels-about-blue-bloods-spinoff-boston-blue-after-slamming-cbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-tom-selleck-feels-about-blue-bloods-spinoff-boston-blue-after-slamming-cbs\/","title":{"rendered":"How Tom Selleck feels about &#8216;Blue Bloods&#8217; spinoff &#8216;Boston Blue&#8217; after slamming CBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F10%2Fwalhberg-41.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>He\u2019s shipping up to Boston.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Donnie Wahlberg has revealed what his former \u201cBlue Bloods\u201d co-star, Tom Selleck, 80, thinks about the spinoff, \u201cBoston Blue.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, I spoke to Tom the minute I was deciding if this was something I was going to do,\u201d Wahlberg, 56, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/tv\/donnie-wahlberg-boston-blue-tom-selleck-feelings-blue-bloods\">told Parade<\/a>, in an interview published Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I can\u2019t really get into the details of those conversations, but he\u2019s been very supportive,\u201d the former New Kids on The Block member added. \u201cI can say, would I love for Tom to come up to Boston? Sure. Or would I love Danny to go to New York and visit Frank? Absolutely, yes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>Donnie Wahlberg on \u201cBlue Bloods.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg on \u201cBlue Bloods\u201d in 2015.  <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The original show, which aired on CBS for 14 seasons from 2010 to 2024, was set in New York City and followed the fictional Irish Catholic Reagan family, led by patriarch Frank (Selleck), who have a history of working in law enforcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Frank was the New York City Police Commissioner and his son, Danny (Wahlberg), was also a cop for the NYPD.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoston Blue\u201d (airing Fridays at 10 p.m. on CBS) follows Danny as he takes a position in the Boston Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wahlberg and Mika Amonsen, who plays Danny\u2019s son, Sean, are the only \u201cBlue Bloods\u201d stars who are series regulars on the spinoff, reprising their roles.<\/p>\n<p>But, Several \u201cBlue Bloods\u201d actors have guest starred.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>Frank (Tom Selleck) and Danny (Donnie Wahlberg)  on \u201cBlue Bloods.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">JOJO WHILDEN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Donny Wahlberg and Tom Selleck on \u201cBlue Bloods.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Craig Blankenhorn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/14\/entertainment\/how-blue-bloods-ends-after-14-seasons-what-happens-in-the-series-finale\/\">the series finale of \u201cBlue Bloods,\u201d <\/a>which aired Dec. 14, 2024, Danny and his partner Maria Baez (Marisa Ramirez) became a couple, so she appeared in the \u201cBoston Blue\u201d premiere briefly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Danny\u2019s sister Erin (Bridget Noynahan) also made a guest appearance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, could Selleck make an appearance?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTom\u2019s always going to base his decisions on the work and material, and so yes, of course, I\u2019d love to work with him on the show,\u201d Wahlberg told Parade. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the time comes, we will hopefully craft an idea that moves his heart and makes him want to do it.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bridget Moynahan, Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg on the set of \u201cBlue Bloods\u201d in May 2024.<br \/>\n  <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Selleck <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/12\/entertainment\/every-time-tom-selleck-slammed-the-blue-bloods-cancellation\/\">has been outspoken about his unhappiness<\/a> that CBS ended \u201cBlue Bloods.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an Oct. 2024 interview, the \u201cMagnum P.I.\u201d star told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1154539\/blue-bloods-series-finale-tom-selleck-interview-exclusive\/\">TV Insider<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019m kind of frustrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that the show still had strong ratings, so, in his view, there was no reason to end it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to turn into a bitter old guy saying, \u2018Get off my lawn!\u2019 I don\u2019t believe in holding grudges, but if you were to say to the television network, \u2018Here\u2019s a show you can program in the worst time slot you got, and it is going to guarantee you winning Friday night for the next 15 years,\u2019 it would be almost impossible to believe,\u201d the \u201cFriends\u201d alum said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Len Cariou as Henry Reagan, Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan and Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan Boyle on \u201cBlue Bloods.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Emmy winner thought the show was \u201ctaken for granted\u201d because it performed well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Selleck also told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/leisure\/arts-and-culture\/a60674294\/tom-selleck-memoir-interview-2024\/\">told Town &amp; Country<\/a> that he hoped CBS would \u201ccome to their senses\u201d about cancelling \u201cBlue Bloods.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a Dec. 2024 interview, Wahlberg <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/13\/entertainment\/how-tom-selleck-made-his-blue-bloods-co-stars-cry-on-final-day-of-filming-season-14\/\">told The Post\u00a0 <\/a>that the final scene of \u201cBlue Bloods\u201d made everyone cry, partly because Selleck spoke some words to the rest of the cast. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said a poem. He kind of did that from time to time. He would have these old poems,\u201d Wahlberg recalled.<\/p>\n<p>Selleck read the poem <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldfuturefund.org\/Documents\/maninarena.htm\">\u201cThe Man in the Arena,\u201d<\/a> originally written by Theodore Roosevelt.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sonequa Martin-Green, Bridget Moynahan, and Donnie Wahlberg in a scene from \u201cBoston Blue.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The poem reads, \u201cIt is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBand of Brothers\u201d actor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/13\/entertainment\/how-tom-selleck-made-his-blue-bloods-co-stars-cry-on-final-day-of-filming-season-14\/\">said that<\/a> it became \u201ctradition\u201d for Selleck to read the poem \u201cevery now and again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So \u201cof course, he did it\u201d after filming the final \u201cBlue Bloods\u201d scene, Wahlberg told The Post. \u201cWe all started crying.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s shipping up to Boston.\u00a0 Donnie Wahlberg has revealed what his former \u201cBlue Bloods\u201d co-star, Tom Selleck, 80, thinks about the spinoff, \u201cBoston Blue.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cOf course, I spoke to Tom the minute I was deciding if this was something I was going to do,\u201d Wahlberg, 56, told Parade, in an interview published Friday.\u00a0 \u201cAnd I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2113453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[25538,359027,22405,331588,21741,22205,359638,21913],"class_list":["post-2113452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-actors","tag-blue-bloods","tag-cbs","tag-donnie-wahlberg","tag-entertainment","tag-television","tag-tom-selleck","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/How-Tom-Selleck-feels-about-Blue-Bloods-spinoff-Boston-Blue.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2113452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2113454,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113452\/revisions\/2113454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2113453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2113452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2113452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2113452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}