NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- New Kids on the Block singer Donnie Wahlberg says his new TV show Boston Blue honors its Blue Bloods roots while introducing a new setting, story and characters.
"There are many ways to do that and some of them will jump out at you and some of them will be more subtle," Wahlberg, 56, said during a recent panel discussion after a screening of the first episode in Manhattan.
He teased that his New York Police Department detective Danny Reagan will be seen in the pilot for Boston Blue enjoying a romance with someone familiar from Blue Bloods before he rushes off to Massachusetts to deal with a family emergency.
"That was something, to me, that had to be addressed and it was like: 'When Danny gets a call at 1 a.m., who is with him? Is he alone?' And it's like, 'Let's write it.' And we wrote it and [director Anthony Hemingway] suggested we do it with no shirt. So, I had to stay in shape."
Also reprising their roles in the spinoff -- which premieres Friday on CBS and Paramount+ -- are Mika Amonsen as Danny's son, rookie Boston cop Sean, and Bridget Moynahan as Danny's prosecutor sister, Erin.
