Boston Blue Season 1 Premiere Guide: Episode 1 Release Date, Time, and Where to Watch
Blue Bloods gets a gritty new beat as Boston Blue readies its Season 1 premiere, sending Donnie Wahlberg’s Detective Danny Reagan from the NYPD to the Boston Police Department to team with Sonequa Martin-Green’s Lena Silver. Here’s when it drops and where to watch.
Donnie Wahlberg is packing up Danny Reagan and heading north. CBS has locked in the premiere for Boston Blue, a Blue Bloods spin-off that moves the Reagan drama from New York to Boston and pairs him with a new partner who has serious hometown pedigree.
When it premieres
Boston Blue Season 1, Episode 1 hits CBS on Friday, October 17, 2025. It airs at 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. ET. If you want it pinned to your calendar by time zone:
- Eastern Time: Friday, October 17, 2025 at 10 p.m.
- Pacific Time: Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7 p.m.
What the show is
It is a police procedural and a straight-up spin-off from Blue Bloods. The setup: Detective Danny Reagan leaves the NYPD for the Boston Police Department. Once there, he partners with a detective from a major Boston law enforcement family, played by Sonequa Martin-Green.
Small oddity worth flagging: materials around the show use two different last names for Martin-Green's character. Some descriptions call her Lena Silver; the official synopsis calls her Lena Peters. Same character, same actor, two surnames floating around. Expect that to settle before or at launch, but for now, both names are out there.
Who made it
The series is created by Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis, the duo behind or tied to shows like The Blacklist, L.A.'s Finest, and S.W.A.T. If you know their work, you know the vibe: slick case-of-the-week energy with character drama baked in.
Who is in it
Cast includes Donnie Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green up front, with Maggie Lawson, Ernie Hudson, and Mika Amonsen also on deck, plus more to be announced or revealed as we get closer.
Where to watch
Episode 1 airs on CBS. The network has been around since 1927 and still runs a big stable of procedurals and reality hits — think NCIS (in all its flavors), FBI, Blue Bloods, Matlock, Survivor, Elsbeth, and The Amazing Race — so Boston Blue fits right into the lineup.
The official logline
"Follow NYPD officer Danny Reagan as he takes a position with Boston PD. Once in Boston, he is paired with detective Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family."
Bottom line: same Danny, new city, new partner with political weight behind her, and a premiere date you can actually plan around.