Donnie Wahlberg Talks Grieving ‘Blue Bloods,’ Moving On With New Spinoff
Many Blue Bloods fans are still reeling following the fan-favorite show getting canceled, including its famous stars. Recently, Donnie Wahlberg talked about grieving the show as he is gearing up for the new spinoff. So, what did he have to say?
Blue Bloods Fans Are Still Angry Over Show Cancelation
Blue Bloods was one of the most-watched shows on all of television, and not just in the procedural cop drama space. With its stellar cast, riveting storytelling, and uplifting messages, it was a show that many people made part of their routines for all the time that it was on the air.
Families would have dinner while watching the program, much like the iconic dinner scenes that became a staple of Blue Bloods. Even now, following the cancellation and the announcement of a spinoff, fans still want the show to come back.
Donnie Wahlberg Opens Up About Grieving Blue Bloods
It turns out, it’s not just show fans who are mourning the loss. The cast and crew loved making the show, and many stars like Donnie Wahlberg and Tom Selleck wanted it to continue. Recently, Wahlberg opened up about the grieving process he went through after the show was canceled.
Opening up to Deadline recently, Donnie Wahlberg said: “It’s fascinating, right? Because we all mourn Blue Bloods, and still do, me as well. And I understand the audience, and your readers’ feelings because I share them.”
Wahlberg continued, adding: “It’s very emotional to say goodbye, and when this show came along, I had just kind of turned the page and said, ‘Alright, it looks like it’s not gonna happen for Blue Bloods.’ We were hoping that somehow, someway, somebody would come, and we would continue to make our show.”
Wahlberg Moving On With New Spinoff
While it won’t completely satisfy all of the fans who hoped that Blue Bloods would continue, the upcoming spinoff featuring Donnie Wahlberg reprising his role as Danny Reagan is sure to act as something of a band-aid for the fanbase.
Boston Blue premieres in the fall, and it will see Danny Reagan tackling a new city. Speaking of how he approached the new spinoff following Blue Bloods getting the ax, Wahlberg said: “Then this show came my way, and I had to take a beat to look at it in the right context. In other words, it was like I kept looking back to Blue Bloods, and suddenly I was like ‘Wait a minute, I can look forward to Boston Blue?'”
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Donnie Wahlberg continued, adding: “And this is keeping Blue Bloods alive, this is carrying on the traditions and the legacies, this is a way to bring Blue Bloods forward. So, for me, once I started to see it that way, it became very exciting to me. The end of something became the beginning of something new.”
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