Donnie Wahlberg steps into the bitter New York-Boston divide with new series, ‘Boston Blue’ – Winnipeg Free Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Donnie Wahlberg is finally getting his dream of shooting a TV series in his beloved hometown of Boston. There’s just one catch: He’s playing a New Yorker.

The die-hard Red Sox fan is transplanting his Danny Reagan character from the Big Apple-based procedural “Blue Bloods” to a new CBS spinoff, “Boston Blue,” stepping purposefully into the New York-Boston rivalry.

“I loved New York for 14 years working there. I loved it so much. But I would never root for any of the New York teams,” he says. “I’ve never stopped being a Boston fan. Still die hard, still loyal to the end.”

Wahlberg has to hide his love of the Sox as Danny, a hard-charging NYPD detective who finds himself rushing north to Boston when family tragedy strikes, in essence portraying a fish-out-of-water in his r