After 14 seasons of playing NYPD detective Danny Reagan on CBS's "Blue Bloods," Dorchester native Donnie Wahlberg is bringing his character, and a part of himself, back home for his new show "Boston Blue."

"I'm going to get emotional because I just love the city so much," he explained to WBZ-TV. "It's just such a blessing to do this."

In the new CBS spin-off series "Boston Blue," Wahlberg's character joins the Boston Police Department as a new detective.

"It's incredible, obviously, because I'm getting to do this in Boston, and a little challenging, because he's a New Yorker. He doesn't really like Boston," Wahlberg explained between shoots on the Boston Common. "The Boston accent cannot come out to play."

Detective Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Detective Danny Reagan (Don

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