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Donnie Wahlberg Says He Offered CBS Half of His Paycheck to Film ‘Boston Blue’ in Boston: 'It's So Expensive'

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entertainmentApril 25, 2026

Apr 25, 2026 10:27am PT

Donnie Wahlberg Says He Offered CBS Half of His Paycheck to Film ‘Boston Blue’ in Boston: ‘It’s So Expensive’

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Donnie Wahlberg says he went as far as offering up a significant portion of his paycheck in an effort to film “Boston Blue” in his hometown, but the economics of television production ultimately won out.

Speaking on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy, Wahlberg detailed his push to keep the “Boston Blue” spinoff authentic to its setting. The series, a continuation of his long-running “Blue Bloods” character Danny Reagan, is set in Boston but largely filmed in Toronto due to cost considerations.

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