Donnie Wahlberg Spills on Boston Blue's Toronto Shoot

0:00It's April 24th. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today. Pop culture powered by AI. Donnie Wahlberg just dropped some real talk on why his new show Boston Blue isn't fully shot in his hometown. The blue blood star offered to slash his own paycheck by half to make it happen in Boston, but CVS shut it down flat. Even if the whole cast chipped in everything, they said it just couldn't work financially. He laid it all out during his appearance on Andy Cohen Live, back on April 23rd. Turns out, most of the procedural drama gets filmed up in Toronto to keep costs in check, though they sneak in some Boston scenes when they can. Fans in Bean Town go way too wild for steady shooting, Wahlberg explained. Duckboat tours row by blasting his name over speakers, crowds swarmed for picks, and his whole family shows up. Uncle's, cousins, everybody. Turning sets. Into chaos. No way to focus on work like that. As an executive producer on the project, he pushed hard for Boston, but had to accept

1:00the reality. The move makes sense for his character, Danny Reagan, who joins the Boston PD to stay close to his cop son alongside stars like Sinequa Martin Green and Maggie Lawson. Catch Boston Blue Fridays at 10pm, Eastern on CVS, streaming the next day on Paramount Plus Primetime for that family cop vibe without the real life interruptions.