After a successful first season, Boston Blue is coming back for Season 2 on the 2026 TV schedule this fall. The Blue Bloods spinoff starring Donnie Wahlberg (as Danny Reagan) nabbed an early renewal in late 2025, not long after the series premiered. Now, less than two months after the surprising Season 1 finale, filming has officially kicked off on Season 2, and I love that Wahlberg is already teasing family dinners.
The family dinners were a highlight of Blue Bloods, with the familiar cop drama including them in every single episode, sometimes even more than once. Despite Boston Blue consisting of a mostly new cast in a new city, the dinners are still a tradition, albeit in a different way. Wahlberg took to his Instagram Stories on Friday to share a video from set, noting that they’re filming the first Shabat family dinner of the season, and this just made me so excited:
What really set Blue Bloods apart from other procedurals is that it was a family drama as much as it was a police show. It’s great that we’re seeing another family, the Silvers, in the spotlight while the Reagans remain mostly at the forefront as well. It makes so much sense to have Danny and Sean (Mika Amonsen) join the Silvers every week for Shabbat. The continued use of dinner scenes not only creates further creative tissue between the show and its parent series but, on their own, the scenes also serve as great character-driven moments.
Even though I love watching the scenes, filming the dinners doesn’t sound as pleasant. Of course, the cast probably has a good time, as evidenced by Wahlberg’s IG story, but they can also be intense. CinemaBlend even previously spoke with Amonsen, who revealed that some of his castmates became "ill" after eating too much briskets amid filming. Nevertheless, they're all professionals, and they manage to power through the scenes as necessary.
Hopefully, the cast has gotten a handle on the family dinners now that they’re in Season 2. Of course, there are still plenty of other major developments to consider when it comes to Boston Blue Season 2. For instance, we still need closure when it comes to that cliffhanger involving Brian Rodgers' car crash during the final moments of the Season 1 finale. There's also the matter of Lena Silver continuing to bond with her biological father and newly discovered half sister. And let's not forget the budding relationships between Sean and Penny & Mae Silver and Judge Elijah Robinson.
There's surely going to be a lot in store for the Reagans and the Silvers when the show returns, and I can't wait to see it. Right now, though, I'm just glad the series is officially back in production and that Donnie Wahlberg and the cast are already settling in for the dinner scenes.
As of now, CBS has not announced when exactly Boston Blue's second season will premiere this fall. The wait for more action and family dinners will be worth it, though. In the meantime, the first season is streaming with a Paramount+ subscription, along with all 14 seasons of Blue Bloods.
