Boston Blue

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 17, 2025
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9

Critic Reviews

  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Oct 16, 2025
    50
    Work in progress, but at least the progress seems to be in the right direction.
  2. TheWrap
    Reviewed by: Diedre Johnson
    Oct 13, 2025
    50
    “Boston Blue” is following the exact formula as “Blue Bloods,” for better or worse. Whether the show has the success of its predecessor will depend on the emotional factor of the crimes and criminal cases the characters face in their law enforcement work.
  3. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Oct 17, 2025
    40
    The first episode of Boston Blue twists itself into storytelling knots to get Donnie Wahlberg’s Blue Bloods character working with the Boston PD, and the way the Silver family is constructed feels equally as contrived. That being said, it might still be a hit among viewers who miss Blue Bloods.
  5. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Oct 16, 2025
    40
    If you miss it, it’s OK, because the writing is such that the storyline gets reintroduced after every commercial break.