TNT is expanding its foothold in the unscripted genre.

The cable network gave series orders Friday to reality projects from Blue Bloods’ Donnie Wahlberg and the executive producer of Extreme Makeover and The Moment of Truth.

The first, Boston Blue (working title), hails from Blue Bloods’ Wahlberg and is described as a procedural docudrama following the men and women of the Boston Police Department’s Gang Unit. Jarrett Creative Group (Celebrity Ghost Stories), Julie Insogna-Jarrett and Seth Jarrett will executive produce alongside Wahlberg and his Donnie D. Productions. Boston, which will consist of eight episodes, will launch next year on TNT.

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It has been 28 years since Donnie Wahlberg burst into the bedrooms of teenagers around the world as part of boy-band pop sensations New Kids on the Block. Now, at 42 years old and the star of CBS cop drama Blue Bloods (airing Fridays at 10 p.m. on CTV), the Bostonian is known as much for his acting as his ability to make girls swoon to his treacly ballads and suggestive hip thrusts.

According to one of Wahlberg’s Blue Bloods castmates, he’s as popular as ever with his many female fans. “Everywhere we go, there’s like 15 to 20 to 30 girls out there waiting,” says Amy Carlson, who, along with the rest of the cast, was sitting for a round of interviews to promote the show at its New York set. Carlson plays the wife of Wahlberg’s character, hard-hitting detective and soft-hearted family man Danny Reagan. “We could be at a cemetery shooting in the rain and I’ll be like, ‘How did they find us?’”

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“All I ever wanted was a few pats on the back from the kids in the neighborhood,” said Donnie Wahlberg, the 42-year-old singer, actor and film producer originally from Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Wahlberg spoke at a Bentley Executive Club (BEC) event last Wednesday night in LaCava’s Executive Dining Room. The event was moderated by Joseph Shaker, a member of BEC’s board of directors and personal friend of Wahlberg. The topic of discussion was “The Business of Entertainment” (officially, anyway). The actor spoke about a wide array of things outside of this topic, such as his early childhood, the founding of his band New Kids on the Block and his development over the years as a performer.

The event, which began at 6 p.m. with cocktails and dinner, featured various films and clips of Wahlberg’s career. The films were produced by Bentley seniors David Entin, James Ferguson and Lily Ann Montemayor, along with junior Nick Vasiliadis.

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The Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) has announced the nominees for the 16th Annual PRISM Awards. The PRISM Awards honor TV, movie, music, DVD and comic book entertainment that accurately depicts drug, alcohol and tobacco use and addiction, as well as mental health issues. The Nomination Review Committee of over 80 representatives of both the entertainment industry and health field, selected nominees from over 400 productions submitted, according to Brian Dyak, President and CEO of EIC. […]

Drama Episodes nominated were from Blue Bloods (CBS), Castle (ABC), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS), Harry’s Law (NBC), House (Fox), Parenthood (NBC), Rescue Me (FX), Rookie Blue (ABC) and The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family). Lauren Graham (Parenthood), Jon Huertas and Stana Katic (Castle), Denis Leary (Rescue Me), and Missy Peregrym (Rookie Blue) were nominated for Performance in a Drama Episode.

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The ratings for Friday (March 2, 2011) were generally positive across the big three networks. CBS claimed the top spot with all new programming. It also had the three most watched shows out of all of the networks. Blue Blood topped the night with more than 11 million total viewers – more than the viewers of ABC and NBC combined in the same hour.

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Fast National ratings for Friday, March 2, 2012

It was another dominating effort for CBS with their formidable Friday night line-up of “Undercover Boss,” “A Gifted Man” and “Blue Bloods.”

The cop drama “Blue Bloods” ran away with the evening scoring 11.4 million viewers. This helped CBS win the evening with a total average viewership of 10.2 million (6.5 rating/11 share). ABC (5.9 million, 3.7/6) finished second, NBC (5.8 million, 3.8/6) came in third, FOX (2.7 million, 1.7/3) earned the fourth spot while The CW (0.96 million, 0.7/1) finished last.

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It’s time to don those hats! Show your creativity and you may win a prize. The Hatter’s Ball will be held on Friday, March 9, with the proceeds going to support scholarships for the Creative Arts Summer Camp. Donnie Wahlberg, who stars as a New York police detective on CBS TV’s Blue Bloods, will be honored with an award presented by Kevin Wade, Blue Bloods’s writer and executive producer.

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