Blue Bloods debuted on television in 2010 and has since become one of the most popular police procedurals around. With a star-studded cast, including television legend Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan, and Donnie Wahlberg, Blue Bloods features nearly nonstop action and lots of intense storylines. However, it is the family dinner scenes that really mesmerized fans from the beginning. These scenes, a hallmark of the series, are beloved by the cast as well as the viewers. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Wahlberg revealed that it was those scenes that convinced him to take the role of Danny Reagan in the first place.
Donnie Wahlberg admitted that the family dinner scenes convinced him to act in ‘Blue Bloods’

Wahlberg, an accomplished actor and singer, has been in the entertainment industry for years. So it takes a special project to get him interested. As Wahlberg revealed in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Blue Bloods featured one important element that intrigued him from the jump. “The number one thing that people say is that they love the family dinner scenes,” Wahlberg revealed. “And that’s great for me because when I first read the script, that’s why I wanted to do the show.”