"Boston Blue" — the not-quite-spinoff of "Blue Bloods" starring Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan — will land on Fridays at 10 p.m. this fall, CBS announced Wednesday. That was (of course) the longtime home of "Blue Bloods."

Boasting such massive franchises such as NCIS and Survivor, CBS has rarely been synonymous with short-lived series, though the network has made quite a few shocking cancellations across the past year or two,