The Rockford FilesNBC’s upcoming reboot of the 1970s series, will get a special preview on January 2 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, immediately following the network’s NFL broadcast. The David Boreanaz-starring drama will have its first time slot on Thursday, January 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Deadline revealed in May that The Rockford Filesa highly rated 20-hour drama series, will succeed The traitors: new blood in the Thursday 8 p.m. slot in January after the civilian incarnation of the hit reality competition series Peacock ended its broadcast. Closed, character-driven procedural joins NBC’s Law and order Thursday, block of Law & Order: SVU at 9 p.m. and the Mothership series at 10 p.m.
In The Rockford Filesa contemporary update of the classic series, newly paroled after serving time for a crime he didn’t commit, James Rockford (Boreanaz) returns to his life as a private detective using his charm and wit to solve cases around Los Angeles. It doesn’t take long for his quest for legitimacy to place him directly in the crosshairs of local police and organized crime.
Boreanaz, Michaela McManus, Ilfenesh Hadera and Jacki Weaver star in the series from Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, which will be available the next day on Peacock. Writer Mike Daniels is the showrunner. He produces with Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman as well as former FBI: Most Wanted And CIA showrunner David Hudgins, who came on board the series after the pilot.
Extract a page from You better call SaulAccording to NBC’s playbook, NBC is running a fake billboard-style ad for Jim Rockford, complete with a hotline number, just like AMC’s drama did with lawyer Saul Goodman. The Rockford FilesThe stunt features a recorded message from Boreanaz inspired by the voicemail from the original series.
You better call Saul:
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