Like other broadcast networks, NBC is building out its programming for the 2026-2027 TV season. The network blends new and returning shows, with some schedule changes. The Hunting Party is the only show from the previous season that won’t return following its cancellation. However, a new replacement is lined up, and it debuts in one week. That series is Line of Fire, a family drama with procedural elements led by Peter Krause and Hope Davis. It is one of four new shows on NBC this season, but some don’t debut until next year.
Another is also a procedural that follows a private investigator. It is a modern retelling of a classic NBC series with the same premise that ran from 1974 to 1980 for six seasons. It follows Jim Rockford (James Garner), an ex-con and private investigator who works low-level investigative cases for a fee. Rockford typically uses his quick thinking and charm to solve most cases without getting into physical fights unless the situation calls for it. Garner played the character in the story’s initial run in the subsequent TV movies.
Now, James “Jim” Rockford is back on TV and on NBC after a short stint on CBS in the reunion movies. David Boreanaz (Bones) plays the character, and the show’s premise doesn’t deviate from its predecessor, except for some contemporary updates. When the series starts, Rockford has just been paroled (not pardoned like in the original series). He returns to his job as a PI in Los Angeles. However, his quest to seek legitimacy hits a snag because of friction with the police department and organized crime. The series also stars Michaela McManus and Jacki Weaver. The Rockford Files has been held for a midseason premiere, meaning viewers won’t see Rockford’s exploits until January 2027.
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Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
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⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
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Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
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🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
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You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
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You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
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What Does the Rest of NBC’s Fall Schedule Look Like?
NBC’s scripted premiere kicks off on Monday, September 21, with Line of Fire. In November, St. Denis Medical and The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins form an hour-long comedy block from 8 pm. Tuesday has no scripted shows, with the NBA taking over the primetime slots. Wednesdays remain One Chicago night with Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, and Chicago P.D. occupying the three-hour block. Thursdays are for Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU. Fridays feature another comedy block with Happy’s Place and another brand-new comedy series, Newlyweds. Jake Johnson’s new comedy Sunset P.I.doesn’t premiere until February 2027.
Collider will keep you updated with more news, including the premiere date for The Rockford Files.
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Release Date
1974 – 1980-00-00
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Directors
William Wiard, Lawrence Doheny, Ivan Dixon, Jerry London, Reza Badiyi, Russ Mayberry, Jackie Cooper, Lou Antonio, Corey Allen, Jeannot Szwarc, Stephen J. Cannell, Alexander Grasshoff, Arnold Laven, Harry Falk, John Patterson, Stuart Margolin, Alexander Singer, Bernard L. Kowalski, Bernard McEveety, Bruce Kessler, Charles S. Dubin, Christian I. Nyby II, Dana Elcar, Hy Averback
Writers
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Gordon T. Dawson, Rudolph Borchert, Don Carlos Dunaway, Edward J. Lakso, David Taylor, Donald L. Gold, Rogers Turrentine, Walter Dallenbach, Lester Wm. Berke, William R. Stratton, Jo Swerling Jr., Leigh Brackett, Mitch Lindemann, Robert Hamner, Zekial Marko, Howard Berk, Shel Willens, Eric Kaldor, Gloryette Clark
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