# ‘The Rockford Files’ Starring David Boreanaz Gets Premiere Date, Post-NFL Launch On NBC

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-rockford-files-starring-david-boreanaz-gets-premiere-date-post-nfl-launch-on-nbc/
- Published: 2026-11-05T18:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T18:53:26+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/11/the-rockford-files-david-boreanaz-premiere-date-nbc-nfl-1237213713/
- Topics: Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- NBC previews The Rockford Files after its NFL broadcast on 2 January.
- The regular Thursday premiere is set for 7 January at 8 p.m.
- David Boreanaz plays private investigator James Rockford.

## Summary

NBC will preview its reboot of The Rockford Files on 2 January, straight after its NFL broadcast, before the series begins its regular Thursday slot on 7 January. The post-football launch gives the David Boreanaz-led drama a prominent introduction before it joins the network’s established Thursday crime-drama line-up.

Boreanaz plays James Rockford, a newly released man who returns to Los Angeles to work as a private investigator after serving time for a crime he did not commit. Michaela McManus, Ilfenesh Hadera and Jacki Weaver also star; the show follows Rockford as his cases bring him into conflict with police and organised crime. NBC is also promoting the series with a mock billboard advert and a recorded message voiced by Boreanaz.

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