Peter Krause is heading back to network television in NBC’s new drama Line of Fire, one of four scripted series the broadcaster picked up for its 2026-2027 lineup. NBC also ordered two comedies, The Rockford Files and Sunset P.I., along with the drama Newlyweds.
Line of Fire stars Krause and Hope Davis, while The Rockford Files stars David Boreanaz and Sunset P.I. pairs Jake Johnson with Jane Levy. Newlyweds brings together Téa Leoni, Tim Daly and Jamie Lee Curtis, giving NBC a slate that leans on familiar names as it fills out the coming season.
The network’s pickups are part of a larger push across broadcast TV for the 2026-2027 season, with ABC, CBS and Fox also moving on new series. ABC ordered The Rookie: North, a spinoff of The Rookie starring Jay Ellis and expected to premiere midseason, while Fox ordered a Baywatch reboot for midseason as well.
CBS went in a different direction with three new scripted series. Eternally Yours, set to premiere this fall, stars Ed Weeks and Allegra Edwards. Cupertino, also set for a fall debut, stars Mike Colter and Rachel Keller, and Einstein will launch in midseason with Matthew Gray Gubler in the lead.
The CBS dramas and comedies span a wide range of premises. Eternally Yours centers on Charles and Liz, a vampire couple who have been together for 500 years and live in present-day Seattle. Cupertino is set in Silicon Valley and follows a lawyer who says he is being cheated out of his stock options by a former employer, forcing him to team with another recently fired attorney. Einstein follows Lewis Einstein, the great-grandson of Albert Einstein, a comfortably tenured professor whose reckless antics get him in trouble with the law and push him into helping detective Melissa Fumero solve her most puzzling cases.
The Rookie: North introduces Alex Holland, who joins the Pierce County Police Department as a rookie after a violent home invasion. That mix of spinoff appeal, procedural setup and familiar franchise branding helps explain why broadcast networks are leaning on recognizable titles as they prepare for a crowded season. For Krause, it means Line of Fire arrives as part of a broader network bet that viewers still want new stories built around proven faces.
