NBC Sets September 21 Premiere for 'Line of Fire' Starring Peter Krause and Hope Davis
NBC has handed a Monday-night slot to Line of Fire, a new family drama that premieres September 21 at 10 p.m. ET (9c) on the network, with next-day streaming on Peacock (NBC Insider).
The series follows a family of law enforcement agents — working across the FBI, U.S. Marshals, Secret Service and Department of Justice — who uncover a deadly conspiracy (Deadline). Peter Krause leads the cast as Mike Hollingsworth, with Hope Davis playing his estranged wife Jane. The couple share three adult children, all tangled in the family's law-enforcement world.
Krause's move to NBC follows his exit from ABC's 9-1-1, where he starred for multiple seasons. The rest of the cast includes Charlie Barnett, Kat Cunning, Tommy O'Brien and Taylor Bloom (People; NBC Insider).
Joshua Safran serves as showrunner — the writer-producer who runs the writers' room and shapes the series' creative direction — and executive produces alongside Ben Spector and Jenna Bush Hager (Deadline). The cast and producers gathered for a panel discussion on a Monday to tease the series ahead of its autumn launch.
Safran told the panel that Line of Fire will mix serialized and episodic storytelling after its pilot, describing an 80/20 or 90/10 split — meaning most episodes will advance an ongoing conspiracy storyline while a portion works as a more self-contained hour (Deadline). That hybrid structure is a familiar broadcast template: a continuing arc keeps viewers coming back weekly, while standalone elements make individual episodes accessible to first-time viewers.
For viewers, the September 21 premiere slots Line of Fire into NBC's fall schedule as the network's latest bid for a big-tent family drama with a procedural backbone. The Peacock next-day window means anyone who misses the broadcast can stream it the following day.
Bush Hager, best known as a co-host of NBC's Today show, steps into a scripted-television producing role. Her involvement was highlighted in an August 6 social media post announcing the premiere date (Instagram).
NBC has been building its fall 2026 lineup around returning franchises and a handful of new dramas, with Line of Fire positioned in the competitive late-Monday hour (NBC Insider). How the series performs in that slot — measured in overnight and multi-day ratings — will determine whether it earns a back-nine order, extending a first season from its initial episode count to a full 22.
