'Rockford Files' Reboot Sets NBC Release Date, Launches Hotline

Key Points:

• NBC will premiere the reboot of "The Rockford Files" starring David Boreanaz on Saturday, January 2 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, following the NFL telecast, with streaming available on Peacock the next day and a regular timeslot on Thursdays starting January 7.
• The reboot’s storyline follows James Rockford, newly paroled after being wrongfully convicted, as he returns to private investigation in Los Angeles, navigating challenges from both police and organized crime.
• NBC has launched a promotional Jim Rockford hotline at (760) JIM-ROCK, where fans can hear a message from Boreanaz and sign up for show updates, paying homage to the original series' iconic answering machine message.
• The cast includes Michaela McManus, Ilfenesh Hadera, and Jacki Weaver, with Mike Daniels as writer and executive producer alongside Carl Beverly, Sarah Timberman, and David Hudgins; Universal Television produces the series.
• The original "Rockford Files," created by Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell, aired on NBC from 1974 to 1980 starring James Garner, who also reprised his role in eight CBS TV movies between 1994 and 1999.