Overview
- The drama is written by Mike Daniels with Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly executive producing for Universal Television.
- The official logline describes James Rockford as newly paroled after a wrongful conviction who resumes work as a Los Angeles private investigator and draws scrutiny from police and organized crime.
- NBC is targeting roughly three to four drama pilots and two to three comedy pilots in this cycle.
- The reboot is one of two private‑investigator projects at the network this year, alongside a PI comedy from Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici.
- The project is at the pilot stage with no series pickup or casting announced.