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Death of a Ballard Series Regular was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past six years Founded sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen[...]

The first season of Ballard is now up in its entirety on Prime Video and has been well-received Maggie Q is doing possibly the best work of her career as Michael Connelly's latest unstoppable cop However, the season might be using way too many familiar cop show tropes, including killing off a regular cast member[...]

The new Michael Connelly series, Ballard, which spun off from Bosch: Legacy, is as solid as the mothership show, but it has one big flaw, which is that it makes you miss the original show more and more as the first season progresses. This is due to the fact that the cast of Bosch: Legacy, with the exception of Madison[...]

For those who miss Bosch: Legacy and its world, we have Ballard, featuring Maggie Q as Michael Connelly's current police detective on the inside of the LAPD Like the Bosch shows, it's currently the best cop series on TV, filled with more authentic detail than network cop shows, including a grittier depiction of the institutional[...]

The City of Los Angeles is the biggest co-star in Michael Connelly's Bosch series, its sequel Bosch: Legacy and new spinoff Ballard, and all three series shoot on real locations all over the city at a time when production there are on the wane It's increasingly rare for movies and TV shows to actually be[...]

Just as Titus Welliver dedicated 11 years of his life playing the title character in the Bosch franchise across 10 seasons and two series, he's been ready to pass the torch in the latest spinoff Ballard with star Maggie Q as the title character Det Renée Ballard, making her debut in the Bosch: Legacy finale[...]

Prime Video's Maggie Q-starring Ballard follows bestselling author Michael Connelly's detective (Maggie Q), who is tasked with running the LAPD's new cold case division—a poorly funded, all-volunteer unit with the largest caseload in the city Ballard approaches these frozen-in-time cases with empathy and determination When she uncovers a larger conspiracy during her investigations, she'll lean[...]

In an interview with TV Insider ahead of the premiere of Ballard, Maggie Q talked about how starring on Nikita fifteen years ago informed her approach to being the lead on a long-running TV series When asked which of her roles she wished she could have played for longer, she replied, "None of them." She[...]

With only a little more than a week to go until the spinoff from bestselling author Michael Connelly's Titus Welliver-starring Bosch: Legacy hits our screens, Prime Video is sharing a special look at Maggie Q-starring Ballard The series follows Ballard (Maggie Q), who is tasked with running the LAPD's new cold case division—a poorly funded, all-volunteer[...]

The finale episode of the series introduced Detective Renée Ballard (Maggie Q) as a kind of backdoor pilot for her spinoff series Ballard, and when her show premieres, Titus Welliver will show up more than once as Harry Bosch after she's exiled to an underfunded Cold Cases unit In an interview with TV Insider, author[...]

With less than a month to go until the spinoff from bestselling author Michael Connelly's Titus Welliver-starring Bosch: Legacy debuts, we're getting a new look at Prime Video's Maggie Q-starring Ballard In our previous looks at the streaming series, the spotlight has focused on our daring detective, but this go-around gives us a better look at[...]

Last month, Prime Video released a date announcement teaser, locking in July 9th for the premiere of its Maggie Q-starring Ballard But now that it's a new month (and we have only a month to go until the spinoff from bestselling author Michael Connelly's Titus Welliver-starring Bosch: Legacy debuts), today seemed as good of a day[...]

A little more than a month after the streaming service dropped an official teaser for Maggie Q-starring Ballard, Prime Video had a very important update for fans looking forward to the spinoff from bestselling author Michael Connelly's Titus Welliver-starring Bosch: Legacy Earlier today, a mini-teaser was released spotlighting Maggie Q's Det Renée Ballard's cold case files[...]

Nightshade is Detective Stillwell's debut novel before Connelly's latest book, The Lincoln Lawyer, comes out in October. In a Q&A about the new book, Connelly confirmed that Detective Stillwell exists in the same world as his other heroes Harry Bosch, Renée Ballard, Micky Haler and journalist Jack McEvoy (who will appear in the upcoming TV series adaptation of Connelly's novel The[...]

Viewers finally met Renée Ballard for the first time in the final episode of Bosch: Legacy, which stood as a standalone episode mostly independent of the rest of the season and was a backdoor prequel to her own series Ballard Yes, the character is different from the books in many ways, even if she's still[...]

Prime Video finally released a teaser trailer for Ballard that gave us a fuller look at LAPD Detective Renée Ballard (Maggie Q.) in her upcoming spinoff series that's the spiritual sequel to Bosch: Legacy It gives us a greater look at Ballard than expected, or at least the TV version of the character, since there[...]

Renée Ballard when the spinoff series Ballard hits this summer Set to hit this summer, we're getting our best look yet at Maggie Q and the supporting team, along with an appearance at the end from someone we're sure you're going to recognize. During his November 2024 book club livestream with his longtime editor, Asya Muchnick,[...]

Renee Ballard, who viewers will be officially introduced to this week ahead of her upcoming spinoff series With that in mind, we have three new preview images of Ballard to pass along – as well as the official overviews for S03E09: "Badlands" and S03E10: "Big Dawn." Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) and Renee Ballard (Maggie Q) in BOSCH:[...]

as Renée Ballard, a Robbery Homicide Detective original introduced in the novels who becomes Harry's protege and spiritual successor as a relentless avenger. Maggie Q as Renée Ballard and Titus Welliver as Harry Bosch in "Bosch: Legacy": FreeVee But First, Welliver Looks Back on His Portrayal of Harry Bosch "As a visual artist, because I'm also a painter,[...]

A journalist by training before he brought that perspective to his novels and their subsequent television series adaptations, Connelly wrote his monthly newsletter to his readers to offer his thoughts on the event. Image: CBS Sunday Morning Screencap (Bosch/The Lincoln Lawyer Author Michael Connelly) Bosch, The Lincoln Lawyer Creator Michael Connelly's Letter Los Angeles is Connelly's home, and[...]

Bosch creator Michael Connelly had a bookclub with his longtime editor Asya Muchnick to talk about his latest Bosch-Ballard novel, The Waiting, possibly the most intricately-plotted book of his career as it features not only LAPD detective Renée Ballard, to be played by Maggie Q in the upcoming TV series, but also Harry Bosch and his[...]

Bosch creator Michael Connelly had a bookclub with his longtime editor Asya Muchnick to talk about his latest Bosch-Ballard novel, The Waiting, possibly the most intricately-plotted book of his career as it features not only LAPD detective Renée Ballard, to be played by Maggie Q in the upcoming TV series, but also Harry Bosch and his[...]

Bosch creator Michael Connelly had a bookclub with his longtime editor Asya Muchnick to talk about his latest Bosch-Ballard novel, The Waiting, possibly the most intricately-plotted book of his career as it features not only LAPD detective Renée Ballard, to be played by Maggie Q in the upcoming TV series, but also Harry Bosch and his daughter[...]

Bosch creator Michael Connelly had a bookclub with his longtime editor Asya Muchnick to talk about his latest Bosch-Ballard novel, The Waiting, possibly the most intricately-plotted book of his career as it features not only LAPD detective Renée Ballard, to be played by Maggie Q in the upcoming TV series, but also Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver)[...]

Renée Ballard) was sharing a look at how filming was going while spending some one-on-one time with Connelly's professional consultant and Ballard inspiration, Mitzi Hartert-Roberts Now, less than two months later, we have a very cool update to pass along, courtesy of Connelly himself During his book club livestream on Tuesday night with his longtime[...]

The next season of Bosch: Legacy is the last, with the franchise's spotlight also shining on a new spinoff series starring Detective Renée Ballard (Maggie Q.), a policewoman who's as relentless as Harry Bosch and who became his unofficial partner and protégé in the novels. Creator and author Michael Connelly has published the latest Bosch & Ballard[...]

Renée Ballard's, Harry Bosch's, and Maddie Bosch's paths officially crossed with the October 15th release of his new novel The Waiting (print, eBook & audiobook), the bestselling author passed along an audiobook excerpt of "Chapter 1" of the Bosch/Ballard novel, read by Christine Lakin, along with two other names you may have heard of – [...]

One was set to focus on Detective Jerry Edgar (with Jamie Hector reportedly in talks to reprise his role) and Detective Renee Ballard Well, a lot has changed since that initial announcement In terms of Bosch: Legacy, the series is preparing to wrap up its run with its upcoming third season – and will then[...]

Renée Ballard's, Harry Bosch's, and Maddie Bosch's paths will cross in the bestselling author's new novel The Waiting (print, eBook & audiobook) – with Connelly offering readers a look at the first three chapters to make the wait for later this month a wee bit easier, along with a video introduction to the new novel[...]

Renée Ballard continuing Michael Connelly's live-action "Bosch-verse" in her own spinoff series, we've widened our focus to include regular updates on how filming Ballard has been going Previously, Titus Welliver confirmed that his Harry Bosch will appear in the Bosch: Legacy spinoff series Now, we have a very cool snapshot of life on the set, with[...]