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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[...]

Bosch creator Michael Connelly might be the hardest-working crime novelist around now, considering he released two short videos on a lazy Sunday afternoon to preview both his next Harry Bosch and Renée Ballard novel The Waiting and the upcoming spinoff series starring Ballard, played by Maggie Q. Maggie Q as Renée Ballard and Titus Welliver as[...]

Renée Ballard's and Harry 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 between now and October a wee bit little easier, as well as a video introduction (which you can check[...]

Renée Ballard continuing Michael Connelly's live-action "Bosch-verse" with her own spinoff series Of course, with Welliver's Bosch and Q's Ballard sharing the same universe, we just assumed/hoped/kept our fingers, toes, and various other body parts crossed that we would be seeing more of Harry in the near future Well, we don't have to assume/hope/keep our[...]

Renée Ballard, it was confirmed that Titus Welliver-starring Bosch: Legacy will end its run with the March 2025-debuting third season As we previously learned, Jet Wilkinson directed the episode during the third season when Ballard and Bosch meet up, as well as the first two episodes of the Ballard series. "I am so proud of what we[...]

Renée Ballard" spinoff series (possibly Ballard) appears to have rounded out its cast, with four more joining in recurring roles – based on an exclusive report from Deadline Hollywood Ricardo Chavera's (Selena) Detective Robert Olivas is a well-respected, charming, and charismatic detective, who shares a complicated past with Ballard Noah Bean's (Nikita) Councilman Jake Pearlman[...]

Renée Ballard" spinoff series (possibly Ballard)? Well, today's a good day to have that question answered because Michael Mosley (The Calling), Rebecca Field (Shameless), Victoria Moroles (Never Have I Ever), and Amy Hill (Mom) have all signed on as series regulars The four join a cast that includes Maggie Q, Courtney Taylor (Neon, Abbott Elementary),[...]

Renée Ballard" spinoff series (known as Ballard, it seems) was officially underway Now, we have some big casting news to pass along. John Carroll Lynch (Big Sky, American Horror Story) has joined the cast as a series regular Lynch's Thomas Laffont is a retired former police partner who comes back to help Ballard run the Cold[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Jeopardy! Host Alex Trebek & USPS, Prime Video's Ballard, NBC's Law & Order, FX Networks/SDCC 2024, USA Network's WWE Raw, Prime Video's Countdown, Apple TV+'s Presumed Innocent, NBA/Warner Bros Discovery, Netflix's Emily In Paris, Prime Video's The Boys, Tubi's Wynonna Earp: Vengeance, SNL/2024 Paris Olympics, Prime Video's Batman: Caped Crusader, Peacock's Homicide:[...]