NBC has set Line Of Fire for Sept. 21, 2026, giving the network a new federal law enforcement drama built around the Hollingsworth family and the fallout from a death in the line of duty. Peter Krause plays Mike Hollingsworth, a Secret Service agent, in a series that treats family conflict as part of the case, not a distraction from it.
That is the reason the show is drawing attention now. It arrives with a date, a premise and a clear lane: five Hollingsworths, four federal agencies and one case that does not stay closed. A U.S. Marshal falls in the line of duty, and what first looks like a finished investigation turns into a conspiracy that threatens the whole family. The setup gives Line of Fire a built-in engine before the first episode even airs, which is why viewers searching for the next crime drama keep landing here. Peter Krause stars in NBC's Line of Fire as networks load up.
Krause said there is more friction in the family than in the actual casework, and that is what separates this from a straight procedural. Hope Davis plays Jane, a U.S. Marshal; Kat Cunning plays Clare, who is in the FBI; and Taylor Bloom plays Russ, who works for the Department of Justice. The family is spread across federal law enforcement, but the show is not built around Jane in the way Kayce Dutton was the center of Marshals.
That comparison matters because Line of Fire is being viewed as a possible replacement for Marshals, which ended its first season in May 2026 after Kayce Dutton uncovered a conspiracy tied to Tom Weaver by the finale. The shared pieces are obvious enough: family life, federal work and a conspiracy that keeps widening. The difference is in the focus. Line of Fire makes the family itself the pressure point, then puts the case around it.
That leaves the most interesting question hanging over the premiere: not whether the Hollingsworths will find the conspiracy, but what kind of damage it will do once they do. Sept. 21 gives NBC a new date on the calendar, but the show’s real hook is already clear. The mystery will pull them in, and the family may be what pulls it apart.
