‘Line of Fire’ Premiere Date, Time and Where to Watch NBC’s New Family Drama

NBC is adding a new family centered thriller to its fall lineup, and viewers curious about ‘Line of Fire’ now have a clear picture of when and how to watch it. The series follows a family whose members work across several branches of federal law enforcement, and it arrives with a premise built around loyalty, secrecy and the strain of protecting others for a living.

The show stars Peter Krause, Hope Davis, Kat Cunning, Tommy O’Brien, Taylor Bloom and Charlie Barnett, and it comes from creator and showrunner Joshua Safran. With the premiere now just days away, here is what has been confirmed about the release date, streaming plans and the story driving the new drama.

When ‘Line of Fire’ Premieres

NBC set its fall 2026 premiere dates and included ‘Line of Fire’ among its new dramas joining the Monday night lineup, with the show set to premiere on Monday, September 21, at 10 pm eastern, airing after the two hour season 30 premiere of ‘The Voice’. That scheduling places the new drama directly behind one of the network’s most reliable Monday audiences, a common strategy for launching an unproven series.

In the United States, ‘Line of Fire’ airs live on NBC on Mondays at 10 pm eastern, with new episodes then streaming the next day on Peacock. Viewers without a traditional cable package can also catch the live NBC broadcast through live TV streaming services such as Hulu Plus Live TV, YouTube TV, Fubo and DirecTV Stream.

Season one is set to run for 10 episodes, released weekly, which gives ‘Line of Fire’ a full fall run rather than a shortened event order. That pacing suggests NBC is treating the series as a potential anchor for its Monday drama block heading into the winter months.

Where to Watch ‘Line of Fire’

For anyone hoping to stream rather than watch live, the plan is straightforward. ‘Line of Fire’ premieres September 21 at 10 pm eastern on NBC and streams the next day on Peacock, which mirrors the rollout NBC has used for other recent dramas.

Peacock listings confirm that ‘Line of Fire’ season one becomes available to watch on Peacock Premium starting September 22, 2026. That next day turnaround means viewers who miss the live broadcast will not have to wait long to catch up before the following Monday’s episode.

Peacock is geo-blocked outside the United States, so a subscription will not work abroad without additional steps, and the only fully free option in the US remains the live NBC broadcast picked up through an over the air antenna. For viewers who want to sign up directly, Peacock’s own show page lays out the same information and includes a first look at the series.

The Family at the Center of ‘Line of Fire’

The series centers on Jane Hollingsworth, played by Hope Davis, and Mike Hollingsworth, played by Peter Krause, a US Marshal and a Secret Service agent who lead a family with three adult children also working in government roles, including a federal agent, a Department of Justice analyst and a Secret Service agent following in his father’s footsteps. That structure lets the show move between different corners of federal law enforcement without leaving the family’s orbit.

The broader premise follows the family as a seemingly straightforward case turns into a deadly conspiracy, forcing them to rely on a lifetime of experience protecting civilians and politicians in order to protect one another and bring the killer to justice, even if it means betraying their own sworn code. That tension between duty and family loyalty is positioned as the emotional core of the season.

The premiere marks Krause’s return to television following his exit from ‘9-1-1’ in 2025, giving the casting extra weight for viewers who followed him on that long running procedural. Davis, known for a long career in film and television drama, rounds out the pairing as the family’s other law enforcement anchor.

What the ‘Line of Fire’ Preview Reveals

NBC released the trailer for ‘Line of Fire’ on Thursday, August 20, and the footage introduces a family spread across different agencies while hinting at personal complications alongside the professional ones, including a killer targeting government agents and, notably, one member of the family itself. In the clip, Krause’s character Mike Hollingsworth says of the threat, “We have to get to him before they do,” a line that frames the season’s central manhunt.

The preview also poses the question at the heart of the show, with Davis’s character wondering how someone protects the world and the people they love in it at the same time. That framing positions ‘Line of Fire’ less as a straightforward procedural and more as a study of what protective work costs the people doing it.

Executive producer Jenna Bush Hager has said the series draws on her own experience growing up around protective agents. As she explained to NBC Insider, protective services do everything for other people, and the show explores what that does to their own families, describing ‘Line of Fire’ as feeling like “Scandal” and “Six Feet Under” had a baby, layered with a propulsive mystery. That personal connection gives the series a grounding detail that separates it from a typical crime of the week format.

With the premiere date locked in and the streaming path confirmed, the main question left is how audiences will respond once the Hollingsworth family’s conspiracy actually starts to unfold. Viewers who catch the September 21 premiere will likely have plenty to say about which Hollingsworth family member ends up in the most danger first.