Renee Ballard

Ballard is an American police procedural television series created by Michael Alaimo and Kendall Sherwood. A spinoff of Bosch (2014–2021) and Bosch: Legacy (2022–2025), the show premiered on July 9, 2025, on Amazon Prime Video. It stars Maggie Q as LAPD Detective Renée Ballard, a character based on Michael Connelly's Renée Ballard novel series, published since 2017 and taking place in the same literary universe as Harry Bosch.

Set in Los Angeles, Ballard follows Detective Renée Ballard as she takes command of the LAPD's newly formed cold case unit of the Robbery-Homicide Division (RHD). Staffed primarily by volunteers and under-resourced, the unit is tasked with solving decades-old homicides. As Ballard reopens long-dormant investigations, she uncovers a web of corruption and cover-ups that reach deep into the police department itself. The series blends episodic cold-case mysteries with a season-long serialized arc involving a mysterious conspiracy.

Ballard was officially announced in 2023 as the next expansion of the Bosch television universe. Michael Connelly serves as co-creator and executive producer alongside Michael Alaimo and Kendall Sherwood. The show draws inspiration from Connelly's novels, including The Late Show (2017), The Dark Hours (2021), and Desert Star (2022).

Ballard is executive produced by Michael Connelly, Henrik Bastin, Michael Alaimo, Kendall Sherwood, Trish Hofmann, Jet Wilkinson, and Melissa Aouate. Jasmine Russ serves as co-executive producer under Fabel Entertainment, while Jamie Boscardin Martin and Trey Batchelor also contribute as co-executive producers. Additionally, Theresa Snider serves as co-executive producer for Hieronymus Pictures. Sherwood and Alaimo serve as showrunners.