‘The Rockford Files’ Reboot Lands Pilot Order at NBC

There might be a second life for “The Rockford Files” at NBC.

Over 50 years after “The Rockford Files” debuted on NBC in 1974, the network has ordered a pilot of writer and EP Mike Daniels’ take on a reboot, which is billed to give a “contemporary update on the classic series of the same name.”

“Newly paroled after doing time for a crime he didn’t commit, James Rockford returns to his life as a private investigator using his charm and wit to solve cases around Los Angeles,” the official logline reads. “It doesn’t take long for his quest for legitimacy to land him squarely in the crosshairs of both local police and organized crime.”

In addition to Daniels (“Shades of Blue,” “The Village”), the project, which hails from Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, has Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman attached as executive producers, while Chris Leanza serves as a co-executive producer.

The commitment comes as NBC attempts to return to a traditional pilot season, with the network aiming to order as many as as three to four drama pilots and two to three comedy pilots. In addition to “The Rockford Files” reboot, NBC has given a pilot production commitment to another PI show — a comedy rather than a drama — from “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” co-creator Dan Goor and EP Luke Del Tredici.

More to come …

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