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‘Ballard’: Maggie Q, Courtney Taylor & John Carroll Lynch Talk New Team Dynamics and Season-Long Case

LOS ANGELES, JUL 6 – The series features a demoted LAPD detective leading a volunteer cold case team, with Prime Video releasing 10 episodes starting July 9, expanding Michael Connelly's crime universe.

  • Prime Video released all 10 episodes of the crime drama series Ballard on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, featuring Maggie Q as Detective Renee Ballard.
  • The series adapts Michael Connelly's novels and follows Ballard, a demoted detective leading an underfunded LAPD cold case unit tasked with solving forgotten crimes.
  • Ballard struggles personally and professionally while assembling a volunteer team to tackle long-unsolved cases across 10 episodes, each about 45 minutes long.
  • Maggie Q described learning from retired real-life detective Mitzi Roberts, saying Roberts mentored her full-time and added authenticity to her role as Ballard.
  • Reviews call Ballard entertaining and bingeable, though not as iconic as Bosch, and its storyline and character depth suggest possibilities for future seasons.
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‘Ballard’: Maggie Q, Courtney Taylor & John Carroll Lynch Talk New Team Dynamics and Season-Long Case

Maggie Q, Courtney Taylor and John Carroll Lynch make up the Cold Case Unit in newest series based on Michael Connelly's novels.

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Boston Herald broke the news in Boston, United States on Sunday, July 6, 2025.
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