Harry Bosch is back this winter, but Titus Welliver won’t be. The new series Bosch: Start of Watch will detail the character’s early days walking the beat on the mean streets of Los Angeles, and will feature an all-new cast. The series won’t start until January, but we’ve got a first look at the new stars of the series.
Heironymous “Harry” Bosch was created by novelist Michael Connelly in the 1992 crime novel The Black Echo; there are now 25 Bosch novels, with a 26th on the way next month. The character first made his way to the small screen in 2017 with Bosch, which was one of Prime Video‘s first original series. That series, starring Welliver as Bosch, ran for seven seasons before being cancelled; it was replaced by Bosch: Legacy, a sequel series that followed Bosch, now retired from the LAPD, as a private detective. It ended after three seasons.
But now, Bosch is back in Bosch: Start of Watch, which will star Cameron Monaghan (Gotham) as a young Bosch, a veteran of the Persian Gulf War who’s joined the LAPD just in time for the city to turn into a powderkeg of racism and violence. Starring alongside him is Omari Hardwick (Power) as his mentor, Eli Bridges; Ariana Guerra (Nemesis) as Rosa, a fellow rookie LAPD officer; and J.D. Pardo (Mayans M.C.) as Cory, Bosch’s criminal foster brother. New images give us our first look at Monaghan and Hardwick on the series, who certainly seem to have the 1990s LAPD look down. The series, which is not based on any of Connelly‘s novels, is showrun by Tom Bernardo, a veteran of the previous Bosch series, and will debut on MGM+ on January 10, 2027, with a two-episode premiere; new episodes will then debut weekly until the first-season finale on February 21.
What’s Next for Bosch?
Welliver isn’t done with Bosch, however. Ballard, a series starring Maggie Q as cold-case detective Renée Ballard, premiered on Prime Video in 2025, after the character was introduced in the final season of Bosch: Legacy. Bosch, in his capacity as a private eye, guest-starred on three episodes of the first season of Ballard, and is slated to return for that show’s second season; Prime Video has yet to announce a release date for season 2.
Bosch: Start of Watch will premiere exclusively on MGM+ on January 10, 2027.
via Collider