Ballard is an American police procedural television series created by Michael Alaimo and Kendall Sherwood, based on the Renée Ballard novel series by Michael Connelly (A spinoff of Bosch). Maggie Q stars as LAPD Detective Renee Ballard overseeing a new make-shift cold case division. Navigating personal trauma, professional challenges, and life-threatening danger as her teams attempts to expose the truth.