The Borderline also known The Murder Line in certain regions, is a Canadian crime drama television series, which premiered in February 2026. The show stars Stephen Amell as Henry Roland, a smalltown police officer in the Thousand Islands region of Ontario, alongside a cast which includes Minnie Driver and Hamza Haq.
Despite being promoted as a miniseries, the series' future is undecided as of June 2026.
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Premise
A smalltown police officer in Ontario discovers that his childhood friend Tommy Hawley is connected to an international drug smuggling operation led by British crime boss May Ferguson.
Cast
Stephen Amell as Henry Roland
Hamza Haq as Tommy Hawley
Minnie Driver as May Ferguson
Tamara Podemski as Erica Ross
Thomas Craig as Gaz
Jorja Cadence as Stacey
Katia Edith Wood as Ruby
Production
The series was first announced by Shaftesbury Films in 2024, with the working title Underbelly. The series was created by Graeme Stewart and directed by Robert Budreau, with writers including Stewart, Aaron Martin, Jennifer Kassabian, Andrew Wreggitt, Adriana Maggs and Thomas Pepper.
The cast is led by Stephen Amell, Minnie Driver and Hamza Haq. The supporting cast also includes Tamara Podemski, Katia Wood, Thomas Craig, Kate Corbett, Christopher Heyerdahl and Diego Klattenhoff.
Filming took place in Toronto, Gananoque and the Thousand Islands region of Ontario between 2 October 2024 and 22 November 2024.
Broadcast
The series premiered February 8, 2026, in a dual broadcast on both CTV and Crave as the lead-out program to CTV's broadcast of Super Bowl LX, with subsequent episodes airing only on Crave thereafter. The series has been released in the United Kingdom on ITVX from 18 April 2026 under the title The Murder Line.