How many episodes are in The Red Line?

The Red Line has 8 episodes in this listed season.

When does The Red Line premiere?

The Red Line premieres on 2026-03-26.

Is The Red Line a new series?

The Red Line is a new series (Season 1).

NEW

The Red Line(2019)

Also known as The Red Line: Vidas Cruzadas

Archived · CBS

5.9

TV-148 eps

S01

DramaCrimeAction

ON AIR: MAR 26Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

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The Red Line is a limited drama that treats a single act of violence as a starting point, then follows three separate Chicago families through the grief and disruption that follow. Each thread moves at its own pace, and the series lets emotional consequence accumulate slowly rather than pushing toward procedural resolution.

The three storylines eventually pull toward each other, but the convergence is earned through character rather than plot mechanics. Loss lands differently in each household, and the series holds those differences without forcing them into a tidy shared lesson. That structural patience is what gives the show its particular weight.

Best for

grief-driven family drama, multi-perspective storytelling and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Crime

Commitment

Season 1 · 8 episodes

Where

CBS

Official Premise

Follows three Chicago families as they journey toward hope and healing after an unarmed African American doctor is shot by a white cop.

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Strongest Match

Grace fits The Red Line’s grief-forward crime focus, where a single shooting becomes the start of long emotional fallout rather than a quick case wrap. Watch a detective’s missing-wife obsession bleed into his work, with slow, methodical pressure and institutional friction shaping every tense step.

The Chi

Showtime • May 22 • 2018

Drama

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Why This Pick

The Chi shares The Red Line’s slow-burn realism, where everyday choices carry lethal weight and the aftermath lands on families for seasons. The neighborhood ensemble builds loyalty and ambition through small moments, then forces irreversible consequences, making the danger feel personal and communal rather than procedural.

Believe Me

ITVX • May 10 • 2026

DramaCrime

It follows the victims of a serial rapist as they fight to get their cases heard after police failures set him free. Eight years after his conviction, they fight again to keep him imprisoned.

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Why This Pick

Believe Me matches The Red Line’s focus on what violence does to people after the headlines, with justice systems acting like obstacles instead of saviors. Legal obstruction and survivor persistence drive the tension over years, giving you hard-won accountability and a colder, more bureaucratic kind of pressure than the family-centered healing in The Red Line.

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