The Borderline (Canadian TV series)
The Borderline is a Canadian crime drama television series, which premiered in February 2026.[1] The show stars Stephen Amell as Henry Roland, a smalltown police officer in the Thousand Islands region of Ontario who discovers that his childhood friend Tommy Hawley (Hamza Haq) is connected to an international drug smuggling operation led by British crime boss May Ferguson (Minnie Driver).[2]
The supporting cast also includes Tamara Podemski, Katia Wood, Thomas Craig, Kate Corbett, Christopher Heyerdahl and Diego Klattenhoff.
The series was first announced by Shaftesbury Films in 2024, with the working title Underbelly.[3] 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.[4]
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.[1]
References
- ^ a b Jamie Casemore, "The Borderline slated for post-Super Bowl slot on Crave, CTV". Playback, January 20, 2026.
- ^ Stewart Clarke, "Stephen Amell, Minnie Driver, Hamza Haq To Star In Crime Series ‘Underbelly’ For Canadian Streamer Crave; Shaftesbury Producing & Fifth Season Across Sales". Deadline Hollywood, October 22, 2024.
- ^ Greg David, "Crave announces new original crime drama series Underbelly, starring Stephen Amell, Hamza Haq, Tamara Podemski and Minnie Driver". TV, eh?, October 22, 2024.
- ^ Jamie Casemore, "Crave greenlights crime drama Underbelly". Playback, October 22, 2024.