The Rookie Archives

After a record two-and-a-half month winter hiatus, ABC's The Rookie returns on Sunday February 23rd with its Spring Premier "Day Of Death." For viewers without a elephant's memory, the December fall finale ended with Officer Lucy Chen (Melissa O'Neil) being kidnapped by a serial killer The premier picks up right where the finale left off: Chen[...]

The second season of ABC's The Rookie started under a cloud, but showrunner Alexi Hawley is undaunted In addition to running the popular network dramedy starring Nathan Fillion, Hawley is now tackling the problem of homelessnes Inspired by CIA agent turned real-life cop Patrick Skinner, Hawley is encouraging The Rookie's cast and crew to distribute "tactical caring kits"[...]

This week's brand new episode of ABC's The Rookie, "Fallout," has all of the drama of a disaster movie For a show that usually aims for lighthearted and wholesome, "Fallout," is disaster porn for the masses In an echo of the 2018 incident in Hawaii, the LAPD takes to the streets when everyone is notified of[...]

This week on ABC's The Rookie, California braces for the big one Instead of an earthquake, however, they receive a warning about an impending missile strike to Los Angeles The rookies, the greater LAPD, and the good people of Los Angeles have no idea if the threat is real But, understandably, panic ensues Ripped from the[...]

In this week's episode of ABC's The Rookie, "Tough Love," the rookies learned how little control they actually have All they can do is make the best decisions they can, and live with the results John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) and Lucy Chen (Melissa O'Neil) face challenges both in their personal and their professional lives, learning[...]

In Season 2 of ABC's The Rookie, main character John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) is dealing with a lot His new training officer, Detective Nyla Harper (Mekia Cox), keeps putting him in dangerous situations Jessica Russo (Sarah Shahi), his girlfriend and occasional coworker, wants her own custom closet in his house And his long lost college[...]

In this week's episode of ABC's The Rookie, "Warriors and Guardians," everyone is introduced to Detective Nyla Harper, portrayed by Once Upon a Time's Mekia Cox, Harper is definitely not a denizen of Fantasyland Like a hand grenade to the precinct, Harper's first day leaves no one unscathed The character has issues Not small issues, but[...]

Exciting new developments are coming this week on ABC's The Rookie! Star Afton Williamson left the series during the hiatus after alleging harassment and discrimination behind the scenes This left Nathan Fillion's rookie John Nolan without a training officer onscreen After training with various other officers in the first three episodes of the season, Nolan is finally going[...]

ABC's police procedural dramedy The Rookie won hearts, minds, and viewers in its first season The show had the perfect storm of comedy, drama, and attitude John Nolan, Nathan Fillion's forty-year-old rookie brought life experience and a quirky sense of humor But Nolan's irreverent perspective is balancedby the drama of his cases and the matter-of-fact perspective[...]

Bring on the drama! It is "Cast from the Past" week on ABC, and Nathan Fillion's former Castle co-stars are making trouble for John Nolan on The Rookie Both Seamus Deaver and Jon Huertas from Castle will be guest starring in "The Bet," the third episode of the season Hopefully, the guest stars will inject some much-needed[...]

Last week, the season premier of ABC's The Rookie pulled in the highest ratings in three years for its new Sunday 10PM time slot The premier, "Impact," set several character-centric plots in motion, but both the show and the characters felt unsettled In the second episode of The Rookie's sophomore season, "The Night General," the show's[...]

As The Rookie rolls into the second episode of Season 2, "The Night General," everything is unsettled John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) is without a permanent training officer, though not for long Lucy Chen (Melissa O'Neil) just called her training officer a hypocrite Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.) almost failed his rookie exam, told high school[...]

A new training officer is headed to The Rookie! ABC announced Wednesday that Mekia Cox will be joining the cast of The Rookie as a Season 2 series regular Cox previously appeared as Robin Charles on Chicago Med and as Princess Tiana on Once Upon A Time She will join The Rookie as Detective Nyla Harper, John Nolan's (Nathan[...]

ABC's police procedural The Rookie is back with its Season 2 premier "Impact." This season, everyone is acting like a rookie One would expect that actual rookies: John Nolan (Nathan Fillion), Lucy Chen (Melissa O'Neil), and Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.), would act as such But their training officers, sergeants, and significant others spent the[...]

WANTED: Who: The Rookie Season 2 https://youtu.be/jB0ccpa9eFQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Trailer (Season 2) – The Rookie (https://youtu.be/jB0ccpa9eFQ) The Rookie is a police procedural dramedy that stars Nathan Fillion as John Nolan, the Los Angeles Police Department's oldest rookie Nolan and his fellow rookies, Lucy Chen (Melissa O'Neil) and Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.), navigate personal[...]

The company that produces ABC's The Rookie has released the highly-anticipated results of their investigation into the racial and sexual harassment claims of former star Afton Williamson On Tuesday, Entertainment One (eOne) released a statement claiming that an "independent investigation" has cleared the individuals accused by Williamson, as well as the Executive Producers, of any wrongdoing. In[...]

ABC's The Rookie used the last twenty-four hours to put their fans through an emotional rollercoaster At about 3 p.m EDT Sunday afternoon, the show's official Twitter account posted a countdown clock promising a "big announcement" on Monday afternoon The countdown – which featured Nathan Fillion's floating head – told fans to expect big news at[...]

With ABC's The Rookie looking to start its second-season shift on Sunday, September 29, the network took to Twitter to post a tease of a "big announcement" breaking on Monday, September 16, at 3 p.m ET So of course, a blatant promo cliffhanger like that deserves mindless specualtion… Did ABC wise up and move the series[...]

On August 14, the folks at ABC's The Rookie posted a new tweet for the first time since star Afton Williamson's August 4 allegations of racism, sexual harassment, and sexual assault against the production The retweet – the first action on the show's official twitter account in two weeks  is a TV Insider cast interview[...]

On the same day ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke responded to  The Rookie star Afton Williamson's allegations that she was not returning for the second season – alleging racial bullying and discrimination as well as instances of bullying, sexual harassment, and sexual assault, the actress returned to Instagram to name names In the following post[...]

A day after ABC's The Rookie star Afton Williamson posted on social media that she would not be returning to the Nathan Fillion-starrer for a second season – alleging "racial discrimination/racially charged inappropriate comments" as well as instances of bullying, sexual harassment, and sexual assault, ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke addressed the matter at Monday's[...]

While fans of ABC's The Rookie are eagerly awaiting the show's second-season return on its new night starting Sunday, September 29, series co-star Afton Williamson has taken to Instagram to announce that she will not be returning for a second season In the post, the actress claims she quit the Nathan Fillion-starrer because of "racial[...]

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Following the schedule is a look at the trailers for the new series, as well as their official overviews. EMERGENCE – "Pilot " – (ABC Studios/Virginia Sherwood) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 8-10 p.m.: Dancing with the Stars (Season 28 premiere) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 10-11 p.m.: The Good Doctor (Season 3 premiere) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 8-8:30 p.m.: The Conners (Season 2[...]

After weeks of waiting and hours of announcements regarding other shows, ABC Studios finally confirmed that freshman show The Rookie has been renewed for a sophomore season. Starring Nathan Fillion as John Nolan, LAPD's oldest rookie, the show produced a solid first season and respectable ratings – as well as fantastic streaming numbers. However, when no renewal announcement[...]

It has been a little over a week since freshman cop dramedy The Rookie ended its first season with a gruesome and dramatic cliffhanger episode Despite respectable ratings, positive word-of-mouth, social media support, and an active, engaging, and diverse cast, ABC has yet to renew The Rookie for a second season. We all know that ratings are everything, but[...]

What do you do if you are the season's best new show, but you reach your season finale without having been renewed for a second season? You bring in the big guns… Walking on shift in the beginning of ABC The Rookie's season 1 finale "Free Fall," rookies Nolan (Nathan Fillion), Chen (Melissa O'Neil), and West (Titus[...]

Hulu's holiday horror anthology Into the Dark has signed up a new cast of victims/actors for July 4th installment "Culture Shock." Previously-announced Richard Cabral (Mayans M.C.) will be joined by Martha Higareda (Queen of the South, Altered Carbon), Shawn Ashmore (The Rookie), Barbara Crampton (You're Next, Re-Animator), Felipe de Lara (The Lord of the Skies),[...]

The freshman season of ABC's The Rookie has been a whirlwind ride-along with Mid-Wilshire LAPD rookies Lucy Chen (Melissa O'Neil), Jackson West (Titus Makin Jr.), and John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) In this week's episode "The Checklist," the rookies are preparing for their six month exams and moving to the next phase of their training But[...]

Two weeks after ABC's The Rookie suffered a heartbreaking loss in "Greenlight," the show is right back in its sweet spot After letting some plot points hang fas the show recovered, this week's "Homefront" picked up right where things left off Once again, the show is heartwarming, challenging, funny, and engaging However, unlike previous episodes, not everyone[...]