The first pilot order was for executive producer Nathan Fillion's The Rookie, starring the actor as a middle-aged man who ends up becoming the youngest police rookie in the history of the LAPD. Take Two, the second pilot and one that hails from Castle creators Andrew Marlowe and Terri Edda Miller, follows a TV star (Rachel[...]
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So, it's absolutely no surprise that ABC has ordered his new project, The Rookie, straight to series EW.com says the series is based on a true story as Fillion plays John Nolan, a rookie cop in the LAPD who is twenty years older than his fellow rookies.
The series teams the actor with former Castle producer[...]

