The Rookie Archives

After spending the past few updates having a little fun covering what the folks over at ABC and Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie have been doing behind the scenes while filming the 2025-debuting new season, our focus shifts back to a production update – and a very promising one[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Adult Swim's Rick and Morty: The Anime, Taylor Swift, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol, Chick-fil-A, Voyage Media's Sanctuary, Disney+'s LEGO Pixar: BrickToons, ABC's The Rookie, BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, Netflix's Terminator Zero, Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer, John Cena/WWE, CBS's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Warner Bros[...]

One of the things that we love about covering ABC and Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie is that we never know what we're going to get It could be casting news, a panel report from San Diego Comic-Con 2024 (SDCC 2024), or even news that Hawley had signed an overall deal with Lionsgate Television (the[...]

Some good news on the business side of things to report regarding ABC and Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie. Earlier today, Deadline Hollywood reported exclusively that Lionsgate Television (new owner of eOne) has locked in Hawley for a "premium overall deal" – not surprising considering Hawley's success with the ABC series and Netflix's The Recruit, both[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Disney+'s Ironheart, Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again, Disney+'s Agatha All Along, Lucasfilm's The Mandalorian and Grogu, Disney+'s Skeleton Crew, Disney+'s Win or Lose, Prime Video's Blade Runner 2099, ABC's The Rookie, Donald Trump & Joe Rogan, Disney+'s LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, Hulu's Only Murders in the Building, Peacock's Twisted Metal, BBC &[...]

No Tru Valentino in The Rookie topped traffic on Bleeding Cool yesterday Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories yesterday – as well as this day over the past five years Founded fifteen years ago, and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip a further fifteen years[...]

Yesterday, the news hit that Tru Valentino's Officer Aaron Thorsen would not be returning for the seventh season of ABC and Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie after three seasons with the long-running series Now, Valentino has taken to Instagram to offer his first public thoughts on the matter[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Hulu's Solar Opposites, ABC's The Rookie, Prime Video's Countdown, VP Kamala Harris/Trump ABC Debate, Paramount+'s SEAL Team, Prime Video's Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?, Cartoon Network/Warner Bros Discovery, Netflix's Human Vapor, Netflix's Stranger Things 5, HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Sony Pictures' Saturday Night, Netflix's The Diplomat, Paramount+'s Madison, BBC & Big Finish's Doctor[...]

While the seventh season of ABC and Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie will be welcoming Deric Augustine (Godfather of Harlem) and television-debuting Patrick Keleher as the long-running hit show's new rookies, it will also be saying goodbye to series regular TVLine is reporting exclusively that Tru Valentino's Officer Aaron Thorsen – who joined the series as a[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Skip Bayless, TNT's AEW Rampage, Simone Biles/Donald Trump, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, BBC's Doctor Who, Max's Creature Commandos, Hulu's Only Murders in the Building, Google AI/Olympics, Britt Baker/MJF, Prime Video's Batman: Caped Crusader, ABC's The Rookie, STARZ's Sweetpea, and more! Images/Screencaps: Prime Video, NBC Sports, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Google, Warner Bros[...]

ABC and Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie made its presence known in a big way last weekend during San Diego Comic-Con 2024 (SDCC 2024) – meeting the fans, discussing the long-running hit series and dropping some clues here and there about what's to come Along with a pair of highlights from the panel and the[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? It was a huge Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC 2024), including ABC's The Rookie, AMC's Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches, AMC's Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, HBO's The Penguin, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia/Abbott Elementary, Prime Video's Batman: Caped Crusader, Paramount's Starfleet Academy, Paramount's Section 31, Paramount's New "Star Trek" Series, Paramount's Star Trek:[...]

Earlier today, ABC and Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie made its way to San Diego Comic-Con 2024 (SDCC 2024) to meet up with the fans, discuss the long-running hit series, and drop some clues here and there about what's to come Now, we have a look at the official images from the special[...]

With filming for the seventh season already underway and a big panel presentation set for San Diego Comic-Con 2024 (SDCC 2024) this Saturday, things are looking mighty good in the universe of Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie Earlier this month, we learned that Deric Augustine (Godfather of Harlem) and television-debuting Patrick Keleher were[...]

As much as we're enjoying covering the filming of the seventh season of Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie, it's going to be weird not to have either the production going on or the actual series itself airing But good things come to those faithful fans like all of you who are patiently waiting,[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? ABC's The Rookie, DC Studios' Waller, FX's American Horror Story, TBS's AEW Dynamite, Netflix's Stranger Things 5, NBA/Warner Bros Discovery, FX's Shōgun, Netflix's Cobra Kai, FX's Alien: Earth, HBO's True Detective, Max's Peacemaker, Crunchyroll, Paramount+'s Frasier, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Emmy Awards noms, James Gunn/DCU, DC Studios' Lanterns, Prime Video's The Boys, DC Studios' Superman, Stephen Colbert/GRRM,[...]

It's a weird thing when it comes to covering Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie On one hand, we're thrilled that filming for Season 7 is underway because it gives us a chance to cover it during the summer months On the other hand, we have to wait until ABC's 2025[...]

Let me start off this update on Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie with an apology With everything going on this week with the release of the San Diego Comic-Con 2024 (SDCC 2024) schedule and the Television Critics Association (TCA) Summer Press Event, we've had about twelve metaphorical plates spinning at the[...]

When we first learned that Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie wouldn't be back for its seventh season, ABC made sure the fans knew that they plan on giving the series a big PR push between now and when it hits screens in 2025 (more on that below) With filming currently underway[...]

Entertainment's Watchmen: Chapter 1, TBS's AEW Dynamite, Apple TV+'s For All Mankind, ABC's The Rookie, Stephanie Vaquer/WWE, NBA/Warner Bros Discovery, SpectreVision Radio, Prime Video's Criminal, Prime Video/SDCC 2024, One Piece/SDCC 2024, Max's Kite Man, Hell Yeah!, NBC's Night Court, "Star Trek" Universe/SDCC 2024, Doctor Who/Big Finish, LiSA/SDCC 2024, Prime Video's The Boys, Apple TV+'s Severance, Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, and more! Images/Screencaps: Warner[...]

When you're Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie and you're heading into your seventh season, you understand how important it is to make sure that the show lives up to its name by actually having rookies to spotlight With Lisseth Chavez's Celina Juarez having done the time to move beyond the title,[...]

Japan's Suicide Squad ISEKAI, UK General Election, Prime Video's Sausage Party: Footopia, Michael Connelly/"Ballard" Series, Netflix's Vikings: Valhalla, ESPN's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, Arrow/The CW, TBS's AEW Dynamite, ABC's The Rookie, President Joe Biden/ABC News, Prime Video's The Boys, Disney+'s The Acolyte, and more! Images/Screencaps: Prime Video, WBTV, Max, Warner Bros[...]

Though the seventh season won't be hitting screens until 2025 (with ABC using the extra time to further promote the show – more on that in a minute), filming on series creator Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie is already well underway Thankfully, we've had Fillion, Winter, O'Neil, Mekia Cox, and others[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Crunchyroll's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Prime Video's The Boys, CNN Biden/Trump Debate, BBC/Transformers Earthspark, FX's What We Do in the Shadows, Crunchyroll's My Hero Academia, TNT's AEW Rampage, Netflix's Masters of the Universe, Netflix's KAOS, Netflix's That '90s Show, ABC's The Rookie, Dropout's Monét's Slumber Party, Disney+'s Agatha All Along, Netflix's Cobra Kai, Disney+'s The Acolyte,[...]

The last time we checked in on how things were going with the 2025-debuting seventh season of series creator Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie, Winter was discussing how the prospect of his Tim Bradford and O'Neil's Lucy Chen eventually becoming romantically involved was something he "never" expected and how he credited[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Disney+'s The Acolyte, Rob McElhenney, Ryan Reynolds & Dolly Parton; IATSE/AMPTP, Dijak/WWE, HBO's Lanterns, Biden/Trump CNN Debate 2024, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog/The Daily Show, ABC's The Rookie, DC Studios' Superman, NBC's Night Court, Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman, Paramount+'s Frasier, AEW/WWE, Max/Hulu's Suicide Squad ISEKAI, Apple TV+'s Disclaimer, Hulu's Hit-Monkey, Paramount+ with[...]

Though the seventh season won't be hitting ABC screens until 2025, filming on series creator Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie is already underway – which means we get to enjoy part of our collective summer having some fun with updates on how filming is going It also means that the[...]

Even though series creator Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie won't be returning to ABC screens until 2025, filming on Season 7 officially got underway last week That good news came courtesy of Winter, who shared a look at himself with O'Neil, Hawley, Richard T Jones, and Mekia Cox, taking part in[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Crunchyroll's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Max's Kite Man: Hell Yeah!, BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, NBC's V, Prime Video's The Boys, FX's Shōgun, ABC's The Rookie, Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, Paramount+ with Showtime's Dexter: Original Sin, TBS's AEW Dynamite/AEW Collision, Peacock's Twisted Metal, DC Studios' Superman,[...]

Earlier this year, fans of series creator Alexi Hawley's Nathan Fillion, Eric Winter, and Melissa O'Neil-starring The Rookie got the good news that the series would be back for a seventh season A month later, the other shoe dropped when ABC confirmed that the series wouldn't be returning until midseason – 2025 (more on that in a[...]