A staple on Sunday nights, The Rookie doesn’t usually perform very well in the traditional ratings (a 10 PM timeslot doesn’t help), but picks up a lot of viewers in delayed viewing across ABC’s linear and digital platforms. The show’s also now been sold in syndication. Could The Rookie be cancelled, or is it sure to be renewed for season six? Stay tuned. *Status Update Below.
A police drama series, The Rookie TV show stars Nathan Fillion, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, Melissa O’Neil, Eric Winter, Mekia Cox, Shawn Ashmore, and Tru Valentino. Lisseth Chavez recurs. John Nolan (Fillion) is a middle-aged divorced man from Pennsylvania who owns a construction company. He decides to give up his old life to pursue a new career as a police officer in the Los Angeles Police Department. He graduates from the Police Academy, is the oldest rookie on the force, and eventually becomes a training officer. He works with Sergeant Wade Grey (Jones), Detective Angela Lopez (Diaz), training officers Nyla Harper (Cox) and Tim Bradford (Winter), fellow rookie Lucy Chen (O’Neil), and the station’s newest rookie, Aaron Thorsen (Valentino).
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s chances of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances of survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
5/3 update: You can see the latest night’s ratings in context.
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For comparisons: Season four of The Rookie on ABC averaged a 0.36 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 3.18 million viewers.
Note: These are the final national ratings, including all live+same day viewing and DVR playback (through 3:00 AM). Early fast affiliate ratings (estimates) are indicated with an “*”. While these numbers don’t include further delayed or streaming viewing, they are a very good indicator of how a show is performing, especially when compared to others on the same channel. There can be other economic factors involved in a show’s fate, but typically the higher-rated series are renewed and the lower-rated ones are cancelled.
What do you think? Do you like The Rookie TV series on ABC? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a sixth season?
*4/18/23 update: The Rookie has been renewed for a sixth season by ABC.
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