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.
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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.
Love this show
THIS IS MY FAVORITE PROGRAM PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL
Please renew for a season 6. Love this show. Don’t like the firefighter/ Nathan relationship. She needs to go! I loved the Beckett/Castle relationship!
Used to love the show but this season is not good at all with the new rookie…. it’s more like a silly horror film with her psychic feelings…. Every episode now has her predicting thst something is about to happen. Get back to what it used to be..
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One of my favorite shows. Good cast. Sorry the show lowered it’s self with the cross over with Rookie Feds, which I think is a terrible show with bad acting.
100% renewed. The Rookie is my favourite show. I look forward to it every week. And well what can I say #chenford. The chemistry between those two is just magic. All the characters are great really. It’s just a really great show.
Love the Rookie, great cast led by Nathan. I feel it would do better and generate more viewers and higher ratings on a different night and time slot. It needs to be renewed and would provide a gain in viewership if it had a better choice of love interest for Nolan. My opinion is that the current chemistry with the firefighter isn’t what viewers want, need it to be more like Castle with Beckett! Relationship was better with the doctor, who I thought was a better choice and storyline.
Renewed
Loving this season, hope it get renewed.
One of my favorites.
I think it is a great show.
Love the and would love it to be renewed.
How is their rates on the show so far
I absolutely LOVE this show!! Please RENEW!!
thank you so much.
Love this show and love Nathan Fillion.