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This ABC drama has been a middle-of-the-road performer in the ratings but has managed to secure a renewal each year. Could the ratings take off this time around or, could this be the year that its luck runs out? Will The Rookie be cancelled or renewed for season five? 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, and Mekia Cox. As the story begins, John Nolan (Fillion) is a middle-aged divorced man from Pennsylvania. He owns a construction company but 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 and becomes the oldest rookie on the force. He works with Sergeant Wade Grey (Jones), Detective Angela Lopez (Diaz), training officers Nyla Harper (Cox) and Tim Bradford (Winter), and fellow rookie Lucy Chen (O’Neil).
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 for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
5/16 update: You can see the latest night’s ratings in context.
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For comparisons: Season three of The Rookie on ABC averaged a 0.49 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 3.73 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 The Rookie TV series on ABC? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a fifth season?
*3/31/22 update: The Rookie has been renewed for a fifth season on ABC.
I don’t mean to beat a dead horse, but I watched the second show of the spinoff show FBI Rookie. I will say it again the leading woman is a terrible actress and doesn’t look or act like an FBI agent. If she is trying to act funny it is not, it is annoying. I still believe the new show will be a disaster. More race stuff with her father is also not needed.
Very glad the show was renewed. I watched, recorded, the show when the oldest FBI recruit was in the show. Are you kidding me, the FBI female acted no more like an FBI agent than my little toe. Her acting was terrible, does not look, act or talk like anyone the FBI would hire. I the producers are trying to have another show with a person of color, choose a female like the black female agent on the show FBI. She looks, talks and acts like a REAL agent. If this spin off show is produced I believe it won’t… Read more »
Stopped watching cause of the forced romance between Bradford and Chen. Not surprised ratings are going down. The whole kiss was like a scene out of high school.
Please watch the rookie this Sunday. you won’t regret it because it’s a good show and it’s funny too. also, my favorite character are Tim and Lucy still because they are cute together.
Please renew do not think of canceling!!!
Very glad to read that the show has been renewed. Enjoy it every week.
I am very proud of the show. I still can’t believe it will stay on abc for another season. thank you abc for the renewed. have a nice day.
I can’t wait to watch the rookie next Sunday. I am very excited to watch the episode. please watch it.