Though Castle did very well for ABC in the ratings, Nathan Fillion’s latest series, The Rookie, struggled in its first season and could have been cancelled. ABC renewed the series but moved it to Sunday nights. Will the ratings improve in year two? Will The Rookie be cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned. *Status update below.
A police drama, The Rookie TV show stars Nathan Fillion, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, Titus Makin Jr., Melissa O’Neil, and Eric Winter. The series follows the experiences of John Nolan (Fillion), 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), training officers Angela Lopez (Diaz) and Tim Bradford (Winter), and fellow rookies Jackson West (Makin Jr.) and Lucy Chen (O’Neil). As season two begins, John is six months into his career as a cop and is put to the test by new challenges, romantic relationships, and potentially deadly situations.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly in the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/11 update: You can see the latest night’s ratings in context.
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For comparisons: Season one of The Rookie on ABC averaged a 0.73 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 4.17 million viewers.
Note: These are the final national numbers (unless noted with an “*”). These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you like the The Rookie TV series on ABC? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a third season?
*5/21/20 update: The Rookie has been renewed for a third season on ABC.
I hope it continues, although I do not like the Sunday evening time slot. Love the characters.
I love this show and everyone who stars in it please keep it on
Love this show , keep it going ….please !
I love the Rookie and Nathan Fillion. He has lost too much weight. I loved him the way he was!! It is a great show please don’t cancel it.
I love the Rookie. Good clean cop show. It seems as though there are too many dirty cop shows. It’s good to highlight cops that are tough, compassionate and follow the laws to do so. It also shows how difficult it is to be a good cop and live with what is necessary to get the job done. I really hope to see it for many years to come. Dang it’s just getting warmed up.
Really enjoy the show. Please renew. One of a very few we watch religiously.
Can’t get enough of that Nathan Fillion! Love The Rookie PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don’t cancel it!! It is an excellent show, very good writing, storylines and excellent acting / actors!! it’s one of the best newer shows that are on TV right now and I’ll be very disappointed if they cancel the show!!! Loved Castle, miss watching it and catch the reruns when I can, on Saturday late nights.
LOVE this show, Fillion looks great too! Please don’t take it off!!!!
Love the show. Please don’t cancel it and please recognize that most people DVR a show. Don’t assume no one
is watching, because it’s not watched live. Please, ABC, stop canceling good shows. You do it all the time.
Love it!!!!!
I love this show. too many stupid reality shows on. I am disappointed it is on sundays now as that is not a very popular time slot and I don’t think it’s giving the show a fair shot
Personally I like everything Nathan Dillon does…Firefly will always be my favorite. In the season 2 opener it’s obvious he’s dropped some noticeable weight…a tad too much in his face for my taste….. I love the Rookie….my concern is we went through an entire first season…now season 2 has started and they’re only 6 months into their rookie year….1 week in Hollywood must last months in the real world. I didn’t like it being on Monday night at 19 because ABC has the Good Doctor whuch is a huge success but typically Sunday night shows have it hard…especially Sunday nite… Read more »
I love this show. Action and humor make a fun show. I love the actors and I do hope the show keeps on going! Please don’t cancel. (I can’t stand other shows like the Bachelor and Real Wives of whatever, etc.) To me, the Rookie far exceeds those shows in entertainment (and eye candy).
Why do the good shows get cancelled? Also why would you expect the 18 year old age bracket to watch ashow about the oldest rookie. I would think the older crowd would be more intetested.
Yes, my sentiments exactly! They should increase that range to include older people, older people do watch TV you know! Why did they only poll ages 18 – 49?? It makes no sense at all!!
I love the show ( The Rookie ) . I watched nathan in two guys a girl and a pizza place. I watched his spfy show. Castle was the best. But the rookie has good story lines. I love the show. I dont want it cancelled.
I like it enough to watch the next day or two. Don’t look for me on Sunday night, I’m all in on zombies. But yes, I watch it pretty faithfully.
Watch Firefly too if you haven’t yet.