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The actor accused of sexual misconduct by former The Rookie star Afton Williamson has spoken out personally three days after being cleared in an investigation by producers eOne. Westworld alum Demetrius Grosse took to social media tonight in his first direct public statement since being implicated with harassment by…

Less than six weeks after Afton Williamson revealed on social media that she left ABC's The Rookie over sexual harassment and racial discrimination incidents, producer eOne today released the results of its investigation to what happened on the LAPD drama starring Nathan Fillion. “As a result of the independent…

EXCLUSIVE: We’re also hearing that Nathan Fillion will be starring in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad at Warner Bros. The actor’s role is being kept under wraps. Fillion has a long history of working with Gunn: He played the voice of a monstrous inmate in Guardians of the Galaxy, Bill Pardy in Gunn’s 2006 horror comedy…

Cop drama The Rookie will be hitting the streets of L.A. again for ABC. Heading into next week’s Upfronts, the Disney-owned network has decided to renew the Nathan Fillion led series for a second season. The pick-up for another cycle comes as ratings have been strong-ish for the show. The Rookie has averaged a 1.4…

ABC has picked up seven additional episodes of its new cop dramedy series The Rookie, bringing its freshman-season order to 20 episodes. This is considered a full-season order by ABC as The Rookie launched almost a month after the start of the broadcast season. Toplined by Castle star Nathan Fillion, ABC's The…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about the pilot episode of The Rookie. At the beginning of ABC’s new cop drama The Rookie, Nathan Fillion’s character John Nolan is going through a divorce and is on a journey of self-discovery after 40. He asks “Who am I?” to a bank manager/friend. She answers, “The…

British pay-TV giant Sky and French commercial broadcaster M6 are among the broadcasters in 160 territories that have picked up Nathan Fillion cop drama The Rookie ahead of its ABC debut. Producer and distributor Entertainment One (eOne) has closed the deals ahead of its TX on October 16. NBCUniversal International…

"Kneeling is a stunt for me," 47-year-old Nathan Fillion told TV critics at TCA of the rigors of starring in ABC's new cop drama The Rookie. Written by former Castle executive producer/co-showrunner Alexi Hawley, The Rookie stars Fillion as John Nolan, a guy who leaved his comfy small-town life after a divorce and…

The film adaptation of Uncharted has been in development purgatory for some time now, but that hasn’t stopped Nathan Fillion from taking matters into his own hands. The Firefly alum collaborated with filmmaker Allan Ungar on a live-action fan film based on the popular video game series. Fans have said that Fillion…

This year’s Upfront Week always was going to be challenging, what with many of the most buzzed-about “new” series for next season having already debuted years (or decades) ago and corporate overlords consigning broadcasters to the back half of presentations in which hitting the two-hour mark means death. NBC believes…

Castle star Nathan Fillion is officially back on ABC with a new light crime drama series. The network has given a formal series order to Fillion’s pilot The Rookie, from former Castle executive producer/co-showrunner Alexi Hawley, Entertainment One and ABC Studios. It marks the second new ABC series picked up for next…

Firefly star Nathan Fillion wants his new TV series The Rookie to reach the same "high bar" as Joss Whedon's fan favorite as he embarks on his debut exec producer role. Fillion, who also starred in ABC procedural Castle, tells Deadline that he is "certainly more invested" in the Mark Gordon Company and ABC…