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EXCLUSIVE: Daytime Divas alumna Camille Guaty is set for a multi-episode arc on ABC’s The Rookie. Guaty will play Sandra De la Cruz, a businesswoman with nefarious connections who has been the target of a murder attempt. Her character will be introduced in the Sunday, January 17 episode titled “La Fiera.” Created by…

The fog of reruns from the 2020 holidays has lifted. On Sunday night, networks returned to their regularly scheduled programming (more or less) with a combination of new shows and the return of some favorites. One of the only programs that didn’t take a holiday break was NBC’s Sunday Night Football, which held steady…

EXCLUSIVE: The Rookie is modifying its production schedule after a number of positive Covid-19 tests. Deadline understands that the ABC cop drama is going to reduce the shooting schedule for the rest of December as a result of the new cases, which were discovered through its strict health and safety protocols. The…

Coming off his starring role on the first five seasons of the CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Brandon Routh has joined ABC’s The Rookie for a potential season-long arc. First appearing in Episode 2 of the show’s upcoming third season, Routh will play Doug Stanton, an eleven-year veteran of the LAPD, whose views prove…

The Rookie seeks to challenge the status quo of cop shows when it returns for its its third season in January. During a panel with ABC7’s Mark Brown, creator Alexi Hawley teased what’s to come in the new season and explained how the show will incorporate the ongoing conversations about police brutality sparked by the…

ABC has firmed up its midseason schedule, setting up early 2021 premiere dates for its scripted series. That includes ABC’s returning scripted series and new comedy Call Your Mother, starring Kyra Sedgwick. Call Your Mother and The Rookie, which were originally on ABC’s fall schedule before being pushed, are slated in…

Nathan Fillion has been a mainstay at Comic-Con and other cons for years. In fact, during a Comic-Con@Home panel dedicated to the actor and moderated by The Rookie showrunner Alexi Hawley, a mustachioed Fillion recalls his first Comic-Con being in 2002 when he was a guest of Joss Whedon’s after he first signed on to…

Cop dramas have been under the microscope following the death of George Floyd and the subsequent protests against police brutality. ABC's The Rookie, which stars Nathan Fillion as John Nolan, the oldest rookie in the LAPD, is taking steps to address these issues as it heads into season three. ABC Entertainment…

ABC has renewed 13 more series for 2020-21, eight of them scripted, including freshmen Stumptown and mixed-ish. The broadcast network has picked up American Housewife, black-ish, The Conners, The Goldbergs, A Million Little Things, mixed-ish, The Rookie, Stumptown; reality stalwarts The Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars…

ABC gave us another helping of magic on Sunday with The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II, which won the night delivering a 1.3 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 5.74 million viewers. Its medley of the tunes from the vast Disney music library overtook American Idol (1.0, 6.10M), which usually takes the top spot in…

Easter Sunday was fairly quiet on the TV front, with American Idol leading ratings again. ABC aired the first part of a two-part behind-the-scenes special, which drew a 1.0 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 6.91 million viewers. The show took a two-tenths hit from last week’s episode. Idol served as a lead-in to a…

ABC’s American Idol held steady Sunday with a 1.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 7.20 million viewers, finishing as the night’s top-rated show. The two-hour episode led into The Rookie (0.8, 5.13M), which ticked up from last week and scored the series’ best audience numbers to date. The duo gave ABC the…