The Rookie Eyes Second Spinoff at ABC

Rebecca Iannucci

December 5, 2024 at 1:30 p.m.·1 min read

The Rookie-verse could be expanding once again.

A potential second spinoff of ABC’s cop procedural The Rookie is in early development at the network, TVLine has confirmed.

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Details are currently scarce, but the possible offshoot will be set in Washington state and will follow a male cop who is stepping into a new phase of life in his second act.

The Rookie creator Alexi Hawley is attached to write and exec-produce the new spinoff, while Rookie star Nathan Fillion is also among the project’s executive producers. Lionsgate Television and 20th Television will co-produce.

The Rookie previously spun off the Niecy Nash-Betts-led series The Rookie: Feds, which followed an ensemble of FBI agents and debuted in September 2022. It was ultimately cancelled at ABC after just one season.

The mothership series, meanwhile, is poised to return for its seventh season on Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 10/9c. (See ABC’s full midseason schedule here.) And The Rookie isn’t the only ABC series widening its scope: Another spinoff of first responder drama 9-1-1 is in the works; here’s everything we know so far about the project.

Our sister site Deadline was first to report the Rookie news. Are you interested in another spinoff attempt? Hit the comments!

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