The Rookie showrunner confirms season 7’s timeline following the ending of season 6. The Rookie is an ABC police procedural series about a man named John Nolan who ambitiously starts anew, following his dream to become an LAPD officer, after a significant life event. The Rookie began airing in 2018 and features a leading cast including Nathan Fillion, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, and Melissa O’Neil.
As per TV Insider, The Rookie’s Alexi Hawley described when season 7 will pick up in the timeline. Check out the full quote from Hawley below:
I don’t think so. I found out around the upfronts when they make those decisions, but I don’t think it needs to interrupt—I mean, it’s not a cliffhanger per se. We don’t have to come back the second after we left, which is kind of what we had to do going into Season 6. But it’s within a week or two that we’ll come back, time-wise.
I think we’re doing 18 [episodes]. I actually feel like I heard that everybody’s doing 18 this year. So my understanding is that except for maybe a State of the Union, we’ll be 18 in a row, we will be on every week, which is great. I’d love that. Obviously it’s early days and stuff might happen, but I get why to a certain extent why we’re waiting until [midseason]. A lot of it does have to do with the election. Tuesday nights of an election year are heavy preemptions, and everybody wants to protect the shows, which I appreciate. So yeah, we’ll be ready and it’s going to be great.
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Source: TV Insider
