In March 2022, the series was renewed for a fifth season. In May 2021, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on September 26, 2021. The third season ran from January 3 to May 16, 2021. The second season ran from September 29, 2019, to May 10, 2020. The first season ran until April 16, 2019. The Rookie premiered on October 16, 2018. Jones, Titus Makin Jr., Mercedes Mason, Melissa O'Neil, Afton Williamson, Mekia Cox, Shawn Ashmore and Eric Winter. The series stars Nathan Fillion, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. The series is produced by ABC Studios and Entertainment One it is based on real-life Los Angeles Police Department officer William Norcross, who moved to Los Angeles in 2015 and joined the department in his mid-40s. The series follows John Nolan, a man in his forties, who becomes the oldest rookie at the Los Angeles Police Department. The Rookie is an American police procedural crime drama television series created for ABC by Alexi Hawley.
