Season 7

DO NOT READ THIS POST IF YOU HAVE NOT WHATCHED EPISODE 7 OF THE ROOKIE

I MEAN IT

TURN AWAY NOW

Okay you've watched the episode? Good.

I get the ick from the idea of Seth and Tamara . Idk y I js do. It's weird

I have a thought about the new rookie Seth, just hear me out! Seth and Cable Wright are related somehow and he join the lapd to be close with Lucy and get revenge for Cable. He’s seem so sweet but too sweet and that’s giving me bad vibes. Thoughts and or feeling leave a comment about your theory of Seth

I just finished binging the whole show in about two weeks. And im.now so pumped for Season 7.

Fav charachter is Def Lucy (thought she was the main charachter based on the shorts I had watched)

Fav ship: Obvs Chenford

Fac duo Lopez and Haroer.

🤣 have fun with it ppl

Also what is another show I could watch

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The ABC drama is changing up its regular schedule for the 2024-2025 TV season.

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The Rookie fans, it looks like it may be a little while before we step back into the doors of LAPD Mid-Wilshire.

Just one month after ABC renewed the procedural drama for season 7, the network shocked viewers when they released the official lineup for the Fall 2024 TV season. Amid seeing new seasons of shows like Abbott Elementary, 9-1-1 and Dancing With the Starsall set to air sometime in September, The Rookie season 7 appeared to be nowhere on the list.

Given how the show usually airs new episodes during the same timeframe (except for season 6, due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes), the news had fans wondering what's going on with The Rookie and when they can expect to see a new installment air on ABC.

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Presently, folks can expect The Rookie season 7 to premiere on ABC in January 2025. There's a specific reason behind the surprise move to the midseason, as well as a silver lining for fans of the show.

Despite the confusion over The Rookie season 7's current TV schedule, TVLine provided an explanation for the move to air new episodes in 2025. According to the outlet, the series was held to midseason so that when it does return, it will run consecutively for potentially 18 episodes. This also appears to be the same format ABC is taking with Will Trent, which will air season 3 at the same time as The Rookie.

"The Rookie and Will Trent are two of the cornerstones of our schedule," Craig Erwich, president, Disney Television Group, told the publication about the decision to hold both for midseason. "The Rookie is an amazing story, where at this point in its life cycle it continues to grow. We see not just the current season but past seasons drive a tremendous amount of viewing on Hulu."

“It felt like the best way to platform those shows for success was to launch them in January ... to give these shows an uninterrupted run," he added. "They’re going to go straight through ... and that kind of momentum of original episodes week-in and week-out is just a very powerful engine for both of these shows."

Although it will be some time before we see what happens in The Rookie season 7, we do know LAPD Mid-Wilshire is set for a lot of drama during the season 6 finale, airing Tuesday, May 21 on. Titled "Escape Plan," the logline notes that Sgt. Grey (Richard T. Jones) and his team prepare for their biggest assignment, while Thorsen (Tru Valentino), Lopez (Alyssa Diaz), Celina (Lisseth Chavez), Tim (Eric Winter) and Smitty (Brent Huff) find a surprising connection in their episodes-long case.

Both The Rookie and Will Trent, which air their finales next Tuesday, May 21, won’t return with their new seasons until 2025. But here’s why that’s a good-ish thing for fans of either show.

ABC’s fall schedule for the 2024-25 season features a Tuesday line-up of Dancing With the Stars leading into the new drama High Potential. Neither Will Trent nor The Rookie are anywhere to be seen, held as they both are for “midseason.”

The good news, though, is that once the two dramas return, they’ll do so in non-stop runs (of 18 episodes each, TVLine hears).

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“The Rookie and Will Trent are two of the cornerstones of our schedule,” Craig Erwich, president, Disney Television Group, told TVLine when explaining the decision to hold both for midseason. “The Rookie is an amazing story, where at this point in its life cycle [six seasons in] it continues to grow. We see not just the current season but past seasons drive a tremendous amount of viewing on Hulu.

“And Will Trent is probably one of the bigger breakout dramas of the last two years,” Erwich continued. “It felt like the best way to platform those shows for success was to launch them in January, when we have this huge promotional platform in New Years Rockin’ Eve as well as college sports and Christmas programming, and also to give these shows an uninterrupted run.

“They’re going to go straight through,” with no breaks/reruns, Erwich reiterated, “and that kind of momentum of original episodes week-in and week-out is just a very powerful engine for both of these shows.”