Nellie Andreeva

1 day ago | yahoo.com | Nellie Andreeva

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the Season 7 finale of ABC’s The Rookie. Chenford is (almost) back together. After a season of post-breakup heartache, casual hookups and truth serum-induced confessions, The Rookie‘s fan favorite couple took a giant step to reconciliation in the finale, which only physical exhaustion prevented from completion.

1 day ago | deadline.com | Nellie Andreeva

Along with shepherding his ABC hit starring Nathan Fillion, series creator/executive producer Alexi Hawley has been developing a new spinoff series for the network. As Deadline reported exclusively in December, the project, written by Hawley, is set in Washington state and follows a male cop who is stepping into a new phase of life in his second act. During an interview tied to the Season 7 finale o f The Rookie, Hawley gave Deadline an update on the potential spinoff.

1 day ago | yahoo.com | Nellie Andreeva

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysAlong with shepherding his ABC hit The Rookie starring Nathan Fillion, series creator/executive producer Alexi Hawley has been developing a new spinoff series for the network.

1 day ago | deadline.com | Nellie Andreeva

The week leading to the upfronts, ABC ordered its first pilot for the season, the hourlong from Elementary creator Rob Doherty based on the 1987 novel Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen. "Our hope is to have that as something we can consider for midseason," Craig Erwich, President, Disney Television Group, told Deadline on the day ABC unveiled its 2025-26 schedule.

1 day ago | deadline.com | Nellie Andreeva

ABC has several veteran drama series on the 2025-26 schedule, Grey's Anatomy, renewed for a record 22nd season, , headed into Season 9, and , into Season 8. As series age, they become more expensive, which means they have to meet a higher performance threshold in order to remain viable. That is usually hard to achieve as shows' audience tends to decline over time. But 9-1-1, The Rookie and Grey's Anatomy have remained strong, which is why there are no current plans for either to end next season.