‘The Rookie’ Gets Musical in Bloopers — Plus Scoop on Chenford, More in Season 7 (VIDEO)
What better way to celebrate The Rookie finally returning, with its seventh season premiere just over a month away (January 7, 2025), than with the cast having fun? To promote the upcoming return, ABC has put together some of the show’s best blooper reels, and TV Insider can exclusively unveil the latest one. (The first one was on Nathan Fillion’s Instagram, and the next will be on Eric Winter’s.)
Watch the cast getting musical behind the scenes in the full video above.
“Our cast is such a joy – and they have such a good time on set – it just felt fun to show that side to everyone. And we happened to have a backlog of bloopers from several of our past seasons,” executive producer Alexi Hawley tells us. “It’s also the first time we haven’t aired in the fall and we’re all feeling that absence. So this was a way we could bring the show back into people’s lives while they wait for the first episode to air in January.”
Season 6 left off with three well-known enemies, Monica (Bridget Regan), Oscar (Matthew Glave), and Jason (Steve Kazee), on the run—and therefore threats to our characters. A few weeks will have passed between seasons in-show for The Rookie when Season 7 premieres. That’s “time for Nolan’s [Nathan Fillion] injury to heal enough for him to come back to work — although whether he’s fully ready is part of the storytelling in Episode 1,” teases Hawley. “Our fugitives are still at large when we come back, and we won’t find resolution right away (although there will be some false alarms along the way).”
The executive producer likens the premiere to “a bit of a purposeful re-pilot. We’re introducing two new rookies [played by Deric Augustine and Patrick Keleher] — which means our front row in roll call will now be full for the first time since Season 3. We definitely came into this season determined to keep moving forward, telling new stories, shaking things up where we could, while keeping the show as fun to watch as ever.”
Also a mix of the old and new? What’s to come for exes Tim (Eric Winter) and Lucy (Melissa O’Neil). “By the end of last season, Tim and Lucy had worked through a lot of the emotional damage Tim caused by blowing up their relationship. It was important to us to come into Season 7 with a sense of positivity, of them having gotten to a place where the old dynamics could start to kick back in — while they try and navigate whether there’s a way back to what they had,” previews Hawley.
What are you hoping to see in Season 7? Let us know in the comments section below.
The Rookie, Season 7 Premiere, Tuesday, January 7, 2025, 10/9c, ABC
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I just want Chenford back as a couple 😭💔 It’s really a torture 😭 They belongs together! Tim and Lucy are meant for each other.
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Definitely need Chenford back! I understand why he ended things and wanting to be better and in a healthier place for her, but man. Would love to see them together working through it all together, seeing Tim let those walls down with Lucy. Super excited to see the new season and where all the changes in season 6 lead to with Celina moving in with Lucy, Tamara moving out, Wopez and their expanding family, the friendship dynamics becoming closer, and Thorsen’s exit from the show! Until then, I’ll just keep binging the rookie!
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Definitely want Chenford back!!!!!
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I want Chenford back!
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Tim and Lucy should get back together
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I think Tim and Lucy should get together! It gives hope for people that two people can still make it work in stressful situations, and that they can work things out, together, as adult partners should. Would love to see Bailey and Nolan through a pregnancy and being parents. Love all the characters as well. I LOVE how Gray and Nolan became friends as the season progressed.
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Hope Chenford gets their act(s) together in this upcoming season. I hope the new personnel can keep up with the old personnel. Hoping the bad guys don't give our people a very hard time this coming season. I'm hoping Nolan and wife are pregnant to give Nolan a kick in their pants. Just looking forward to the new season finally.
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