ABC has lengthened its sentence for “The Rookie: Fed”, adding nine episodes to the spinoff series, bringing its total Season 1 episode count to 22.
The Niece Nash-starring procedural, which is based on the flagship “The Rookie”, debuted on September 27 and increased its rating (from 0.31 to 1.53) five-fold in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic after delays in multiplatform viewing. After a week of linear and digital viewing, its series debut garnered an additional 4 million viewers on top of Nielsen’s live plus a single-day average of 2.2 million.
‘The Rookie: The Fed’ stars Nash as Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI. At the center of the series is his dream to change within the system by taking down the country’s toughest criminals along with his partners Carter Hope (James Lesur), Laura Stenson (Britt Robertson), Matthew Garza (Felix Solis) and Brendan Akers (Kevin). Can bring Zegers). Frankie R. Fayson also starred as Christopher “Cutty” Clark.
Alexi Hawley and Terrence Paul Winter are co-producers, co-showrunners and executive producers. Mark Gordon, Michelle Chapman, Bill Norcross, Corey Miller, Michael Gooey, Bibby Dunn, “The Rookie” star Nathan Fillion and Nash are executive producers. Entertainment One (Even) is the principal studio and international distributor of “The Rookie: Fed”, a co-production with ABC Signature, a part of Disney Television Studios.
In next week’s brand new episode titled “Felicia,” airing October 25 at 10 p.m. ET, Simone and Carter fall into the tropics while hunting a suspect on the run. Simone’s unexpected rendezvous with Dinah (Jessica Bates, Nash’s wife) sparks a crack in the lovable Katy’s love life and the high-end fashion rifts of Elena (Michelle Nunez) uncover an unsolved murder mystery.
