The Rookie has kicked off filming for Season 7 . However, we'll still have to wait quite a while for it, because the ABC procedural won’t be returning until January 2025 at the earliest. Even though the new season is still months away, new details are emerging and it should make fans so excited, because the series will be going back to its old ways.
Like most shows during the 2023-24 season, The Rookie only had 10 episodes for its most recent season due to the strikes. When the series returns next year, it will have an 18-episode season with no breaks. Due to this, the storytelling will be going back to normal, as creator and showrunner Alexi Hawley told TVLine : I do think we’ll go back to being more of a standalone show with serialized elements, because it’s going to be a longer season and I think people really do like that.
Also, there are the many different ways we tell stories — whether it’s the big event-type episodes, the more rom-com episodes, or with a big guest star — so it’ll be fun to go back to that. As Hawley said, since there are so many ways to tell a story, being able to focus on different elements and possibly having just one or two big stories throughout the whole season will be nice. Plus, going back to "more of a standalone show" will give them the opportunity to tell all sorts of stories that involve different combinations of characters and all kinds of situations.
Basically, the possibilities are endless. It's likely the series will be foc.