EXCLUSIVE: ABC‘s hit procedural The Rookie may spawn a second spinoff series — and unlike the first one, it would stay in the cop show arena.
The network, Lionsgate Television and 20th Television are in early development on the offshoot, written by The Rookie creator Alexi Hawley, sources tell Deadline.
Set in Washington state, the potential spinoff follows a male cop who is stepping into a new phase of life in his second act.
It keeps the major midlife change concept of the Los Angeles-set original series, which started off with Nathan Fillion‘s John Nolan switching careers to become the oldest rookie in the LAPD.
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