I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait for the new seasons of Will Trent and The Rookie. And today, ABC finally announced when those shows and a few others will be back.
The big news is that American Idol is starting earlier in the year, will only air one night, and the contestants are not going to Hollywood for the second part of televised auditions. Instead, they are going to Nashville for one round.
Do I smell a 9-1-1: Nashville/American Idol crossover episode in the works? I wouldn’t be surprised if that is in the works.
And talking about in the works, Scrubs is no longer in that stage and returns to ABC, after a 15-year break, on February 25th with back-to-back episodes.
Superman comes out on July 11th, but James Gunn is already prepping for the sequel.
How? He wants to bring back either Nathan Fillion, Skyler Gisondo, or Beck Bennett. But he can’t decide which. So, he had them participate in a bald off.
David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult put bald caps on the three actors, and then Anthony Carrigan had to pick who would be in Superman 2 and who wouldn’t be.
Who will be flying with the Man of Steel? Becks beat out Jimmy Olsen and the Green Lantern.
Before Nathan Fillion was saving people who were being held hostage on The Rookie, he was being held hostage on One Life to Live. He looks the same now as he did when he was 22 in that 1994 episode.
I don’t know about you, but I have been missing The Rookie and Will Trent, and I want to know when they are going to be back. Well, today, ABC announced their midseason lineup, so now we know.
ABC MIDSEASON PRIMETIME SCHEDULE PREMIERE DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS (all times listed are Eastern/Pacific).
DAY TIME SERIES
THURSDAY, JAN 2
8:00 p.m. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (Series Premiere)
9:00 p.m. “Only Murders in the Building” (Broadcast Season Two Premiere – two hours)
SUNDAY, JAN 5
7:00 p.m. “AFV” (Midseason Return)
8:00 p.m. The Wonderful World of Disney
TUESDAY, JAN 7
8:00 p.m. “Will Trent” (Season Three Premiere)
9:00 p.m. “High Potential” (Midseason Return)
10:00 p.m. “The Rookie” (Season Seven Premiere)
WEDNESDAY, JAN 8
8:00 p.m. “Shifting Gears” (Series Premiere)
8:30 p.m. “Abbott Elementary” (Midseason Return)
9:02 p.m. “Celebrity Jeopardy!” (Season Three Premiere)
10:02 p.m. “What Would You Do?” (Midseason Return)
FRIDAY, JAN 17
8:00 p.m. “Shark Tank” (Midseason Return)
THURSDAY, JAN 30
9:00 p.m. “Scamanda” (Series Premiere)
10:00 p.m. “Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini”
The Rookie won’t be back until 2025. Today, we learned that not everyone in the season 6 finale will be returning.
TV Line reports that Tru Valentino, who played Aaron Thorsen, has left the series after three seasons.
Thorsen was a TikTok star who was wrongfully accused of murder. After he is found innocent, he decides to become a police officer. After a rough start, he is finally accepted by his co-workers.
Last season, he was shot on the job. Even though he survived, he has had problems acclimating back to the job. So he starts seeing a psychiatrist who has ties to a very bad criminal.
Is she the cause of his character leaving the shoe? We will have to wait until the New Year to find out.
