2 weeks ago
ABC‘s The Rookie continues to defy its age, posting a year-to-year viewership bump pinch its Season 8 finale. The action-packed May 5 closer, which delivered an epic Chenford proposal years successful nan making followed by a shocking twist, delivered 9.25 cardinal full viewers successful Nielsen National Live+7 Day Big Data Plus Panel programme ratings crossed linear and streaming.
That was up +4% from nan Season 7 finale (8.93 cardinal connected 5/13/25) and capped a three-week streak of viewership increases to log nan series’ largest assemblage successful complete 3 months (since 1/26/26) aft 7 days of viewing connected ABC, Hulu, Hulu connected Disney+ and integer platforms.
The Rookie Season 8 finale besides earned a bid streaming precocious complete 7 days and changeable to a play precocious successful Adults 18-49 pinch a 2.1 standing (L+7).
The finale wrapped different beardown play for The Rookie, whose maturation post-pandemic erstwhile nan patrol show was discovered and embraced by a wide assemblage continues. 2025-26 was nan 4th consecutive play that The Rookie went up successful some full viewers (9.04 cardinal vs. 8.19 million) and Adults 18-49 (2.05 standing vs. 1.59 rating) complete nan 21/22 season, based connected multiplatform viewing complete 7 days connected ABC, Hulu, Hulu connected Disney+ and integer platforms.
In different Season 8 highlights, nan opener (9.35 cardinal full viewers connected 1/6/26) earned nan show’s champion multiplatform assemblage for a premiere successful complete six years (since 9/29/19) and scored nan champion premiere section ever for nan bid connected streaming.
The Rookie, starring Nathan Fillion, besides continues to beryllium a deed pinch young viewers aft becoming a viral deed connected TikTok. It is nan No. 1 broadcast play among Adults 18-34 and nan No. 1 bid wide among Teens 12-17, based connected Nielsen’s competitory multiplatform measurement complete 7 days.
The bid will return for play 9 successful 2027, joined pinch nan precocious ordered The Rookie: North spinoff starring Jay Ellis.
