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ABC Moves The Rookie To Mondays Starting Jan. 26

The shift pairs the drama with American Idol to clear Tuesday nights for new series RJ Decker.

Overview

  • Episode 3 will air as scheduled on Tuesday, Jan. 20, before the series relocates to Mondays at 10 p.m. beginning Jan. 26.
  • Episodes 4–18 will run weekly without interruptions through May 4, with next-day streaming available on Hulu.
  • ABC will launch RJ Decker in The Rookie’s former Tuesday 10 p.m. slot on March 3 alongside Will Trent and High Potential.
  • The Season 8 premiere drew 7.88 million viewers across platforms in three days, and it set the series’ biggest streaming premiere based on seven-day views.
  • On Mondays, The Rookie follows American Idol, with NBC’s Brilliant Minds and CBS’s CIA slated as time-slot competition later in the season.