Overview
- Production on Season 9 began in late July and Nathan Fillion is scheduled to join the cast on set imminently.
- Creator Alexi Hawley confirmed the season will open with a two-part, high-stakes premiere that will air in January.
- ABC will launch The Rookie: North as a midseason spinoff led by Jay Ellis with Nathan Fillion confirmed to cross over and serving as an executive producer.
- The Season 8 cliffhanger that left Tim Bradford and Lucy Chen abducted remains the driving plot for Season 9 and will factor into decisions about character appearances across both shows.
- Producers say crossovers will be planned sparingly because the parent series films around Los Angeles while North is set and shot in the Pacific Northwest which creates logistical limits and makes each crossover intended to be impactful.