With seven seasons out and another on the way, Alexi Hawley's ABC drama "The Rookie" is one of the many seasoned and successful police procedurals of recent years. It may also very well continue to increase in prominence, considering star Nathan Fillion's high-profile gig as the angry Green Lantern Guy Gardner in "Superman."

On "The Rookie," Fillion's John Nolan is considerably better coiffed than his DC Universe character – but also considerably lower in crime-fighting pecking order. In his mid-40s, Nolan unexpectedly finds his calling as a law enforcement officer and starts a new career in the LAPD, despite being decades older than most other rookies on the force. The rest of the show is structured around this likable character and his surprisingly inspiring career path, and as the se

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