THE ROOKIE: Creator and executive producer Alexi Hawley gives the scoop on Season 6 and more – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/20/2024
Nathan Fillion in THE ROOKIE - Season 6 - "Strike Back" | ©2024 Disney/Raymond Liu

THE ROOKIE, ABC’s dramedy cop show, premieres its sixth season on Tuesday, February 20. The following week, the series celebrates its milestone 100th episode, which features the wedding of Nathan Fillion’s LAPD rookie-turned-training officer John Nolan to Jenna Dewan’s firefighter Bailey Nune. Series creator/executive producer Alexi Hawley, who wrote and directed Episode 100, “The Hammer,” sits down for a one-on-one interview to discuss THE ROOKIE during ABC’s portion of the Winter 2024 Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour in Pasadena, California. Not many shows make it to one hundred episodes. What does Hawley credit with THE ROOKIE’s longevity? “Nathan Fillion, […]Read On »


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THE ROOKIE: Creator Alexi Hawley on Season 2 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/10/2020
Richard T. Jones as Sergeant Wade Grey, Alyssa Diaz as Angela Lopez, Nathan Fillion as John Nolan, Eric Winter as Tim Bradford, Melissa O'Neil as Lucy Chen, and Titus Makin Jr. as Jackson West in THE ROOKIE - Season 2 | ©2020 ABC/Andrew Eccles

In Season 2 of THE ROOKIE, Sunday nights on ABC, Nathan Fillion’s title character, John Nolan, continues his education as the oldest rookie in the LAPD. This season, he’s got a new training officer, Nyla Harper (played by Mekia Cox), a former undercover officer. Harper was written in after Afton Williamson, who played the rookie’s previous training officer Talia Bishop, left the series complaining of sexual harassment by a guest actor and a crew member. Other changes on THE ROOKIE involve Nolan’s fellow trainee Lucy Chen (Melissa O’Neil) surviving being kidnapped and buried alive by a serial killer, Lucy’s training […]Read On »


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THE ROOKIE: Creator Alexi Hawley on his new Nathan Fillion series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/22/2019
Nathan Fillion is John Nolan in THE ROOKIE - Season 1 | ©2019 ABC/Ed Herrera

ABC’s first-season Tuesday-night drama THE ROOKIE is based on a real person. Like Nathan Fillion’s character, John Nolan, a man in his forties who’d already had a career came from a small town in the Eastern U.S. to join the Los Angeles Police Department. Who is the real person? “I can’t tell you that,” says THE ROOKIE creator/executive producer Alexi Hawley. “He’s on the job, and he has only been on the job for a few years, and he is very focused on being a successful police officer.” Giving the officer’s real name, Hawley explains, could jeopardize the man’s job, […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 11 – “The Fight in the Fixer”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 08/30/2016
TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, Michaela Conlin, Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz in BONES - Season 10 | ©2014 Fox/Brian Bowen Smith

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Boyd, Brian Klugman, Sara Rue, Alyssa Diaz Writer: Joe Hortua, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Silver Tree Network: Fox Network, Thursdays @ 8 PM Airdate: May 12, 2016 The BONES Season 11 episode has the usual mash-ups of primary mystery and secondary subplots, but the latter seem a tad half-hearted here. Perhaps the most enjoyable aspect of the episode is simply seeing Hodgins (TJ Thyne) returning to his old enthusiasm for lab experiments. An experiment is called for […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SHARK NIGHT 3D

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/05/2011
SHARK NIGHT movie poster | ©2011 Rogue

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Chris Carmack, Katherine McPhee, Chris Zylka, Alyssa Diaz, Joel David Moore, Sinqua Walls, Donal Logue, Joshua Leonard Writers: Will Hayes and Jesse Studenberg Director: David R. Ellis Distributor: Rogue Release Date: September 2, 2011 First, a word about the title of SHARK NIGHT 3D. The movie is not necessarily in 3D. It is showing at a number of locations in the less pricey regular format. There are a few shots (mostly of bits of timber and objects flying through the air post-explosion) where it’s plain to see they’re designed for 3D, but on […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from the SHARK NIGHT 3D Cast and Crew Screening

By SUE SCHNEIDER 09/04/2011
Sara Paxton an Alyssa Diaz at the Cast & Crew Screening for Relativity Media's SHARK NIGHT 3D | ©2011 Sue Schneider

Relativity Media held the Cast and Crew Screening of SHARK NIGHT 3D on September 1st at the Universal Theaters, Universal City Walk in Universal City, Hollywood. It was a small event, but still fans lined Citywalk to get an autograph and screamed when the stars arrived. Seen walking the red carpet were the stars of the film, which included: Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Sinqua Walls, Alyssa Diaz, Chris Zylka, Chris Carmack, Joel David Moore, Mike Fleiss (Producer) and Will Hayes (Writer). Joining them were guests, which included: Cory Monteith, Rachel Fox and Alec Le Bas. SHARK NIGHT 3D is now […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING – Season 1 – “Nothing Compares 2 U”

By SEAN ELLIOTT 07/27/2011
Grey Damon and David S. Lee in THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING - Season 1 - "Nothing Compares 2 U" | ©2011 ABC Family/Bruce Birmelin

Stars: Skyler Samuels, Amy Peitz, Grey Damon, Grace Phipps, Benjamin Stone, Alyssa Diaz, Ki Hong Lee Writer: Yolanda E. Lawrence based on the novels by Liz Braswell Director: Joe Lazarov Network: ABC Family, airs Tuesday nights Original Telecast: July 19, 2011 It’s date night on THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING with the episode “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Both Chloe (Skyler Samuels) and her mom, Meredith (Amy Pietz) are prepping for big important moves forward in their lives. Meredith is going out on her first official date with a man she worked with on a project and Chloe is going […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from the CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER 07/26/2011
Chris Evans and Hayley Atwell at the premiere of CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER | ©2011 Sue Schneider

Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures held the World Premiere of CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER at the El Capitan Theater on July 19th. The carpet was red and white, and at the end of the carpet before the stars of the film and guests walked into the theater was the CAPTAIN AMERICA shield. The premiere was sponsored by Harley-Davidson, and where I was they had a white Harley that the stars autographed when they walked on the carpet.  In the film, CAPTAIN AMERICA rides a Harley-Davidson WLA motorcycle.  Also sponsoring was Baskin-Robbins and Dunkin’ Donuts. CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING – Season 1 – “Girls Night Out”

By SEAN ELLIOTT 07/14/2011
Skyler Samuels, Grace Phipps and Floriana Lima in THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING - Season 1 - "Girls Night Out" | ©2011 ABC Family/Bruce Birmelin

Stars: Skyler Samuels, Amy Peitz, Grey Damon, Grace Phipps, Benjamin Stone, Alyssa Diaz, Ki Hong Lee Writer: Ron McGee based on the novels by Liz Braswell Director: Norman Buckley Network: ABC Family, airs Tuesday nights Original Telecast: July 12, 2011 It can be said that a lot of the ABC Family genre style shows have the same feel and texture to them. They have young casts and deal with all manner of problems from family drama to growing up to friend drama to those dreaded parental sex talks. Of course, all of that is taking place against a backdrop of […]Read On »


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Profile: Benjamin Stone is THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING’s sexy cat-lad

By SEAN ELLIOTT 07/12/2011
Benjamin Stone in THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING - Season 1 | ©2011 ABC Family/Andrew Eccles

THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING is a new genre series on ABC Family. The show has been compared to TV that has come before it such as BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER or THE VAMPIRE DIARES. Chloe King (Skyle Samuels) is a girl who finds out on her 16th birthday that she’s not entirely human, and is actually part of a race of catlike people called the My. One of Chloe’s defenders is her classmate Alk Petrov (Benjamin Stone) who is also a My, and has the same claws and superhuman abilities as Chloe. ASSIGNMENT X had the chance to […]Read On »


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