A crossover between 9-1-1 and its spinoff series, Lone Star, more than likely won’t happen again. However, that hasn’t stopped the 118 on the former series from still mixing it up with other show since moving to ABC. Last year, the team took a call at the Bachelor Mansion, coming across Jesse Palmer and Joey Graziadei in the process. Also, the show will cross over with Doctor Odyssey (a fellow Ryan Murphy-produced show) amid the 2025 TV schedule. However, fans have been wanting the show to crossover with The Rookie, and 9-1-1’s Oliver Stark has some fun ideas.
Ever since 9-1-1 moved to ABC, fans have pointed out just how perfect it would be for the show to cross with the Nathan Fillion-led procedural. That's mostly because both shows film and are set in Los Angeles, and it just seems only natural that the firefighters and officers would cross paths every once in a while. Oliver Stark shared the same sentiment while speaking with TV Fanatic, and I couldn’t agree more:
I know we’ve said this before, or I’ve said this in the past, but The Rookie seems like an obvious and easy crossover.
Not only do the two shows take place in the same city, but there have been a few instances where, coincidentally, there was a 118 firetruck glimpsed on The Rookie. Of course, it was likely just pure coincidence, but it would make a potential mashup a bit easier to conceive. As for what could possibly bring the two teams together, Stark had a couple of ideas that are too good and, as a fan of both shows, I would love nothing more than to see both of those scenarios happen:
I believe their show is set in Los Angeles, so that seems to make sense to me that there could be some mass casualty event that all the police stations and all the firehouses are at. Or, a more fun route, I believe they do police versus firefighter football games or whatever. So maybe we rock up on The Rookie and take them down in some sporting event.
Whether it would just be a one-sided crossover or two big episodes is unclear but, either way, it would definitely be fun to see the various characters cross paths. Although the two shows air on different days, if a two-part crossover were the case, ABC could either keep the times as is or perhaps move The Rookie to Thursday or 9-1-1 to Tuesday for one week. Regardless of that, though, Oliver Stark is all in on a crossover. That is, as long as the 118 don’t lose a softball game:
Although, if we’re going over to their show, I assume they’d have them win. So maybe not. But yeah, that just seems like a fun and easy, real kind of way to go about it. So, I’m still game for, one day, The Rookie crossover.
It should be pointed out that neither The Rookie nor 9-1-1 have been renewed for next season, but it would be highly surprising if they didn’t get picked up. Both shows remain hits on ABC and, as a 9-1-1 spinoff has been ordered to series, the network is also eyeing another offshoot of The Rookie. While that doesn’t technically mean the parent shows are safe, let's hope it's only a matter of time before ABC renews them.
A crossover between 9-1-1 and The Rookie could certainly be done, especially in a world where ABC crafted part of an It's Always Sunny and Abbott Elementary crossover. Let's hope the producers of the two aforementioned procedurals listen to the fans. In the meantime, there are plenty of shows like The Rookie to watch. You can also stream the two drama series with a Hulu subscription.
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