{"id":221136,"date":"2026-01-01T05:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T05:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/221136\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T05:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T05:07:09","slug":"the-rookie-season-8-cast-shakeup-1-star-seemingly-exits-several-confirmed-to-return-eg-nathan-fillion-slideshow-television-the-rookie-celebrity-news-and-gossip-entertain-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/221136\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Rookie\u2019 Season 8 Cast Shakeup: 1 Star Seemingly Exits, Several Confirmed to Return! | EG, Nathan Fillion, Slideshow, Television, The Rookie | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos | Just Jared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"page-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/31\/the-rookie-season-8-cast-shakeup-1-star-seemingly-exits-several-confirmed-to-return\/\" alt=\"&#039;The Rookie&#039; Season 8 Cast Shakeup: 1 Star Seemingly Exits, Several Confirmed to Return!\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab First<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/31\/the-rookie-season-8-cast-shakeup-1-star-seemingly-exits-several-confirmed-to-return\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab Previous <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/31\/the-rookie-season-8-cast-shakeup-1-star-seemingly-exits-several-confirmed-to-return\/4\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Continue \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rookie2.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa O\u2019Neil - Lucy Chen\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Melissa O\u2019Neil as Lucy Chen \u2013 Returning!<\/p>\n<p>Melissa O\u2019Neil is expected back for the new episodes!<\/p>\n<p>In fact, at Comic-Con it was teased, via <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/the-rookie-season-8-lucy-undercover-plot-confirmed-alexi-hawley\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/screenrant.com\/the-rookie-season-8-lucy-undercover-plot-confirmed-alexi-hawley\/&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Screen Rant<\/a>, that they \u201chave an undercover Lucy story that we\u2019re working on in the writers\u2019 room right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, look out for a big new storyline for the fan fave character!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rookie3.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Winter as Tim Bradford\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eric Winter as Tim Bradford \u2013 Confirmed to Return!<\/p>\n<p>Eric Winter will obviously be back as the fan fave Tim Bradford! <\/p>\n<p>He posted a compilation of photos back on the set of season 8, writing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMgCKriv0nq\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMgCKriv0nq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, \u201cLittle walk through my past couple of weeks\u2026 Its good to be back at work! #letsgo #bradford\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"page-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/31\/the-rookie-season-8-cast-shakeup-1-star-seemingly-exits-several-confirmed-to-return\/\" alt=\"&#039;The Rookie&#039; Season 8 Cast Shakeup: 1 Star Seemingly Exits, Several Confirmed to Return!\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab First<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/31\/the-rookie-season-8-cast-shakeup-1-star-seemingly-exits-several-confirmed-to-return\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab Previous <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/31\/the-rookie-season-8-cast-shakeup-1-star-seemingly-exits-several-confirmed-to-return\/4\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Continue \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00ab First\u00ab Previous Continue \u00bb Melissa O\u2019Neil as Lucy Chen \u2013 Returning! 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