Since moving to ABC, 9-1-1 has proven to be a winner with audiences as Season 7 broke records for the network. While crossovers were not a thing with the show before 9-1-1: Lone Star entered the picture, they have also proven to be a fun way to expand the show. In Season 7, a mini-crossover with The Bachelor happened in the most 9-1-1 manner possible. However, the prime candidate for the crossover was always The Rookie, whose similarities with 9-1-1 make it perfect. Both shows are about first responders, and they are set in LA. The conversation has reached Eric Winter, and in a conversation with Hello Magazine, he said, “I’ve been hearing people talk about that. Wouldn’t that be funny?”
Winter likes the idea of a crossover, something he opened up about, saying, “I love all those actors on that show, that would be amazing, that would be super fun. But I don’t know if it will happen.” Who knows? Tim Minear does. He floated the idea in an interview with Entertainment Weekly while promoting Season 7 but revealed that it won’t happen in the current season, saying, “Is it The Rookie?… Probably not, since I just said The Rookie.”
‘9-1-1’ and ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ Crossovers Are Still a No-Go
If aligning the shows in the 9-1-1 universe for a crossover was hard, the ABC move made it even harder. Last year, Fox President of Entertainment Michael Thorn told Deadline that the biggest hurdle to cross was scheduling, and without both shows on the same network, it was improbable they’d crossover. “As far as crossovers go, crossovers has always been really hard on the 9-1-1 franchise because they’re such ambitious schedules. We weren’t able to do it every year when both shows ran on the network, anyways,” he said.
