ABC Picks Up New Gina Rodriguez Comedy ‘Not Dead Yet,’ Niecy Nash-Betts ‘Rookie’ Spinoff to Series
th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios.“The Rookie: Feds,” from Entertainment One in a co-production with ABC Signature, stars Nash-Betts as Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy. Joining Nash-Betts on the cast are Frankie Faison as Christopher “Cutty” Clark and Felix Solis as Special Agent Matthew Garza.Alexi Hawley and Terence Paul Winter are co-creators and executive producers. Mark Gordon, Nash-Betts, “The Rookie’s” Nathan Fillion, Michelle Chapman, Bill Norcross and Corey Miller are also EPs.UPDATE: TheWrap has learned that ABC passed on “L.A.