Country of origin Canada Original network Global | No. of episodes 11 | |
Original release May 19 (2014-05-19) – August 6, 2014 (2014-08-06) | ||
The fifth season of Rookie Blue premiered on May 19, 2014 on Global. This season was originally going to be the first part of this season before it was announced that the first half have been rebranded as a single season.
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Production
On July 17, 2013, ABC and Global announced that Rookie Blue was renewed for a fifth season, with production starting in January 2014.
On March 24, 2014, ABC and ET Canada announced that season 5 of Rookie Blue would start on July 17 and that ABC and Global would be airing half the episodes this summer and the rest "at a later date". ABC premiered the season on June 19, 2014, whilst Global announced the season premiere was set for May 19, a month ahead of its American counterpart. On August 7, 2014, creator Tassie Cameron announced, that the second half of season five would now be season 6 and air in 2015.
Season 5 introduced Oliver Becker as Inspector John Jarvis and Matt Murray as Rookie Duncan Moore. Lyriq Bent and Rachael Ancheril both returned for single-episode guest appearances following their departure from the main cast at the end of season 4, whilst Adam MacDonald was promoted to series regular.
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U.S. Nielsen ratings
The following is a table for the United States ratings, based on average total estimated viewers per episode, of Rookie Blue on ABC.