Rookie Blue season 5

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.

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.

Main

 * Missy Peregrym as Officer Andy McNally
 * Gregory Smith as Officer Dov Epstein
 * Charlotte Sullivan as Officer Gail Peck
 * Enuka Okuma as Detective Traci Nash
 * Travis Milne as Officer Chris Diaz
 * Peter Mooney as Officer Nick Collins
 * Priscilla Faia as Officer Chloe Price
 * Adam MacDonald as Detective Steve Peck
 * Matt Gordon as Sergeant Oliver Shaw
 * Ben Bass as Detective Sam Swarek

Recurring

 * Lyriq Bent as Sergeant Frank Best
 * Aliyah O'Brien as Dr. Holly Stewart
 * Erin Karpluk as Officer Juliette Ward
 * Rachael Ancheril as Detective Marlo Cruz

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.