Missy Peregrym, in a scene from the first season of Rookie Blue, is one of the young Canadian actors starring in the Toronto-filmed series.Missy Peregrym, in a scene from the first season of Rookie Blue, is one of the young Canadian actors starring in the Toronto-filmed series. (Canadian Press)

Rookie Blue, a filmed-in-Toronto police drama following newly minted cops, is set to move on to a sophomore season.

The show, which debuted on Global and ABC as a summer series in late June, will return for a second season, the two networks have announced.

Production for the coming season is set to begin in Toronto later this summer.

The show, which was originally known as Copper, was co-created by Tassie Cameron, the screenwriter and producer who helped develop Flashpoint, the successful Toronto-set police drama.

Rookie Blue tells the stories of five recent police academy graduates starting their careers patrolling the streets, with young Canadian actors starring as the inexperienced quintet of officers.

The show has drawn mixed reviews from critics and has been described as (both favourable and unfavourably) medical drama Grey's Anatomy, but set in a police station.

With files from The Associated Press