After living up to its, uh, potential through the first half of this season, ABC‘s High Potential is getting a second.
The network has renewed the Kaitlin Olson-led drama for a second season in 2025-26. High Potential has been a breakout for ABC, ranking among the top first-year series of 2024-25 so far and drawing strong streaming numbers in addition to its on-air ratings.
The first two episodes of the series averaged better than 10 million cross-platform viewers after seven days, with streaming making up more than a third of that total. ABC says the pilot episode’s audience has grown to more than 30 million in the four months since it debuted.
High Potential has taken off since moving from 10 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays earlier this month, averaging 5.74 million same-day viewers (vs. 3.48 million at the later time last fall). The Jan. 7 installment drew a series high of 12.9 million viewers on all platforms over seven days.
High Potential is the second ABC show to score a renewal on Tuesday, following Abbott Elementary.
Olson stars with Daniel Sunjata, Javicia Leslie, Deniz Akdeniz, Amirah J, Matthew Lamb and Judy Reyes. Drew Goddard created High Potential, which is based on a French show, and executive produces with his Goddard Textiles partner Sarah Esberg and showrunner Todd Harthan. Olson is a producer. Disney’s 20th Television is the studio.
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