According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC has renewed the crime drama series High Potential for a second season. The second season of the series is now scheduled to air on the network in either late 2025 or early 2026. The series drew in strong streaming numbers in addition to its on-air ratings when it premiered. The first two episodes of High Potential averaged a total of 10 million cross-platform viewers in a total of seven days.
Created by Drew Goddard (Bad Times at the El Royale) with showrunner Todd Harthan (The Company You Keep) the series follows a single mother who works at LAPD police department as a cleaning lady with an IQ of 160. Based on the French series Haut Potential Intellectuel the series sees the character of Morgan Gillory showcase a keen sense of solving puzzles and use these abilities to help the LAPD solve crimes as she joins a consultant for the LAPD’s Major Crimes division.
The cast of the series includes Kaitlin Olson (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) as Morgan, Daniel Sunjata (The Dark Knight Rises) as Adam Karadec, Javicia Leslie (The Family Business) as Daphne Forrester, Deniz Akdeniz (The Flight Attendant) as Lev Osman, Amirah J (How Not to Be a Junkie) as Ava, Matthew Lamb (Only Murders in the Building) as Elliot Radovic, Taran Killam (Why We’re Killing Gunther) as Ludo Radovic and Judy Reyes (Turtles All the Way Down) as Selena Soto.
As per The Hollywood Reporter, High Potential is the second ABC series to get renewal following Abbott Elementary. Since moving time slots from 10 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays earlier this month the series averages 5.74 million same-day viewers. The series’s January installment generated 12.9 million viewers on all platforms over seven days.
Goddard executive produces with his Goddard Textiles partner Sarah Esberg (If Beale Street Could Talk).
High Potential is available to stream on Hulu.