‘High Potential’ Renewed for Season 2 on ABC

After living up to its, uh, potential through the first half of this season, ABC’s High potential get 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 freshman series of 2024-2025 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 viewers across platforms after seven days, with streaming accounting for more than a third of the total. ABC says the pilot’s audience has grown to more than 30 million in the four months since it debuted.

High potential has picked up speed since the switch from 10 to 21 Tuesdays earlier this month, averaging 5.74 million same-day viewers (vs. 3.48 million at the later date last fall). The January 7 episode attracted a series of 12.9 million viewers across all platforms over seven days.

High potential is the second ABC show to score a post-Tuesday renewal Abbott Elementary.

Olson stars with Daniel Sunjata, Javicia Leslie, Deniz Akdeniz, Amirah J, Matthew Lamb and Judy Reyes. Drew Goddard created High potentialwhich is based on a French show, and executive produces with its Goddard Textiles partner Sarah Esberg and showrunner Todd Harthan. Olson is the producer. Disney’s 20th television is the studio.