ABC‘s High Potential ended its breakout first season on a excessive observe. The Feb. 11 season finale of the sunshine procedural starring Kaitlin Olson, which already has been renewed for Season 2, hit sequence highs in complete viewers (13.2 million – tied) and adults 18-49 (2.59 ranking) after seven days of viewing on ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and digital platforms in addition to a sequence excessive on streaming, turning into ABC’s most watched drama episode ever, based mostly on 7-day views on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.
On linear, the Excessive Potential Season 1 finale topped Tuesday evening throughout broadcast and cable for the second straight week amongst complete viewers (8.7 million) and adults 18-49 (0.76 ranking), logging the biggest viewer benefit over CBS’ flagship drama FBI (+9% vs. 8.0 million) for any Tuesday scripted sequence in over six years – since NBC’s This Is Us did it on 1/22/19.
The finale caps a banner first season for Excessive Potential, created by Drew Goddard based mostly on a French format. It stands as ABC’s most-watched new sequence based mostly on multi-platform viewing over seven days (11.5 million) in seven years – for the reason that 2017-2018 season with The Good Physician — and ranks as TV’s No. 1 drama amongst Adults 18-49 based mostly on Nielsen Streaming Content material Scores. So far, the Excessive Potential pilot episode has amassed almost 32 million Complete Viewers in multi-platform viewing.
Excessive Potential has been a part of a formidable mild crime/police drama ABC Tuesday lineup the place it was most not too long ago flanked by Will Trent at 8 PM, now in its third season, and veteran The Rookie at 10 PM, in Season 7. Each reveals have been main streaming attracts and made a powerful case for renewal by setting new benchmarks with their Feb. 11 episodes which each hit all-time highs for episode views on streaming based mostly on the primary seven days on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.
Moreover, Will Trent, starring Ramon Rodriguez, scored its finest efficiency in three weeks in complete viewers (9.2 million) and its finest efficiency in adults 18-49 (1.20 ranking) in 4 weeks after 7 days of multi-platform viewing.
The Rookie, starring Nathan Fillion, additionally earned its finest viewers in complete viewers in three weeks (8.8 million). Airing behind the Excessive Potential finale on linear, it additionally scored its finest supply amongst adults 18-49 (1.99 ranking) in almost 5 years – since 3/15/20.
Up to now, ABC’s Excessive Potential and flagship comedy Abbott Elementary have acquired early renewals for subsequent season. Will Trent, The Rookie as effectively long-running dramas Gray’s Anatomy and 9-1-1 and breakout freshman comedy Shifting Gears are all effectively positioned to hitch them on the schedule for 2025-26.
