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High Potential is crushing it in its second season. The show’s numbers are way up compared to last year, and it’s quickly turning into one of ABC’s top dramas, both on TV and streaming.
The secret is a smart mix of weekly mysteries and a bigger story arc, all centered around Morgan Gillory. She is a single mom, sharp as a tack, and her story keeps people hooked. Even when the network takes a break from airing new episodes, ratings just keep climbing.
When High Potential hit screens in September 2024, people got hooked. The show mixed that comforting, case-of-the-week with the adrenaline rush of Morgan’s tangled past with her ex, Roman.
By the time Season 2 rolled around on September 16, 2025, things kicked up another notch. More people tuned in. The industry-wide buzz was about how it set the bar for multiplatform TV in its genre. And it’s not just hype. The story still delivers, and the numbers keep climbing. Smart release timing keeps viewers coming back, whether there is a break or not. The momentum is not slowing down.
High Potential Season 2 ratings
High Potential Season 2 hit ABC at 10 p.m. ET on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. The series kicked off its second season with a huge jump in viewers: 21.48 million tuned in within 35 days on ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+, and other digital platforms, according to the official numbers.
Even before counting encore airings, the premiere pulled in 17.23 million people and scored a solid 3.90 rating with adults 18–49. That’s not just a win; it’s a real leap from last fall’s debut. The show’s audience grew by 17% and beat its first season average by 11%.
High Potential’s 17.23 million viewers outpaced some of the year’s biggest drama launches like Netflix’s Sirens and The Hunting Wives. It’s even pulling numbers close to Amazon’s hit Reacher.
The momentum hasn’t let up. By November 2, High Potential held onto its spot as the top original broadcast series for adults 18–49, pulling a 2.42 rating. The show’s audience is up 19% from last fall, averaging 12.38 million viewers per episode over seven days.
On traditional TV alone, viewership jumped 25% from last year; that’s the biggest leap for a sophomore drama since Chicago Fire back in 2013.
High Potential is leaving other network dramas in the dust. Among adults 18–49, it pulls in way more viewers than CBS’s Tracker, NBC’s Law & Order: SVU, or Fox’s Doc. On streaming, it’s still ahead: 4.73 million people are tuning in, and that gap over Tracker just keeps getting bigger, both in total viewers and with younger adults.
Sure, Dancing With the Stars gives it a nice boost, but High Potential doesn’t lean on that lead-in as much as you would think. Around 40% of its live audience shows up on their own, not just because they watched the show before it. That makes it the top network drama in terms of drawing its own crowd.
Mid-season finale and hiatus: Dates and reasons
High Potential Season 2’s mid-season finale hit screens on October 28, 2025. The episode itself got fans buzzing, but so did the sudden break that followed. Like a lot of big network shows, the series goes on pause around the holidays. The network does this to build hype, keep ratings high, and make sure the 18-episode season lasts as long as possible on the schedule.
High Potential comes back to ABC on Tuesday nights starting January 7, 2026, and keeps its spot at 9 p.m. ABC is using this break and the schedule change to drum up more buzz, stretch the episodes out until May, and keep people tuning in live.
The finale left everyone hanging. Morgan got kicked off the museum heist case by the new chief, and now her partnership with Captain Nick Wagner is on shaky ground. Meanwhile, the whole thing with Roman, Morgan’s missing ex, just got messier when a mysterious guy showed up, probably connected to Roman somehow.
Showrunner Todd Harthan says the second half of High Potential Season 2 shifts focus to Ava. She is diving into the search for answers, driving the investigation, and stirring up the family drama that gives the show its edge.
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These cliffhangers guarantee we will see more of Ava and some fresh faces, like Steve Howey jumping in as Captain Nick Wagner. Plus, it looks like we are finally getting some answers about Morgan’s past and what really happened to Roman.
Fans and critics are both gearing up for this comeback, with the show’s track record and all the drama building up, everyone expects something huge when it returns in early 2026.
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