ABC has handed an early Season 2 renewal to its breakout new crime drama Excessive Potential. The sunshine procedural starring Kaitlin Olson joins ABC’s flagship comedy Abbott Elementary in securing a spot on the community’s 2025-26 schedule. Excessive Potential additionally joins the opposite standout 2024-25 freshman drama, CBS’ Matlock, in touchdown an early Season 2 renewal. Each had been collection initially ordered for final season however delayed due of the strikes.
The scale of Excessive Potential‘s Season 2 order is TBD however it’s anticipated to be bigger than Season 1, which consists of 13 episodes. Due to the present’s atypical manufacturing schedule and Olson’s dedication to her different collection common job on FX’s It’s At all times Sunny in Philadelphia, filming on Season 1 needed to wrap after its preliminary 13-episode order.
In Excessive Potential, Olson stars as Morgan, a single mom with an IQ of 160 working a cleansing woman on the Los Angeles Police Division who turns into a advisor for the LAPD’s Main Crimes division.
The solid of the collection additionally consists of Daniel Sunjata as Karadec, Javicia Leslie as Daphne, Deniz Akdeniz as Lev “Oz” Ozdil, Amirah J as Ava, Matthew Lamb as Elliot and Judy Reyes as Selena.
Goddard and Sarah Esberg of Goddard Textiles and showrunner Todd Harthan function government producers, Olson serves as producer. twentieth Tv is the studio.