Everything We Know About ‘High Potential’ Season 3

Drew Goddard’s dramedy High Potential, starring Kaitlin Olsen, has been quietly killing it on ABC. While you may have to wait a little longer than expected for season 3, there’s no reason to worry about the quirky procedural. Here’s what we know about High Potential season 3.The show follows single mother Morgan Gillory, a high-potential intellectual who gets recruited by the LAPD to consult on unsolved cases. She was previously working as a janitor—very Good Will Hunting of her—and has some unsolved mysteries of her own that she’d appreciate (free) police assistance with if they’re willing. By the end of the second season, Morgan is fairly acclimated to her consultant life of crime solving... but has also made some enemies along the way.High Potential was actually renewed for Season 3, right?Yup! In March 2026, per The Wrap, the show announced that it was coming back for season 3. We also learned that the third season would have a new showrunner. Todd Harthan departed the series to work, instead, on the Disney+ live-action Eragon adaptation. (It’s always dragons, huh...) The new showrunners, per Variety, are Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman, a sister writing team whose previous credits include Suits, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Poker Face.In August 2026, TV Insider reported that both Kaitlin Olson and Javicia Leslie have confirmed via social media that Season 3 is filming. This is really happening!Add Cosmopolitan as a preferred source in your Google search results.Use your Google account to add this to your settings.What will High Potential Season 3 be about? To answer that would require us to discover some major spoilers, because season 2 ended on a cliffhanger. Wagner got shot, maybe by an informant! There was a mysterious lurker creeping on Ava! Was it her dad, Roman, or someone else? The new writers really had their work cut out for them on day one.When will High Potential Season 3 premiere on ABC?So, High Potential was renewed, and has already started filming the new season. That’s two major checks off the list. Then why are people saying that it won’t be back until 2027? In a rare move these days, ABC announced their full fall schedule for 2026. Unfortunately, High Potential is not on it.The show has been moved to mid-season, meaning that it will premiere early in 2027. That type of news used to be a big deal, raise the alarms, cause for panic amongst fans of certain television shows. It signaled that the network was quietly trying to cancel your fave... but today? We don’t follow strict fall and spring schedules as often anymore. It’s very possible that a scheduling move is just a scheduling move.