ABC has just renewed its third drama of the 2023–2024 season. Will Trent is heading back for a third season.
The news comes off the back of 911 and Grey’s Anatomy being renewed, and it arguably isn’t that surprising. The linear ratings have been on fire this season, partially thanks to the series getting an earlier timeslot in the night. We can’t deny that the 8 p.m. ET/PT timeslot is the best for the majority of networks.
The show is the second most-watched drama on ABC, just behind 911, according to TVLine. It’s the third-best drama in the demo, behind 911 and Grey’s Anatomy. Of course ABC had to renew it.
Will Trent Season 3 could premiere in fall 2024
Now eyes are on when the series will be back. This started off as a midseason series. It got a good start airing in the 10 p.m. ET/PT timeslot behind The Rookie and The Rookie: Feds, but it’s proved to be much stronger earlier in the night. We’re hoping that ABC sees this and keeps the show on in the earlier slot.
As for keeping it in the midseason, though, this probably isn’t going to happen with the success this year. In fact, there is a chance that Will Trent was going to move to the fall for 2023, but the strike action pushed everything back.
So, with the way the linear ratings are going and the fact that this is the third drama on the network to score an early renewal, I’m pretty confident that the series is going to land a fall slot. We’ll find out in May during the Upfronts when the fall schedules are announced by all networks.
Now eyes are going to be on The Rookie to see if it can land an early Season 7 off the back of recent renewal decisions.
Will Trent airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on ABC.