Will Trent Renewed for Season 2 at ABC
Will Trent will return for Season 2 on ABC!
Per TV Line’s confirmation of the renewal, “out of all freshman broadcast series airing this TV season, it delivers the fourth-largest audience, behind CBS’ Fire Country, East New York, and So Help Me Todd.”
The procedural drama premiered on ABC in January with Will Trent Season 1 Episode 1, “Pilot.” As Deadline points out, it is the only freshman ABC series to receive a renewal so far. Decisions have yet to be made about The Company You Keep, The Rookie: Feds, Not Dead Yet, and Alaska Daily.
Will Trent is based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling book series of the same title. Slaughter also serves as an executive producer. It follows Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), portrayed by Ramón Rodríguez, who is also a producer on the project.
Per ABC’s synopsis, Will “was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta’s overwhelmed foster care system. But now, determined to use his unique point of view to make sure no one is abandoned like he was, Will Trent has the highest clearance rate in the GBI.”
“We’re so thankful to our ABC and Hulu fans for joining us on this wild ride and watching Will Trent,” Rodríguez said in a statement, per TV Line.
“When we set out to bring the series to television screens, we wanted to do justice to the gritty, thrilling world that Karin Slaughter created with her bestselling book series,” Rodríguez continued.
“Liz Heldens, Dan Thomsen, and the creative team have developed complex and nuanced characters that people are relating to on a human level — and it hasn’t hurt having our little star, Betty [a Chihuahua played by Bluebell], on the call sheet. We’re so excited for the opportunity to dive deeper into these stories with Season 2.”
The show has been on hiatus since Will Trent Season 1 Episode 10, “Pterodactyls Can Fly,” aired in March.
It returns with Will Trent Season 1 Episode 11, “Bill Black,” tonight at 10/9c on ABC.
Per the episode’s synopsis, “Will goes undercover as Bill Black, a criminal with a troubled past, to take down a drug organization and find a missing DEA agent. Meanwhile, Angie aims to put her relationship with Will behind her and take matters with Lenny into her own hands.”
Will Trent‘s early renewal also comes ahead of its season finale, airing on Tuesday, May 2, at 10/9c on ABC.
Will Trent Season 1 Episode 13, “It Was the 80s,” sees an APD agent missing, so “Will examines the crime scene and locates a secret message putting him back on the path to justice. Meanwhile, with his lineage in question, Will realizes the answers he seeks have been in front of him all along.”
The procedural drama also stars Erika Christensen as Angie Polaski, Iantha Richardson as Faith Mitchell, Jake McLaughlin as Michael Ormewood, and Sonja Sohn as Amanda Wagner.
Will Trent‘s executive producers include Liz Heldens, Dan Thomsen, and Oly Obs.
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Will Trent airs Tuesdays at 10/9c on ABC.
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