ABC has renewed drama series Will Trent, starring Ramón Rodríguez, for a second season. This marks the first ABC freshman show to get a renewal decision this season and comes ahead of the show’s Season 1 finale on May 2. The early pickup does not come as a surprise. As Deadline has reported, Will Trent has been leading the ABC…
ABC today unveiled premiere dates for its mideason lineup, which features the return of the network’s scripted series post-strike. The announcement includes a slew of scheduling changes. They are led by The Good Doctor‘s move from its longtime Monday 10 PM slot to Tuesdays 10 PM. The popular medical drama had been ABC’s Monday 10 PM anchor since its…
ABC Stays Strong Amid Rocky Year For Broadcast; Unscripted Hits Like ‘The Golden Bachelor’ Buoy Fall Ratings After Solid Spring Start With Scripted Fare Will Trent, The Golden Bachelor, The Rookie, Dancing With The Stars ABC EXCLUSIVE: Despite a difficult year for broadcast television, ABC can look back with confidence as it kicked off the year with some strong…
John Ortiz (American Fiction) has been cast in ABC’s Will Trent in a recurring role in Season 2. He will play Will’s (Ramon Rodriguez) maternal uncle Antonio Miranda. He is described as warm and charismatic, with connections to Atlanta and Puerto Rico. Antonio is eager to catch up on lost time with the nephew he never knew he…
Will Trent will be back for another go-round. Amid strong ratings, ABC has renewed the drama series, starring Ramón Rodríguez, for a third season. The renewal is not surprising, given the series’ ratings success. Season-to-date, Will Trent is a top performer across both linear and streaming, and is gaining ratings momentum among adults across all platforms, up each week since…
When a reliable performer like The Rookie, which has always been on the fall schedule if not delayed by a pandemic or strike, is suddenly not in a network’s starting lineup for the season, fans understandably would be worried. Magnifying their concerns is the fact that The Rookie is headed into its seventh season, which is when a lot…
Based on Karin Slaughter’s NY Times bestselling Will Trent book series, the show follows the titular Special Agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (Ramón Rodriguez), who was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta’s overwhelmed foster care system. Now, Will uses his unique point of view in the pursuit of justice and has…
As many of you out there more than likely know, the Will Trent season 2 finale is coming to ABC in just a matter of days. So, what lies ahead with that? Probably a story that will produce a number of mixed emotions … and isn’t that exactly what you want with a show like this? Ultimately,…
The finale of ABC’s Season 1 crime drama Will Trent was completely worth the wait that the showrunners put us through in the weeks in between. The penultimate episode ended with Will Trent’s girlfriend, Angie Pulaski, getting kidnapped by a psycho killer who’s been active since 1986. His M.O. had been murdering sex workers and sewing their mouths shut,…
During Will Trent season 2’s ending, Will, Faith Mitchell (Will’s partner at the GBI), and Michael Ormewood (Angie’s partner at the APD) were investigating a serial killer who was murdering pedophiles of sex offenders. By using his expert investigative skills, Will deduced that the killer they were looking for was female, and one of her…
