ABC Give “Will Trent” Season 3 Renewal

ABC has renewed its quirky police procedural drama series Will Trent for a third season. The renewal comes amid strong ratings for the show, which has averaged 4.47 million same-day viewers this season, a 46% jump over its 2023 run. Including streaming figures from Hulu and other multi-platform viewing, Will Trent has grown its audience each week since its second season premiere on February 20, 2024, recently hitting a series high of 9 million viewers.

Based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling Will Trent series of novels, the show follows Special Agent Will Trent (Ramón Rodríguez) of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). Abandoned at birth and enduring a harsh upbringing in Atlanta’s foster care system, Will is determined to use his unique perspective to ensure no one is abandoned as he was. Will’s unconventional background gives him unique insights into his cases, and he has the highest clearance rate in the GBI.

The series also stars Erika Christensen as Angie Polaski, Will’s on-again, off-again romantic partner and fellow vice detective; Iantha Richardson as Faith Mitchell, Will’s dubious partner; and Jake McLaughlin as Michael Ormewood, Angie’s partner. Rounding out the cast are Sonja Sohn as Amanda Wagner, Trent’s boss; Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Paul Campano, a fellow group home foster child; LisaGay Hamilton as Evelyn Mitchell, Wagner’s former partner and Faith’s mother; and Cora Lu Tran as Nico, a non-binary friend of Will’s.

The renewal of Will Trent adds to ABC’s growing list of renewals for the 2024-25 season, including 9-1-1 (season 8), Abbott Elementary (season 4), and Grey’s Anatomy (season 21).