[Trending News] ‘High Potential’ Ends Season With Series-Best Ratings

A season of ratings success for ABC‘s High Potential ended with (another) high note.

The crime drama’s Feb. 11 season finale tied the show’s season high in total viewers and set a new high in the key ad-sales demographic of adults 18-49. After seven days of multi-platform viewing, the episode — which introduced a potential ongoing nemesis for Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) — drew 13.2 million viewers, tying the mark the show set in mid-January.

Among adults 18-49, the finale scored a 2.59 rating (equivalent to about 3.47 million people in the demographic), about 6 percent higher than High Potential’s previous best.

The finale brought in 8.7 million viewers over seven days on linear TV (including DVR playback), which would mean about 4.5 million people streamed the episode via Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and other digital platforms. Streaming accounted for just over a third (34 percent) of the total audience.

As is often the case with network series, though, a large majority of High Potential’s 18-49 viewers watched via streaming. The finale’s linear 18-49 rating was 0.76 after seven days — just 29 percent of its multi-platform total.

For the season, High Potential averaged 11.5 million cross-platform viewers, the highest tally for a first-year ABC series since The Good Doctor in 2017-18. It ranks as the No. 1 drama on broadcast this season among adults 18-49, based on Nielsen’s streaming content ratings.