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ABC‘s flagship bid High Potential has recovered a caller showrunner — and it’s a duo. Nora and Lilla Zuckerman, who ran nan breakout first play of Poker Face, have been named executive producers and showrunners of nan deed crime play starring Kaitlin Olson up of its upcoming 3rd season. They are replacing Todd Harthan, who stepped down successful March aft serving arsenic showrunner for nan first 2 seasons of nan 20th Television-produced High Potential to attraction connected his caller new series, Disney+’s Eragon.
The high-profile showrunner duty falls nether Zuckerman sisters’ wide woody pinch 20th Television. Under nan pact, they astir precocious wrote and executive produced nan Buffy reboot pilot, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, which did not move guardant astatine Hulu.
On High Potential, created and executive produced by Drew Goddard, nan Zuckermans are moving pinch nan aforesaid apical executives they worked pinch on Buffy: New Sunnydale: 20th TV President Karey Burke; Disney Television Group President Craig Erwich, who oversees 20th TV, ABC Entertainment and Hulu Originals; and Simran Sethi, who besides useful crossed nan web and nan streamer arsenic President, Scripted Programming, Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment.
“We are truthful grateful to beryllium moving pinch Craig, Karey, Simran and our partners astatine 20th and ABC connected this breathtaking caller section of High Potential,” Lilla and Nora Zuckerman said. “The truth we get to collaborate pinch Drew, Sarah and Andrea astatine Goddard Textiles and nan incomparable Kaitlin Olson is simply a dream travel true. We’re looking guardant to climbing into nan brilliant, bustling mind of Morgan Gillory and crafting intricate mysteries worthy of her genius.”
The alteration astatine nan helm puts female showrunners successful complaint of a bid pinch a female lead, thing that is not arsenic communal successful tv than it astir apt should be.
Created by Goddard based connected nan French bid Haut Potentiel Intellectue (HPI), High Potential stars Olson arsenic Morgan, a azygous mom who discovers her expertise to lick crimes — starring her to partner pinch a detective played by Daniel Sunjata.
The Season 2 bid regulars besides included original formed members Javicia Leslie, Deniz Akdeniz, Amirah J, Matthew Lamb and Judy Reyes arsenic good arsenic caller summation Steve Howey who joined pinch a one-year deal.
Season 3 will beryllium executive produced by Goddard and Sarah Esberg of Goddard Textiles, Nora and Lilla Zuckerman and Olson. Andrea Massaro of Goddard Textiles is co-executive producer.
Season to date, High Potential averages complete 16 cardinal full multiplatform viewers, ranking arsenic nan 3rd astir watched broadcast bid successful that class and #1 among Adults 18-49, based connected Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings that measurement Live+7 linear and 35-day streaming viewing. The series’ Season 2 premiere roseate to 21.48 cardinal full viewers aft 35 days connected ABC, Hulu, Hulu connected Disney+ and integer platforms.
The Zuckerman sisters executive produced Rian Johnson’s Peacock bid Poker Face and served arsenic showrunners connected its award-winning first season. They person The Spy Coast, based connected nan Tess Gerritsen novel, successful improvement astatine Amazon and are presently writing Scream 8 for Project X and Spyglass. The Zuckermans, whose bid credits besides include Fringe, Haven, Suits, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, and Prodigal Son, are repped by UTA and Lichter Grossman.
