High Potential Season 3 Hit With Major Behind-the-Scenes Shake-Up
Season 3 of High Potential comes with a behind-the-scenes shake-up: sisters Nora and Lilla Zuckerman are stepping in as co-showrunners and executive producers under their overall deal at 20th Television, which produces the series.
High Potential is swapping out captains again. When the show comes back for season 3, there will be new folks steering the ship behind the scenes — and it is a pretty notable handoff.
The new bosses
Multiple outlets say sisters Nora and Lilla Zuckerman are stepping in as co-showrunners and executive producers. They are doing it under their overall deal at 20th Television, which is the studio behind the series. Their first words about the gig were basically a love letter to the team they are joining and the star they get to write for:
"We are so grateful to be working with Craig, Karey, Simran and our partners at 20th and ABC on this exciting new chapter of High Potential. The fact we get to collaborate with Drew, Sarah and Andrea at Goddard Textiles and the incomparable Kaitlin Olson is a dream come true.
We're looking forward to climbing into the brilliant, bustling mind of Morgan Gillory and crafting intricate mysteries worthy of her genius."
If you watched Peacock 's Poker Face, you know the Zuckermans' style. They ran that show, and before that wrote on Suits, Agents of SHIELD, Prodigal Son, and Fringe. They are also currently scripting Scream 8, and once had a Hulu- era Buffy the Vampire Slayer project that ultimately never happened.
Why the change (again)
Todd Harthan, who took over showrunning duties ahead of the series launch, exited at the end of season 2. Word in March was that he left to focus on a live-action series based on Christopher Paolini's YA saga The Inheritance Cycle. That adaptation, titled Eragon, is being co-created with Paolini, with Harthan serving as co-showrunner alongside Todd Helbing.
How we got here: a quick timeline
- Creator Drew Goddard developed High Potential and wrote the pilot. The show premiered in September 2024.
- Goddard was set to executive produce with Sarah Esberg, Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge, Pierre Laugier, Anthony Lancret, Jean Nainchrik, and Alethea Jones.
- Rob Thomas was originally expected to run the show but exited in June 2024, a few months before the premiere.
- Todd Harthan then became showrunner and an EP through the first two seasons.
- After season 2 wrapped, Harthan left; Nora and Lilla Zuckerman are now taking over as co-showrunners and EPs under their 20th Television deal.
The show itself
High Potential is a case-of-the-week police procedural with a very watchable twist: Kaitlin Olson plays Morgan, a brilliant civilian who winds up helping the LAPD solve murders. Her main onscreen foil-turned-partner is Karadec (Daniel Sunjata), a by-the-book detective who starts out dubious about Morgan's involvement with Major Crimes and slowly figures out he could use her brain.
Where season 2 left things
Season 2 escalated the personal stakes: Morgan learned her ex, Roman, was actually alive after vanishing for more than a decade. The only real intel she — and we — had was that Roman had been working as an FBI informant and did not trust the LAPD. Back in January, Harthan teased that the season would get bumpy for Morgan on the Roman front and at home with the kids, and that the back half would start filling in big blanks while pushing relationships forward. He also flagged that things between Steve Howey's character and Captain Wagner would heat up as the season progressed — in a way that would create some deliberately soapy complications and keep the guessing game alive.
High Potential is currently streaming on Hulu.