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Kaitlin Olson, the University of Oregon alum also known for the long-running comedy, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," stars in the hit ABC series, "High Potential."

The network has renewed the Kaitlin Olson -led drama for a second season in 2025-26. High Potential has been a breakout for ABC, ranking among the top first-year series of 2024-25 so far and drawing strong streaming numbers in addition to its on-air ratings.

ABC sees the potential in Kaitlin Olson as amateur sleuth Morgan Guillory. The alphabet has announced a second season of Olseon’s High Potential, which opened the new year with its largest audience - 12.9 million - across all platforms over seven days, according to Nielsen.

ABC comes though with exciting news for High Potential fans as the network announces the show's renewal for Season 2.

The size of High Potential ‘s Season 2 order is TBD but is expected to be larger than Season 1, which consists of 13 episodes. Because of the show’s atypical production schedule and Olson’s commitment to her other series regular job on FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, filming on Season 1 had to wrap after its initial 13-episode order.

This is the second ABC series renewal announced today. It was previously reported that the single-cam comedy “Abbott Elementary” has been renewed for Season 5. Olson and her fellow “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” cast members recently guest starred on that show.

Kaitlin Olson is a familiar face to fans of a raucous sitcom It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, having played self-centered bartender Dee Reynolds in the cult comedy since 2005.