RJ Decker is moving time slots (and it’s the best thing ABC could do for the show)
RJ Decker followers are going to note a pleasant change to the ABC schedule beginning on April 14, one which is going to make it that a lot simpler for followers to take pleasure in the sequence!
Now that High Potential has wrapped its second season, ABC is adjusting its Tuesday night time schedule, which is able to see RJ Decker moving up an hour. Rather than airing at 10 pm ET because it has been since its season premiere, the Scott Speedman-led drama will transfer as much as the 9 pm ET time slot beforehand occupied by High Potential.
This scheduling change signifies that followers will be capable to watch the remaining new episodes of RJ Decker season 1 an hour earlier in the night. It additionally signifies that new episodes could have a a lot stronger lead-in versus if ABC had been to maintain the present in its regular time slot. Rather than airing after High Potential reruns, RJ Decker will as an alternative air after new episodes of the just lately renewed Will Trent, which is able to proceed to open the night time.
The transfer is one which is actually precisely what RJ Decker wants, as this can give the present the probability to drag in stronger viewership throughout its linear premiere. With sturdy rankings, this could assist the show’s shots at getting renewed by proving the worth RJ Decker has in the ABC lineup.
This scheduling change additionally exhibits that ABC does place confidence in the present and is taking a look at a second season. If ABC had written the exhibit, there’d be no level in moving it up an hour to air after new episodes of Will Trent. By moving the present up, ABC offers it an opportunity to achieve extra viewers and finish the season on a robust be aware as the community continues to debate its destiny.
While ABC did not hand the present extra episodes, making the first season simply 9 episodes, the community appears very invested in the present. Reports recommend that RJ Decker is in a terrific place and is prone to get renewed, however it’s clear ABC is nonetheless weighing the odds at the second and hoping to see this transfer as much as 9 pm ET assist the present.
With three episodes left this season, we’ll see the present wrap its first season by the finish of April. This means we’re probably going to have to attend till the starting of May for ABC to make an official renewal determination. That timeline would give ABC the probability to find out the present’s future earlier than the Upfronts and provides them the probability to see how the present’s viewership does with the transfer to the earlier time slot.
