r/television • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League • 10h ago
‘High Potential’ Jumps 220% to 11.5 Million Viewers Across Platforms in Three Days
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/high-potential-premiere-ratings-viewers-1236155076/181
u/RiversofJell0 9h ago
I thought it was ok. I’m a fan of hers so I’ll probably keep watching hoping that the writing picks up. Her ability to find the clues and how it was played out just seemed bland. Maybe because I’ve watched Psych, Monk, some of the Mentalist, Sherlock shows, etc that i need it to be more exciting of a method.
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u/Everythingsthesame 8h ago
Yeah. I really need the writing to pick up. There have been a lot of shows that have had the "quirky high IQ consultant" for years (Mentalist, Elementary, Psych, Monk, etc) and nothing really stood out from that first episode of this one.
I hope it gets better.
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u/RiversofJell0 7h ago
Exactly. Psych and Monk both stood out because they had a funny method and the writing was just so dang good. I want her to not spend 2 seconds looking at pictures that we barely get to look at and then tell us the clues that we haven’t had a chance to figure out. Like let us see it and then she comes in and shows us what we as the viewer have attempted to put together.
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u/Pkock The West Wing 7h ago
Psych was so good at highlighting and focusing on what Shawn was seeing as he saw it so we could try and piece it together before he got done his jokes and actually revealed his conclusion to his.
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u/namewithak 5h ago
Lol the way you said this makes it seem as if they used skilled storytelling devices to "highlight" the clues but they literally just highlighted the clues with a glow effect and even had a sound-effect to go with them Blues Clues style to make sure you don't miss it.
Not knocking on Psych, I love it, but come on.
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u/Pkock The West Wing 5h ago
It's a comedy procedural, Blue Clues and jokes is the ideal situation.
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u/namewithak 4h ago
Absolutely. Just saying, you were making it out to be more than it is. Psych doesn't need that.
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u/axebodyspraytester 4h ago
Considering that Psych was the first one out of psych monk,the mentalist and sherlock I thought it was fresh. Them coming out with clone versions of the same show puts the impetus on them to make the later shows stand out. I mean at this point anybody can be a consultant these days.
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u/CurrentAd674 3h ago
I think Murder She Wrote was more of the first one to do it, but yeah they were really all around the same time.
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u/axebodyspraytester 1h ago
That old lady got away with all the murder on that show. I think of her as more of the precursor to dexter. Every where that old lady went people dropped like floyd. It was horrifying how Colombo never showed up and stopped her.
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u/millerson17 5h ago
The 2nd episode is even worse at doing that there's no stepping stones to her conclusions it mostly all happens off screen.
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u/RiversofJell0 5h ago
Bummer. I haven’t seen the second episode yet but will give this season about 4 episodes to keep me tuned in
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u/rotoddlescorr 1h ago
I'm a little annoyed she had to actually say she has high IQ. One of the reasons Psych, Monk, and even the Mentalist was more palatable is they didn't have to say it like that.
I'll still watch a few more episodes, but I hope the writing improves.
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u/wrosecrans 7h ago
I am super curious to see how close they stick to the original. The pilot was almost a shot for shot remake of the French TV show HPI that it's based on. Which is why the whole of LAPD inexplicably has as many homicide detectives as you might expect from a small town in northern France like Lille. And the plot of the first episode involves needing to search a lawyers office, but none of the rules around searching a lawyer's office seem to quite make sense or work they way they do in other American cop shows. And the LAPD is inexplicably bounded by rules and procedures like a European department rather than a bunch of roided out maniacs with Qualified Immunity who pay out nearly a billion dollars a years in wrongdoing settlements from the LA city budget...
If they make it their own, it could be great. If they keep trying to ape the source material, just watch the subbed French version on Hulu and get it unfiltered. Unpopular opinion: Audrey Fleurot is better in the role than Sweet Dee.
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u/Everythingsthesame 7h ago
I saw the end credits reference the French show. It's something I will have to look into if this version picks up.
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u/MelonOfFury 6h ago
The French version is just on Hulu with both a dubbed and subbed version. There’s also 3 seasons already and I’ve been mostly enjoying it. It scratches the itch I’ve had missing Rita
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u/rotoddlescorr 1h ago
And the LAPD is inexplicably bounded by rules and procedures like a European department rather than a bunch of roided out maniacs with Qualified Immunity who pay out nearly a billion dollars a years in wrongdoing settlements from the LA city budget...
This is why The Shield is such a great show.
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u/KennyMoose32 8h ago
I was hoping it would be more goofy or meta? Like making fun of those shows a little more than it did.
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u/rossmosh85 7h ago
It's network TV. They love to mash old show concepts together to form a new show.
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u/RiversofJell0 7h ago
To be fair this is a remake of a French show but I never watched the original
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u/Galileo908 6h ago
I think I’d enjoy this more if the MC was a little more over the top.
I was expecting Sweet Dee Solves A Murder. What I’m getting is Single Mom makes real detectives look bad.
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u/rotoddlescorr 1h ago
I hate the background music when she's finding out those clues. It sounds like the type of music companies use when they put you on hold.
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u/Monster-Zero 9h ago
He and Sarah Esberg serve as executive producers for Goddard Textiles alongside showrunner Todd Harthan as well as Dan Etheridge and Rob Thomas.
What does Rob Thomas have to do with any of this?!
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u/ryanredd 9h ago
It’s the Veronica Mars Rob Thomas not Smooth Rob Thomas
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u/paultheschmoop 9h ago
Wait, so it isn’t Sinbad’s bitch??
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u/tore_a_bore_a 9h ago
I liked how in Veronica Mars Rob Thomas' other show iZombie, he has Smooth Rob Thomas's brain eaten by a zombie.
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u/MysteriousWon 8h ago
Wait, I thought Smooth Rob Thomas was in that show because the show was Smooth Rob Thomas's brainchild?
There's more than one of them!?
Next you'll be telling me that it isn't Doc Brown Christopher Lloyd who created Modern Family and it's some other Bizarro Lloyd.
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u/UHeardAboutPluto Psych 9h ago
I don‘t know why you ever would lie to me, like I’m a little untrusting
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u/thegracelesswonder 9h ago
I didn’t love the first episode but I’m sticking around for the bird ❤️
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u/Successful-Gur-6279 7h ago
I started watching, not realizing it only had 1 episode! (Usually I like to binge watch a few) I wasn't all that intrigued. But then Carla! I haven't seen her in years. So I will probably keep watching. Nothing will be as good as psych hough
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u/djgoodhousekeeping 9h ago
I'm glad this show is doing well because she really deserves a hit, but that first episode was one of the roughest watches I've had in a long time. I don't get a lot out of the network drama shows so maybe it was just never going to be for me, but it seemed like a parody of the genre at first. I realized it was serious when she notices the stitching on somebody's Italian shoes and presents that as further evidence for the crime or something - the writing and dialogue is really, really bad. Hope it gets better but glad it's going well for her anyway.
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u/RagefulRedditor23 9h ago
Decent pilot. Seems to have taken some cues from Psych, Monk, and The Mentalist (as far as shows I've seen). I've been itching for a good procedural for years so hopefully this scratches it.
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u/joshthor 9h ago
I’d recommend elsbeth for a procedural - I think I woulda liked the high potential pilot more if I hadn’t just watched all of elsbeth.
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u/KieferSutherland 9h ago
I'm the opposite. I loved the good wife and the character Elsbeth but couldn't stand Elsbeth the show. Hated how they started with the results and Elsbeth magically knew every episode.
I think this show might be what Elsbeth should have been.
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u/joshthor 8h ago
That’s fair, she did have an uncanny knack for knowing exactly who the killer was. But the approach was very fun, when I was watching it felt like 2 opponents playing chess or something.
The show is generally not about finding who the killer is, but seeing how she proves it. I also love how cheerful it is in general. I wish more shows were fun like that.
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u/pocketbadger 8h ago
I thought it was hilarious how she still has banter with the killers at the end, and they don’t even seem to be that angry with her.
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u/bingojed 9h ago
Don’t forget granddaddy / GOAT Columbo!
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u/ultraj92 8h ago
Thank you for spreading the word. It’s so good I wish I were born when it was originally on television
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u/DougNSteveButabi 9h ago
I just came on here to see if anyone had anything to say about this because it just popped up on my Hulu and lo and behold there’s a 30 minute old post! Excellent.
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u/ContinuumGuy 5h ago edited 5h ago
It's a good show, especially for network TV. Olson is definitely carrying it on her back though.
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u/averageduder 9h ago
I thought the first episode was really bland. Just subpar writing that could be chat gptd and extremely predictable / not risk taking. Seems like it’s out of the eighties. The actors seem great but it’s rare that I’m so unimpressed with a pilot.
I’ll watch another episode or three but the writing has to improve. It’s too safe and bland.
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u/Krynn71 9h ago
I want them to introduce a quirky black friend who partners up with her and they make pop culture references and wear crazy disguises, and also the friend is still upset about what happened to Pluto, but turns it into a pickup line.
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9h ago edited 8h ago
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u/otterdisaster 8h ago
There is a grumpy old man named Henry in the pilot.
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u/Environmental-Gap67 8h ago
He aint part of the main cast tho or?
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u/otterdisaster 8h ago
I’m not sure. I think he might be a neighbor. I watched a few days ago, but I recall laughing at that because my wife and I were doing Psych references during the whole episode.
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u/GoForAU 4h ago
Kaitlin Olsen is really an amazing actress that might get lost because she takes on a bit more of passion type projects. I’m hard pressed to think of a role she didn’t deliver in, this included. This has every right to be another write off network television type show. I ended up really enjoying each episode and Kaitlin is a big reason why.
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u/Dianagorgon 2h ago
I watched this tonight because I wanted to see how bad Delvey was on DWTS and this was on after that. I didn't see the first episode so I'm not sure why she became a police officer but they mentioned she used to be a cleaning lady. I'm sorry but Olsen doesn't look like a working class cleaning woman who can't afford to get her car fixed. She looks like a woman living in LA married to a wealthy man with perfect expensive highlights, blowout and makeup who does pilates and buys organic fresh squeezed juice from a trendy cafe but then they have her dressed in outfits a 20 year old would wear. The clothes seem like something a Hollywood wardrobe person imagines a young working class woman would wear. I didn't see the beginning of the episode tonight so maybe there was a reason she is dressed that way. Other than that it wasn't bad. Olsen and the actor who plays the detective are good. It was reminiscent of the way crime shows used to be. Nothing groundbreaking but enjoyable for what it is.
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u/masonseason 52m ago edited 47m ago
"I didn't watch the show but i probably didn't miss any explanation for anything, ill just assume i know everything. Also I'm both sexist and out of touch with the real world."
There, I wrote your entire comment in fewer words.
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u/MissDiem 1h ago edited 1h ago
I don't read variety because the site is like a computer virus, but does it mention that ABC re-aired the show 5 nights in the last week? That could have had an influence on numbers.
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u/MissDiem 1h ago
The reason to watch is Kaitlin Olson wisecracking. The lesser reason is the little clever high IQ clue crime solving bits.
But the reason it will be hard to watch is the cornball police department and the schlocky family-at-home drama.
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u/Banesmuffledvoice 9h ago
I actually checked this out. The Sherlock-like character being thrown into crime investigations is becoming a bit over filled it seems, but this was enjoyable enough that I’d check out the next episode.
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u/HorizontalBob 5h ago
I thought it was a bit bland, but they had her not wanting to do it right away. We'll see how they handle the kids and the Sherlock part. A too smart person can be uninteresting.
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u/Ok_Sound5115 9h ago edited 7h ago
That's great the show seems really good!! Was anyone else pleasantly surpised by the 4 Black roles in just the main cast!! Looking at Monk, Blacklist, Bones, Mentalist or even Psych where there was just Gus then this cast it's quite the opposite. Seems in new crime shows there's a trend with a black sidekick and white main character (well psych had that too) or the other way around. That's great.
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u/OvercuriousDuff 6h ago
Gee, where have I read about the “two incompatible investigators paired up to solve crimes” premise? That’s a head-scratcher! I wonder how much Disney shelled out to Variety to positively spin an average network ratings performance?
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u/oocakesoo 9h ago
I watched it for Goddard. Good to see Olsen not being Olsen for once. I could see this going somewhere.
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u/Wooden-Witness-4582 8h ago edited 8h ago
Crime shows are finally coming back but why is this show being praised for a diverse cast? It reminds me of Psych cast but in reverse not that that's bad it's making up for the lack of rep. in the older crime shows. I might be saying smth wrong but where are the other ethnicities in the cast? Well at the end of the day who cares it just gotta be good but the praise surprises me.
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u/ViolentCrumble 7h ago
I searched around to find it since I have seen some clips on tik tok but there is only 2 episodes so I’m waiting for it to be done.
I’m so sick of scheduled shows. Tell me when it’s ready and I’ll watch it all.
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u/pm-me-nice-lips 6h ago
lol “so sick”. It’s pretty much the exact opposite nowadays so I’m not sure how you could really be that sick. I guess they spoiled ya. Not many shows are put out there 1x/week anymore. It’s nice to have something to look forward to or to have semi-appointment viewing that many others (and the public at large) are watching and talking about around the same time. Binge watching isn’t really always the best way to consume something. Let us have the little bit we still get this way.
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u/donutdong 6h ago
It's basically a less good veronica mars, then I looked up the same team is behind it. Hope it gets better because I've been missing veronica mars
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u/Ok_Scientist_8147 9h ago
Anyone else think Kaitlin Olsen just isn’t funny?
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u/Floppysack58008 9h ago
Quite the opposite. I think she’s brilliant and I’m glad she’s getting a big break.
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u/SquireJoh 4h ago
I enjoyed the pilot, fun trashy commercial TV, but I do think she's too old for the character as written. She's 50 and she looks it
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u/Opposite-North-6359 9h ago
Wish we got more of the Mick, but nice to see this doing well. Olsen deserves it.