-a-a Popular ABC TV Show Renewed for Season 2
-a-a ----------------------------------------
-a-a Only two months after its premiere, an ABC TV show-abased on
-a-a Carl Hiaasen's novel-aDouble Whammy-ahas been renewed for a
-a-a second season, following strong viewership numbers.
-a-a Nielsen reported that it reached 15.2 million total viewers
-a-a through 35 days of multiplatform viewing. The renewal ensures
-a-a the story will continue with a new season.
-a-a What ABC TV show has been renewed for a second season?
-a-a The hit ABC TV show R.J. Decker, from 20th Television,
-a-a debuted in March and consists of nine episodes. It stars
-a-a Scott Speedman in the titular role. Other cast members
-a-a include Jaina Lee Ortiz as Emilia Ochoa, Bevin Bru as
-a-a Detective Melody Abreu, Kevin Rankin as Aloysius Aiken, and
-a-a Adelaide Clemens as Catherine Delacroix.
-a-a In the show, R.J. Decker is a former newspaper photographer
-a-a and ex-con who starts a new life as a private investigator in
-a-a South Florida. Variety reports, "The series follows him
-a-a tackling cases that range from slightly odd to outright
-a-a bizarre with the help of his journalist ex, her police
-a-a detective wife and a shadowy woman from his past who could be
-a-a his greatest ally ... or his one-way ticket back to prison."
-a-a Robert Doherty serves as the showrunner for R.J. Decker. He is
-a-a also the writer and executive producer. Carl Beverly and Sarah
-a-a Timberman serve as executive producers with Carl Hiaasen and
-a-a Jason Tracey.
-a-a Interestingly, R.J. Decker isn't the only ABC TV show to be
-a-a renewed recently. Last month, the network also greenlit two
-a-a other shows for new seasons.
-a-a The first show is Shifting Gears, ABC's most-watched comedy in
-a-a linear ratings this season. It averaged 5.4 million viewers on
-a-a TV and 7 million across all platforms.
-a-a Then there's Scrubs, a revival of the original hit comedy
-a-a sitcom. Compared to Shifting Gears, it performed even better,
-a-a reaching 9 million cross-platform viewers and expanding to
-a-a 11 million in its first month.
<https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/2130591-popular-abc-tv-show-renewed- for-season-2>
On 2026-05-09 12:17 a.m., Your Name wrote:
-a-a-a Popular ABC TV Show Renewed for Season 2
-a-a-a ----------------------------------------
-a-a-a Only two months after its premiere, an ABC TV show-abased on
-a-a-a Carl Hiaasen's novel-aDouble Whammy-ahas been renewed for a
-a-a-a second season, following strong viewership numbers.
-a-a-a Nielsen reported that it reached 15.2 million total viewers
-a-a-a through 35 days of multiplatform viewing. The renewal ensures
-a-a-a the story will continue with a new season.
-a-a-a What ABC TV show has been renewed for a second season?
-a-a-a The hit ABC TV show R.J. Decker, from 20th Television,
-a-a-a debuted in March and consists of nine episodes. It stars
-a-a-a Scott Speedman in the titular role. Other cast members
-a-a-a include Jaina Lee Ortiz as Emilia Ochoa, Bevin Bru as
-a-a-a Detective Melody Abreu, Kevin Rankin as Aloysius Aiken, and
-a-a-a Adelaide Clemens as Catherine Delacroix.
-a-a-a In the show, R.J. Decker is a former newspaper photographer
-a-a-a and ex-con who starts a new life as a private investigator in
-a-a-a South Florida. Variety reports, "The series follows him
-a-a-a tackling cases that range from slightly odd to outright
-a-a-a bizarre with the help of his journalist ex, her police
-a-a-a detective wife and a shadowy woman from his past who could be
-a-a-a his greatest ally ... or his one-way ticket back to prison."
-a-a-a Robert Doherty serves as the showrunner for R.J. Decker. He is
-a-a-a also the writer and executive producer. Carl Beverly and Sarah
-a-a-a Timberman serve as executive producers with Carl Hiaasen and
-a-a-a Jason Tracey.
-a-a-a Interestingly, R.J. Decker isn't the only ABC TV show to be
-a-a-a renewed recently. Last month, the network also greenlit two
-a-a-a other shows for new seasons.
-a-a-a The first show is Shifting Gears, ABC's most-watched comedy in
-a-a-a linear ratings this season. It averaged 5.4 million viewers on
-a-a-a TV and 7 million across all platforms.
-a-a-a Then there's Scrubs, a revival of the original hit comedy
-a-a-a sitcom. Compared to Shifting Gears, it performed even better,
-a-a-a reaching 9 million cross-platform viewers and expanding to
-a-a-a 11 million in its first month.
<https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/2130591-popular-abc-tv-show-
renewed- for-season-2>
I am genuinely surprised by this renewal. If Epguides was accurate,
there were originally 13 episodes of this show and they only showed 9,
an unusually low number for American broadcast networks. I just assumed
this was an indication that no one was watching and the network had
decided that they'd show something else which might attract more viewers
and that a renewal was out of the question.
On 5/9/26 11:47 AM, Rhino wrote:
On 2026-05-09 12:17 a.m., Your Name wrote:
-a-a-a Popular ABC TV Show Renewed for Season 2
-a-a-a ----------------------------------------
-a-a-a Only two months after its premiere, an ABC TV show-abased on
-a-a-a Carl Hiaasen's novel-aDouble Whammy-ahas been renewed for a
-a-a-a second season, following strong viewership numbers.
-a-a-a Nielsen reported that it reached 15.2 million total viewers
-a-a-a through 35 days of multiplatform viewing. The renewal ensures
-a-a-a the story will continue with a new season.
-a-a-a What ABC TV show has been renewed for a second season?
-a-a-a The hit ABC TV show R.J. Decker, from 20th Television,
-a-a-a debuted in March and consists of nine episodes. It stars
-a-a-a Scott Speedman in the titular role. Other cast members
-a-a-a include Jaina Lee Ortiz as Emilia Ochoa, Bevin Bru as
-a-a-a Detective Melody Abreu, Kevin Rankin as Aloysius Aiken, and
-a-a-a Adelaide Clemens as Catherine Delacroix.
-a-a-a In the show, R.J. Decker is a former newspaper photographer
-a-a-a and ex-con who starts a new life as a private investigator in
-a-a-a South Florida. Variety reports, "The series follows him
-a-a-a tackling cases that range from slightly odd to outright
-a-a-a bizarre with the help of his journalist ex, her police
-a-a-a detective wife and a shadowy woman from his past who could be
-a-a-a his greatest ally ... or his one-way ticket back to prison."
-a-a-a Robert Doherty serves as the showrunner for R.J. Decker. He is
-a-a-a also the writer and executive producer. Carl Beverly and Sarah
-a-a-a Timberman serve as executive producers with Carl Hiaasen and
-a-a-a Jason Tracey.
-a-a-a Interestingly, R.J. Decker isn't the only ABC TV show to be
-a-a-a renewed recently. Last month, the network also greenlit two
-a-a-a other shows for new seasons.
-a-a-a The first show is Shifting Gears, ABC's most-watched comedy in
-a-a-a linear ratings this season. It averaged 5.4 million viewers on
-a-a-a TV and 7 million across all platforms.
-a-a-a Then there's Scrubs, a revival of the original hit comedy
-a-a-a sitcom. Compared to Shifting Gears, it performed even better,
-a-a-a reaching 9 million cross-platform viewers and expanding to
-a-a-a 11 million in its first month.
<https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/2130591-popular-abc-tv-show-
renewed- for-season-2>
I am genuinely surprised by this renewal. If Epguides was accurate,
there were originally 13 episodes of this show and they only showed 9,
an unusually low number for American broadcast networks. I just
assumed this was an indication that no one was watching and the
network had decided that they'd show something else which might
attract more viewers and that a renewal was out of the question.
Quite sure Epguides is wrong here rCo there were only 9 episodes produced. (I couldn't tell you if the original plan was to do 13 - but in this day
and age, it's more likely they originally intended to do 10 episodes and then for some reason settled on 9).
On 2026-05-09 3:22 p.m., Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 5/9/26 11:47 AM, Rhino wrote:
https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/2130591-popular-abc-tv-show-renewed- for-season-2
I am genuinely surprised by this renewal. If Epguides was accurate, >>>there were originally 13 episodes of this show and they only showed 9, >>>an unusually low number for American broadcast networks. I just
assumed this was an indication that no one was watching and the
network had decided that they'd show something else which might
attract more viewers and that a renewal was out of the question.
Quite sure Epguides is wrong here rCo there were only 9 episodes produced. >>(I couldn't tell you if the original plan was to do 13 - but in this day >>and age, it's more likely they originally intended to do 10 episodes and >>then for some reason settled on 9).
It's entirely possible you're right. I'm POSITIVE I saw "13 episodes" at
the top of the RJ Decker page one day and that it was "9 episodes" the
next day but I'm sure they're just as human as the rest of us; the "13"
was probably just a simple mistake. In any case, I'm glad for the cast
and crew that they got the renewal and look forward to Season 2.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2026-05-09 3:22 p.m., Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 5/9/26 11:47 AM, Rhino wrote:
https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/2130591-popular-abc-tv-show-renewed- for-season-2
I am genuinely surprised by this renewal. If Epguides was accurate,
there were originally 13 episodes of this show and they only showed 9, >>>> an unusually low number for American broadcast networks. I just
assumed this was an indication that no one was watching and the
network had decided that they'd show something else which might
attract more viewers and that a renewal was out of the question.
Quite sure Epguides is wrong here rCo there were only 9 episodes produced. >>> (I couldn't tell you if the original plan was to do 13 - but in this day >>> and age, it's more likely they originally intended to do 10 episodes and >>> then for some reason settled on 9).
It's entirely possible you're right. I'm POSITIVE I saw "13 episodes" at
the top of the RJ Decker page one day and that it was "9 episodes" the
next day but I'm sure they're just as human as the rest of us; the "13"
was probably just a simple mistake. In any case, I'm glad for the cast
and crew that they got the renewal and look forward to Season 2.
When the index page was set up, the number of episodes may have been a placeholder till they got actual information. It's also possible that
there was a 13-episode script order announced in a press release that we missed but production got cut down to nine episodes once ABC gave it
a time slot.
This has got to suck for producers, that an episode order isn't truly a
firm commitment or that there's no actual obligation to air every
episode produced. In any number of cases, we've been denied broadcast of
all episodes produced in first run, episodes only produced due to firm commitments in international sales.
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