The U.S. remake of TF1’s comedy police procedural, “HIP” (“High Intellectual Potential”), has delivered outstanding ratings following its launch. Renamed “High Potential” for its North American audience, the launch was the most watched broadcast series of its time slot according to Nielsen data in Live + Same Day and built viewing figures of 11.5 million in the week of its launch, taking into account digital platforms including Hulu and Hulu on Disney+. In addition, “High Potential” also hit Hulu’s Top 15 chart and took the No. 1 position for three days in a row for the week commencing September 22.
Based up IP developed by Septembre Productions (Jean Nainchrick), a Mediawan company and Itinéraire Productions, (Pierre Laugier and Anthony Lancret), a UGC company, the U.S. adaptation follows a deal concluded by European distributor Newen Connect with Disney Television Studios’ ABC Signature.
The series follows Morgan, a single mum with three kids and an exceptional mind, who helps solve an unsolvable crime when she rearranges some evidence during her shift as a cleaner for the police department. When they discover she has a knack for putting things in order because of her high intellectual potential, she is brought on as a consultant to work with a by-the-book seasoned detective Karadec, and together they form an unusual and unstoppable team.
“HIP” is a cultural phenomenon in France, where it airs on TF1. The launch of the first season in May 2021 generated an historic 12.4m viewers. It continues to be France’s biggest scripted show on TF1 in 15 years and the third most-watched European series.
Internationally, the title has been viewed more than 280 million times in 105 countries around the world. In addition to the U.S., five further adaptations of HIP have been made with versions in Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Greece and Hungary. The series is not only a commercial success, but a critical success too, having collected the Unifrance prize in 2023. It is currently nominated for an International Emmy.
The U.S. version stars Kaitlin Olsen as Morgan, Daniel Sunata as detective Karadec, Javicia Leslie as Daphne, Deniz Akdeniz as Lev “Oz” Osman, Amirah J as Ava, Matthew Lamb as Elliot and Judy Reyes as Selena. Drew Godard created the series based on the French IP and together with Sarah Esberg serves as executive producers for Goddard Textiles alongside showrunner Todd Harthan as well as Dan Etheridge, Rob Thomas. Pierre Laugier, Anthony Lancret and Jean Nainchrik (the original execs of the French hit) are also executive producers, while Kaitlin Olson serves as producer. ABC Signature is the studio.