The Good Doctor is one of ABC’s biggest ratings hits right now, and they’re not letting go of it anytime soon. The medical drama starring Freddie Highmore has been renewed for its seventh season shortly before the Season 6 finale.
Renewing The Good Doctor for another season was a no-brainer for ABC given its strong ratings. The show’s viewership among adults 18-49 has been steadily growing and its April 10 episode was the highest-rated telecast this season.
The show’s streaming numbers are just as impressive, with the same-day average of 3.3 million viewers jumping to 9.1 million after five weeks of multiplatform viewing.
The Good Doctor has been a staple of ABC’s programming since it premiered in 2017. It’s the adaptation of the South Korean series of the same name and it centers on Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore), a young autistic surgeon with savant syndrome.
In addition to Highmore in the lead role, the cast of The Good Doctor also includes Richard Schiff, Fiona Gubelmann, Will Yun Lee, Christina Chang, Paige Spara, Hill Harper, and Bria Samoné Henderson.
The Good Doctor became such a huge hit for ABC that they’re thinking about expanding its universe with a proposed spinoff The Good Lawyer starring Kennedy McMann and Felicity Huffman.
