The Good Doctor: Season Three Renewal Announced by ABC

The doctor is “in” for the 2019-20 television season. ABC has announced that their Monday night medical drama, The Good Doctor, has been renewed for a third season.

Here’s the press announcement:

THE GOOD DOCTOR – SEASON 3
The doctors at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital will be back with new episodes of the successful drama, produced by Sony Pictures Television and ABC Studios. The series airs Mondays at 10:00 p.m. ET on The ABC Television Network, streaming and on demand. 

The series stars Freddie Highmore as Dr. Shaun Murphy, Antonia Thomas as Dr. Claire Browne, Nicholas Gonzalez as Dr. Neil Melendez, Hill Harper as Dr. Marcus Andrews, Richard Schiff as Dr. Aaron Glassman, Tamlyn Tomita as Allegra Aoki, Christina Chang as Dr. Audrey Lim, Fiona Gubelman as Dr. Morgan Reznick, Will Yun Lee as Dr. Alex Park and Paige Spara as Lea Dilallo.

The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television and ABC Studios. David Shore is writer and executive producer. Daniel Dae Kim, David Kim, Erin Gunn, Sebastian Lee and Seth Gordon are also executive producers.

The second season of The Good Doctor is averaging a 1.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.78 million viewers. Compared to season one, that’s down by 37% and 31%, respectively. Both seasons have 18 episodes.

Today, the alphabet network also renewed A Million Little Things for a second season and Shark Tank for season 11. At this point, it looks like all three will see their new seasons launch in Fall 2019.

What do you think? Do you like The Good Doctor TV show on ABC? Will you be watching season three? Were you worried that it might be cancelled?