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In its first season of nine episodes, RJ Decker drew lackluster numbers and was ABC’s lowest-rated scripted series in the traditional ratings to be renewed. The network executives likely decided to give the show more time and a second season to hopefully find an audience. Will more viewers tune in this time around? Will RJ Decker be cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned.
A crime drama series, the RJ Decker TV show was created by Rob Doherty, based on the Double Whammy novel by Carl Hiaasen. The program stars Scott Speedman, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Kevin Rankin, Adelaide Clemens, and Bevin Bru. In the story, RJ Decker (Speedman) is a former newspaper photographer and ex-con who starts over as a private investigator in the colorful-if-crime-filled world of South Florida. He tackles cases that range from slightly odd to outright bizarre with the help of his journalist ex-wife, Catherine Delacroix (Clemens), her police detective wife, Melody “Mel” Abreu (Bru), and a shadowy new benefactor, Emilia “Emi” Ochoa (Ortiz), a well-connected lawyer from his past who could be his greatest ally (or his one-way ticket back to prison). Aloysius “Wish” Aiken (Rankin) is RJ’s criminally mischievous best friend and former cellmate.
