‘Will Trent’ Season 4 Teaser & Premiere Date Revealed (VIDEO)
Will Trent is one of ABC’s best shows currently running. The fan-favorite crime drama, which centers on the investigations of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations and the Atlanta Police Department, set streaming records for the network and continued to keep audiences guessing from week to week in Season 3.
Now, ABC has revealed some key details about what to expect when Will Trent Season 4 returns, so here’s everything we know so far!
When does Will Trent Season 4 premiere?
Will Trent returns to ABC on Tuesday, January 6, at 8/7c.
What will happen in Will Trent Season 4?
Author and series executive producer Karin Slaughter, appearing on Good Morning America, said that the series will directly follow the eventful Season 3 finale. “There’s so many great new ideas [in Season 4]. There were so many cliffhangers in that last episode of the season, and they’re just picking up where they left off and doing amazing things,” she explained on GMA.
The first teaser for the new season, embedded above, shows Will (Ramón Rodríguez) engaging with partner Faith (Iantha Richardson) on several new cases and trying to convince others — and maybe even himself — that he is “great.” Judging by the scratches in one flash of the preview, and the screaming he does in another, that might not precisely be the case.
What happened in Will Trent Season 3’s finale?
The finale saw the GBI crew grappling with a domestic terrorism attack, with a suspect attempting to poison all of Atlanta. Though the team stopped the attack, Amanda Wagner (Sonja Sohn) was shot while protecting Angie (Erika Christensen) from one of the terrorists. Also, Angie decided to keep her baby with Seth (Scott Foley), and Will gave her his blessing, while Michael Ormewood ( Jake McLaughlin) suffered a collapse that may be related to his brain tumor.
Who will star in Will Trent Season 4?
ABC has not confirmed the cast list for Will Trent Season 4 just yet, but Rodriguez will not only return as Will Trent; he will also direct multiple episodes, according to Deadline. He previously directed Season 3’s premiere episode for the series.
Deadline also reports that Kevin Daniels, who plays Detective Franklin Wilks, Angie’s colleague, friend, and sober sponsor, has been promoted to series regular for Season 4. This means we will be seeing a whole lot more about Wilks when the show returns.
Fans can also expect Christensen to return as Angie Polaski, Richardson as Faith Mitchell, and McLauglin as Michael Ormewood. Chances are, Yul Vazquez will also return as the newly introduced character, Caleb, after he was revealed to be Will’s biological father. Following the events of the finale, it’s unclear if Sohn will be back as Amanda Wagner after the character was shot, and her fate was left unknown.
It is also unknown at this time if Season 3’s newest regular, Gina Rodriguez, will return to her role as DA Marion Alba, a love interest of Will and close partner to both police teams featured in the series. We also do not know if Antwayn Hopper will resume his role as Rafael Wexler, a gang leader who has a deep connection to Will from childhood.
Liz Heldens, Daniel Thomsen, and Karine Rosenthal will serve as executive producers of the season.
Will Trent, Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 8/7c, ABC
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If Sonja Sohn doesn't return, I am truly going to be disappointed. I love Ramon but the character of Amanda was the Mother figure in "Will Trent." Heart, Soul, Grit. She raised Will. If they kill her off, I don't see him recovering, mentally.
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I agree with most of your post with the exception of Gina Rodriquez! I did not like her character and I hope her character does not appear in season 4! The rest of the cast and characters are great and cannot wait until the new season!
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Love Will Trent but hope they don’t kill off Sonja Sohn. Amanda’s is great character on the show has wonderful connection to Will considering she’s the one who found him!! Like Gina Rodriguez as an actress but there just was absolutely no connection with her & Will. If she comes back it needs to be totally different from before. Rafael probably should leave Atlanta for his daughter’s sake & get completely out of gangs starting over with a new life somewhere else.
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I love Will Trent. , and all the characters in this show. I also wish that Gina Rodriguez comes back to the show, she's really good and we Wii miss her.
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At least one of my most favorite shows has been renewed.
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I love this show ! I'm so happy it's got a season 4, I do hope the one that got shot comes back ! She is awesome and makes it all work together with Will
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Please don’t fix what’s not broke
Keep same cast
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I have been re-watching all episodes Seasons 1 to 3 to get my Will Trent fix. Last time I watched them, I turned on closed captioning and realized I had missed many important little things. Can't wait for Season 4.
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Betty the Chihuahua is the star of the show, followed by her dad, will Trent.
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I‘ll be THERE for Season 4, as long as Betty Comes Back!!!!
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Will Trent and High Potential are the best!!!! I watch their previous shows repeatedly leading up to the new episodes.... love love love these series!!!!
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I didn’t like Gina Rodriquez character For Will Trent and didn’t like Scott Foley character Seth for Angie. I hope that Will and Angie would get back together in season 4.
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This is too long to wait! When you have a show people want to watch, wouldn't be smarter to put it on TV, than wait months and we go find something else? It's a great show, put it on tv
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I love the show and all of the cast and the theme about Will not being able to read or write is a god send for helping people see the strugles Will goes threw and how he works threw them.
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Rumors that Betty will no return to Will Trent season 4. She is the soft lovable side of Will. Please don’t take her away.
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Mone of the actors match the characters in the book.
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Will Sarah Litton from Slaughter’s books be making an appearance?
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Love Will Trent! Favorite new TV show. Will, Angie, BETTY - can’t wait until they are back. Looking forward to the new season. Hmmm, could that baby be Will’s? Guess we’ll have to wait and see.
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I love this show Betty is my favorite character, Will is spectacular,so easy to love.🤩
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Not only was Ormewood dirty, but he was a serial killer too
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I was wondering the same thing !!!
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I LOVED the series until I started listening to Karin Slaughter's Audio books for Grant County and Will Trent. Still love Will Trent, just is small case love, not caps LOL🙃
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Why are they not bringing in Sara Linton? Confusing as she plays a major role in the Will Trent series of books
Funny how Michael Ormewood is a good cop in this series considering that he was dirty in the books
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