Here’s When ‘Will Trent’ Returns for Season 4
UPDATE (10/28/2025 3 p.m. ET): The premiere date for Will Trent Season 4 has finally been revealed as January 6, 2026, at 8/7c. Find out everything else there is to know about the new season (including the first teaser trailer) right here.
ORIGINAL STORY (5/13/2024 at 12 p.m. ET): It’s finale night for Will Trent, and just in time for the “action movie”-style Season 3 closer, ABC has announced exactly when the crime drama will return for Season 4.
On Tuesday (May 13), as part of its Upfronts presentation, the network revealed that Will Trent will be back sometime in 2026 as a midseason premiere, meaning early in the year.
That premiere date is in keeping with the show’s previous release schedule. Both Season 1 and Season 3 were January premieres, and the abbreviated (due to the Hollywood strikes) Season 2 launched in February of its release year. So, chances are, we’ll see Will Trent (Ramón Rodríguez) getting suited up for some more of his unique murder mystery-solving adventures in January 2026.
Will Trent was renewed for Season 4 well ahead of the finale. The series has proven to be a steady ratings earner at 4.6 million viewers on average, which is an increase from Season 2’s viewership. Plus, the network touted in March that the total viewers for its live audience and streamers on Hulu is above 10 million per episode.
Will Trent concludes Season 3 with Tuesday night’s finale, titled, “Listening to a Heartbeat.” The episode will pick up on the cliffhanger left by last week’s episode, which found the city of Atlanta facing a bioterrorism attack, with Michael Ormewood (Jake McLaughlin), Nico (Cora Lu Tran), Seth (Scott Foley), and Betty trapped in the overwhelmed hospital as it went on lockdown. Meanwhile, Angie (Erika Christensen) had a decision to make about whether she wants to keep the baby after her unexpected pregnancy.
About the finale, coshowrunner Daniel T. Thomsen told TV Insider, “This is the biggest episode that we have ever undertaken, just in terms of resources that we’re putting into it. It really does feel like an action movie. And so I think that what we’re trying to do is give people an event episode of Will Trent that we have not done before in three seasons.”
However, Thomsen also promised some more of the character drama elements that fans have come to know and love about the showing, promising all of the big set pieces were presented “without losing the emotional connection to those characters and [while] making sure that, even though the entire city is in jeopardy and lives are in the balance, that there’s also plenty of opportunities so often feel.”
The official description for Season 3’s finale is, “Unleashed by a domestic terrorist group, a mysterious biological attack runs rampant in Atlanta. As Will and his team race to contain the threat and save countless lives, he’s forced to confront the complex dynamics of his own family.”
Will Trent, Season 3 finale, May 13, 8/7c, ABC
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Love this show! Keep it coming!
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Will knows who his daddy is. They even look alike.
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This is the best show on TV! The character development and acting are fantastic. Please don't kill off any of the superb characters!
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I love the show and all the characters so much, I record it and watch it over and over. My husband finds it hilarious. I hope they will keep Armwood and Amanda on the show. I want Will to find Love and to experience fatherhood. He had been dealt such a bad hand in childhood. He deserves some good.
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Please let Angie be further along than she thinks she is and the baby belongs to Will. If that’s even possible. That part was so heartbreaking when they heard the heartbeat together.
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Angie and Will did sleep together that one time while she was seeing the doctor so it could be Wills baby.
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I hope they don't replace Sonja Sohn! We love her character. The writing &acting make this show.
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Love this show!!
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I would love to see Angie get married and have her healthy baby girl. Will...he could have been the one listening to HIS baby's heartbeat. He blew it. I did not like the actress playing Wills love interest. I always hoped they would get back together BUT maybe it's time to leave the darkness...and LIVE
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I loved the last scene with Will and Angie; I was sad for him knowing he wasn’t the father, but so happy he wasn’t, because I’m hoping they’ll find someone with better chemistry. Love Angie, but there’s no chemistry between them—Will needs someone younger, more attractive (not Jane the Virgin). I hope Ormwood is okay. He’s grown on me a lot this season, and the show wouldn’t be the same without him. Same with Amanda. Love the new character playing Wills father, and feel the family dynamic will be good for the show.
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I love the Will Trent show!!!!!
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They didn't tell us who's the baby's father is yet. It can be Will. The Dr guy didn't know that Will n Angie were in the relationship with each other before he came along,so he automatically thought that's his baby. I don't like Will's new woman of interest. I hope they broke up for good with that woman and get back with Angie. We want it to be back soon.
Best show.
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I love this show very much just wish the baby could have been part of the cliffhanger as not knowing if the Daddy was the Doctor's or Will's
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YES! That one night for Will and Angie…. Maybe it’s not Seth’s baby!! Maybe Will and Angie will be parents and a family! That would be a great storyline for season 4.
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Love the whole cast especially Betty
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LOVE Will Trent!!! Best show on TV!! 😍
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I love LOVE Will Trent…The actor who plays him is FINE 😍😍😍Please don’t kill Amanda Wagner off…I LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!…After what 911 has done to my heart I need a break…So happy this show has been renewed for a 4th season
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I love this show and each of it's fabulous characters.
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More Betty please.
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Love this show! Hope it lasts for a few more years. I would like to see Angie marry Seth (Scott Foley). ❤️
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Love it! So happy there will be Season 4.big fan of Nico and Betty and the whole team 😍
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I really love the finale. But cmon Gina now needs to be brought back as Wills love interest since Angie will staying with the doctor. Let’s have a happy 3th season and bring it back early in 26.
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Not Gina. SARA LITTON. She is his romantic partner from the books and she is great. They have changed SO much from the books, I hope they don't change this
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I don't think that will happen. I think Will and Angie love each other too deeply to really move on.. I think Angie will walk down the wedding aisle and though she cares deeply for the Seth, will not be able to say "I Do."
BTW, I loved Marion. The writers could have taken a different path but they leaned into the Will & Angie unbreakable bond.
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How do you pronounce 3th. Should be 3rd. Hahaha 😂
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I love this show. I hope it never looses its uniqueness.
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I think Angie and Will should be together and people are sad that didn’t work out. They have so much history together and were planning a future together before all went south.
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Love the cast of will trent especially BETTY
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Love the show, look forward to it every week, wish it was coming back sooner, best one in a long time, Betty is Precious
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Best Will Trent so far. Love it. Wish it would come back sooner
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Always Will and Angie together!
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I love this show and definitely want Angie and Will back together. Their interactions is one reason I became hooked on this show
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I have no thoughts of what's next, just hope that it keeps coming.
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Yes! The character development was amazing!
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Here in the UK I am a huge fan of the Will Trent show. Wonderfully written and acted! Would love it if the baby turns out to be Will's!
Can't wait for Season 4 on Disney+!!!
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Bring it back in September. !
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Will and Angie isn't good for each other. In the story for them it's all about SEX and their job. Life is more than that, as old as they are in the story they should have been gotten it together. Be real less move on!
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The best show on TV. I look forward to watching each new episode.
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I'm so glad Will is returning but January is way to far away...they already canceled one of my favorite shows on TV already. And it was a great show.
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Best show on tv!!! There should me 26 episodes per season! Don't like having to wait 8 months, til Jan to see a new episode of Will Trent. TV is definitely not like it used to be.
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I like Will Trent this show is very good I am glad now I have something to take the place of the soaps.
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I like Wil Trent it is a very good show .
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I think they should call it the Betty Trent show, with will and angie as co stars LOL but the episode was amazing, the pace that kept you on the edge of your seat moment by moment - The archery team was pretty funny and totally unexpected. Amanda and Angie were absolutely fierce protecting their house, the precinct. I agree with the contributor that wrote that will and the sheriff actually look alike as though they were related in real life and the fact that they are both lawmen is pretty interesting. I want to see that relationship developed in coming episodes and finally the scene where they both heard the heartbeat was just heartbreaking; no wonder they named the episode Heartbeat. Foley may be a doctor and all but to me Angie & Will belong together - they have been through so much together, and they share each others childhood pains and secrets - I do hope they wind up together. Ormewood has sure changed from the way he started on the show, mature responsible and recently jacked up. It made me so sad to see him have the seizure after his acts of bravery during the ambush...and as it turns out Faith turns out to be the Mama on the show - telling Angie to stay behind at the station (due to her pregnancy) and the way she swooped in to help Ormewood - wowza what a show! ps glad that Gina is gone didn't like her for will and of course honorable mention to Nico a valuable member to the cast and her relation ship with BB Betty : )
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Love this show ❤️
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I want Will with the woman that he was accused of killing her son and I would like to see Will be a good dad to her other son.
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