Trackers are coming back! Everything you need to know about Season 2 of the CBS Show and it’s full of surprises
Tracker is Coming Back! Everything You Need to Know About Season 2 of the CBS Show
CBS renewed Tracker for season 2 in March 2024 after only four episodes of season 1 aired.
The show debuted after Super Bowl LVIII and was an instant success, marking the network’s most-watched series since Young Sheldon debuted in 2017. According to Nielsen, Tracker has been the No. 1 show on cable since its debut, attracting 16 million viewers across multiple platforms.
Hosted by Justin Hartley, Tracker tells the story of Colter Shaw, a survivalist and tracker who helps law enforcement track people down in exchange for monetary rewards. The show is based on the novel The Never Game by producer Jeffery Deaver.
From the premiere date to the cast, here’s everything you need to know about Tracker season 2. As of now, CBS has yet to announce a premiere date for Tracker season 2, but the network has confirmed that the show will return for the 2024-2025 season.
The show has been in the works for a long time, with the first episode being delivered to CBS in November 2022. However, Reisenbach told Deadline in January 2024 that she opted to delay the show’s debut to the 2023-2024 season to allow for more time to promote it.
“It’s a great first episode, and we said, okay, we’re not going to air it this season,” she told the outlet. “Maybe in previous years, we might have said, okay, we’ve got the first episode in November, let’s air it in the spring. We said, let’s save it for next season.” Hartley will reprise his role as Colter in Tracker season 2. He will be joined by Manifest actress Melissa Roxburgh, who plays Colter’s sister, Dory, and Supernatural star Jensen Ackles, who plays Colter’s estranged brother, Russell Shaw. Tracker season 1 is available to stream on Paramount+. Individual episodes and the entire season are also available to buy on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV. Season 2 will likely follow, with new episodes airing weekly on CBS and available to stream on Paramount+. Hartley not only stars on the show, but he’s also an executive producer—which means he has to make some decisions about what to keep in the show from the book. Without a girlfriend, I think that’s one of the things I wanted to keep,” the This Is Us actor told PEOPLE in February 2024. “I felt like if he had a wife and a girlfriend and a family, and he continued to do all these dangerous things, it would be a little selfish.”
After the show was renewed, Hartley went on Live with Kelly and Mark in April 2024 to discuss how Tracker was a “labor of love” for him.
“When This Is Us ended, our executive producer, Ken Olin, came to me and said, ‘I really want to continue working with you,’ and I said, ‘Me too,’ ” he explained.
Hartley continued, “So we found this book, The Never Game, written by Jeffery Deaver and took the character of Colter Shaw and developed it for TV.”
