After The Rookie, The Good Doctor could be ABC’s next hit to have a spin-off.

ABC is expanding for the 2022-2023 TV season when it comes to The noob, while the Nathan Fillion-directed dramatic spin-off will air shortly after Niecy Nash’s Simone pilot airs this spring. Now, with The rookie: the feds on my way the network could try to expand the successful hospital drama the good doctor with their own spin-off, but not with any of their existing doctors.

the good doctor – which launches its sixth season in October – would launch a legal drama titled the good lawyeraccording to Term , centered on a woman in her twenties named Joni battling her OCD to seek justice as a defense attorney. She would come on the scene as Shaun’s attorney after he needed to be represented, which doesn’t sound good to Shaun, but it could be the basis for a solid spin-off.

Although neither ABC nor the Sony TV production company have commented at the time of writing, the outlet claims that Joni (whose cast is open to all ethnicities) will debut in episode 13. of the good doctor Season 6. The character is rumored to have trouble with her OCD as she uses her attention to detail to her professional advantage, even though she has had to threaten her top-tier law firm with legal action for attempting to unfairly fire her .

Another new character is Janet, a seasoned attorney who has represented Dr. Glassman for decades, who serves as the liaison between Shaun and this law firm. It looks like Joni and Janet could be Shaun and Glassman’s the good lawyerwhen ordered in series, as a main mentor / pupil relationship, but the new characters’ relationships may not date back to those of Shaun and Glassman.

News of a potential backdoor pilot comes just over a year after Sony Pictures TV president Jeff Frost. raised the idea of ​​a spin-off as a possibility , though he didn’t share any details at the time about what a spin-off might look like. Instead of focusing on one of the existing characters like Claire (now that she is no longer in San Bonaventura) or Dr. Lim (assuming she recovers from the bloody cliffhanger finale of season 5 ), the good lawyer would focus on a newcomer.

Regardless of whether the potential spin-off becomes a similar series The rookie: the fedsIt appears ABC is working on the project well in advance, con the good doctor Executive producers and co-showrunners David Shore and Liz Friedman on board. Assuming season six airs with a schedule similar to the first five, episode 13 won’t be released until early 2023. At this point, fans are still more than a month away from watching. as the sixth season premiere continues after Dr. Lim’s attack . (You can watch the Season 5 finale aired with a hulu subscription .)

A legal drama would be a new addition to the ABC lineup, which already has some crime drama (if you count big sky play at the same time The noob Yes The rookie: the feds) and two medical dramas, with the good doctor Season 6 and Grey’s Anatomy Season 19 is approaching.

Additionally, ABC has lagged behind when it comes to multi-show script franchises, compared to CBS (with the NCIS Yes FBI shows) and NBC (with the Right and One Chicago shows). Only Grey’s Anatomy Yes post 19 shared a universe on ABC before; with The rookie: the feds and eventually the good lawyerthat could change for the better.

For now, however, the backdoor driver for the good lawyer it has not been confirmed, so we are far from a mass order. For now, fans can only wait for the return of the good doctor in the Program of the first TV 2022 . Season 6 reverts to its time slot at 10pm ET on Mondays on ABC’s fall program from 3 October.