Tracker Is Coming Back! Everything to Know About Season 2 of the CBS Show

Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw in 'Tracker'. . Photo:

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CBS renewed Tracker for a season 2 in March 2024 after only four episodes of season 1 had aired.

The show debuted after the Super Bowl LVIII and was an instant success, marking the network’s most-watched series since Young Sheldon’s premiere in 2017. According to Nielsen, Tracker was the No. 1 show on cable since it premiered, attracting 16 million multiplatform viewers.

Led by Justin Hartley, Tracker follows the story of Colter Shaw, a survivalist and tracker who helps law enforcement find people in exchange for a monetary reward. The show is based on producer Jeffery Deaver’s novel, The Never Game.

From the premiere date to the cast, here’s everything to know about Tracker season 2.

When will Tracker season 2 premiere?

As of right now, CBS hasn't announced a premiere date for Tracker season 2, but the network confirmed it will be back for the 2024-2025 season.

The show has been a long time coming as the pilot was delivered to CBS in November 2022. However, Reisenbach told Deadline in January 2024 that she chose to delay the show’s debut to the 2023-2024 season to give it a longer promotional runway.

“It was such a fantastic pilot, and we said okay, we’re not going to put it on for this season," she told the outlet. "Maybe in previous years, we might have said okay, we got a pilot in November, let’s put it on in spring. We said let’s hold this for the following season."

Who is in the cast of Tracker season 2?

Hartley will reprise his role as Colter in Tracker season 2. He'll be joined by Manifest actress Melissa Roxburgh, who plays Colter's younger sister, Dory, and Supernatural star Jensen Ackles, who plays Colter’s estranged older brother, Russell Shaw.

How can I watch and stream Tracker?

Tracker season 1 can be streamed on Paramount +. Individual episodes and the full season can also be purchased on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV.

Season 2 will likely follow suit, with new episodes airing weekly on CBS and available to stream on Paramount+.

What has Justin Hartley said about Tracker?

Hartley not only stars as the lead in the show, but he also is an executive producer — which means he got to make some decisions about what would stay in the show from the book.

“The fact that Colter doesn't have a girlfriend, I think that's one of the things I wanted to sort of keep,” the This Is Us actor told PEOPLE in February 2024. “I feel like if he has a wife and a girlfriend and a family, and he continues to do all these dangerous things, that's kind of selfish.”

After the show was renewed, Hartley joined 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 directing producer, Ken Olin, came to me and said, ‘I’d really like to keep working with you,’ and I said, ‘Likewise,’ ” he explained.

Hartley continued, “So we found this book, The Never Game, written by Jeffery Deaver and took the character Colter Shaw and developed it for TV.”