Logo text Among the more notable things about ABC ‘s schedule for the start of the 2026-27 season is something that’s not there — the network’s most popular scripted series, High Potential . ABC will instead open the show’s third season in early 2027 as part of a first quarter packed with big events. The network will be home to the College Football Playoff championship game (simulcasting with ESPN), the Super Bowl, the relocated Grammy Awards and the Oscars in the first three months of next year. “This is about the most formidable block of live events that’s ever been assembled on broadcast television,” Ari Goldman, senior vp content strategy and scheduling at ABC, told The Hollywood Reporter ; he also noted the big audience for New Year’s Rockin’ Eve at the end of the year. “We’ll have so much circulation. We have the opportunity to message and to re-market [ABC shows] to these viewers. Some of these will also present great lead-in opportunities.…