CBS renews 'Tracker' for Season 4 with Colter injured, hunted and forced to face his darkest truths yet
'Tracker' fans have reason to celebrate! The CBS show is officially set to return for a fourth season. The update comes as fans eagerly await the next Season 3 episodes to drop later this year. On December 14, the show aired its midseason finale, which left the fates of Colter Shaw (Justin Hartley) and Keaton (Brent Sexton) hanging in the balance after the duo gets injured. The next batch of Season 3 episodes will drop on March 1 as Colter struggles to confront the hard truths buried in his family's past.
Meanwhile, on January 22, CBS confirmed 'Tracker' will be renewed for Season 4, alongside several other series. The move came as no surprise given the procedural's dominance as the No. 1 show on broadcast television. The 'Tracker' Season 3 premiere attracted 17 million viewers over 35 days of multi-platform viewing, according to Nielsen. This is nearly equal to Season 2's average audience of 17.34 million. The show typically gains a few million more viewers through long-tail viewing, but most of that happens in the first week. This indicates a dedicated and consistent weekly audience, as per Deadline.
Based on Jeffery Deaver's novel 'The Never Game', 'Tracker' follows Hartley as Colter, a skilled lone-wolf tracker. Throughout its three seasons, Colter is portrayed as the man who travels the country helping civilians and law enforcement solve cases while grappling with his troubled family history. Talking about the return of Season 3, CBS has confirmed the show will return on Sunday, March 1, at 9 pm ET, as per Good Housekeeping. In addition, showrunner Elwood Reid teased intense developments ahead for Colter in the second half of Season 3.
Speaking to TV Line in December 2025, Reid revealed that Colter is in dire condition when the show returns. "You saw a rough cut of this episode. We didn't even have all the bullet strikes [added in post-production] yet. Colter is shot pretty bad at the end," he said, adding that Colter is "the only one who crawls out of that car," only to face even bigger trouble. Reid explained that Colter becomes a suspect, noting, "He becomes a wanted man because he's been at the scenes of these crimes, and people start wondering if he's in cahoots with the killer." He added, "There's another plot that helps explain that, but the short answer is yes—he needs help. We've got a decent cast of characters, and you can probably guess who he calls."
Reportedly, Hartley also serves as an executive producer on 'Tracker' alongside Ken Olin, Reid, and others, with 20th Television as the studio. The series' renewal was announced alongside several other CBS shows, including 'Matlock', 'Elsbeth', 'Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage', the 'NCIS' franchise, and unscripted hits 'Survivor' and 'The Amazing Race'.
