The next “Castle” or the next “Mentalist”?

You know the kind of TV series I’m talking about. Castle, Bones, The Mentalist. All cut from the same Sherlock Holmes-inspired cloth, and each series pairs an uptight detective with an unconventional, dare I say, downright annoying civilian who seems to have magical powers of investigation and deduction. We love watching these prodigies find clues that elude the police, and come up with a witty retort to every suggestion of following procedure and the law.

In that venerable television tradition, ABC brings us “High Potential” (Tuesdays, 10 EDT/PDT, ★★★ out of four), another cop-turned-consultant series that perhaps deserves a mention in this list of hits. “Potential,” based on a French series, is a little silly and a little formulaic, but also very entertaining. It’s the kind of lighthearted detective dramedy we don’t see as much anymore in the sea of ​​overly grim “Chicago” spinoffs and “Law & Orders” on TV. Created by “The Good Place” and “The Martian” producer Drew Goddard, “Potential” stars “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” MVP Kaitlin Olson, and has the potential to fill a cozy mystery niche we’ve all been missing in our deeply serious times.

In the duo of a quirky genius and a stuffy cop, our know-it-all is Morgan (Olson), a single mother of three with “high intellectual potential” but so unreliable and untrustworthy that she’s quit or fired from every job she’s ever had. She stumbles into her job as a police consultant when she oversteps her real duty as a janitor at the station, and is quickly picked up by commanding officer Selena (Judy Reyes, “Scrubs”). It’s very “Good Will Hunting,” but with Olson dancing to pop music and wearing leopard print.