willpower the night agent to be back for a season 2? The answer is yes, as it was renewed less than a week after its debut. The length isn’t surprising given the explosive first week the show has had on Netflix. Here’s everything we know the night agent so far 2 season.
Based on the novel by Matthew Quirk the night agent Roman (along with some elaborate and original ideas), the show follows a young FBI agent who takes a call that plunges him into a deadly conspiracy involving a White House mole.
The show comes to Netflix from Sony Pictures Television and showrunner Shawn Ryan, who is behind titles like the shield AND BROKEN
Official Renewal Status: Renewed March 29, 2023
Netflix has officially renewed the night agent for a second season and announced that the second season will premiere in 2024 with 10 episodes.
Shawn Ryan, creator, showrunner and executive producer of the night agentHe said of the season two renewal:
“Last week has been turbulent as we finally get to share The Night Agent with the world. It has been a great pleasure to see the tremendous response to the show and an honor to our cast, writers, directors, crew and our partners at Sony Pictures Television and Netflix. We couldn’t be prouder or more excited to launch season two to share the additional adventures of Night Action with our new fans.”
Katherine Pope, President of Sony Pictures Television said:
“We’re thrilled that The Night Agent is an instant global sensation, and we can’t wait to continue this story with our extraordinary cast, creative lead Shawn Ryan, and our amazing partners at Netflix.”
Jinny Howe, Vice President of Drama Series at Netflix, said of the renewal:
“We are proud to see The Night Agent perform exceptionally and gain instant acceptance around the world. Shawn Ryan has crafted a spy thriller viewers will never tire of, featuring an all-star cast that includes Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan and Hong Chau, and we’re here to bring you more of the action and suspense you love.
As we mentioned earlier, all renewals are about numbers. As we’ll discuss below, The Night Agent turned in some great numbers and combined that with the fact that the completion rate seems high and the show’s budget (which is said to be between $2 million and $3 million per episode, up to $30 million). . total) was a breeze.
Shawn Ryan hinted there was room for more stories in talks with Deadline ahead of the renewal, saying:
“I certainly have ideas; You probably want to save them for me until the time comes. What I will say is that the original idea of this series that we sold to Netflix was that each season would tell its own story, almost all of them independently, with a beginning, middle and end, and each future season would have a few. but not most of the characters we saw in the previous season.”
This section will be worked on in the coming weeks as we keep track of all the different metrics for the night agent.
Netflix itself publishes 40-hour stats for its top shows and movies every Tuesday, and their data shows that The Night Agent had a great debut on Netflix.
According to the press release, “The action thriller ranked #3 in its opening week of the entire first TV season and appeared in the top 10 in 93 countries.”
Here’s how the weekly hourly figures break down so far:
| period of the week | Hours supported (M) | Area | weeks in the top 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 19, 2023 to March 26, 2023 | 168,710,000 | 1 | 1 |
How do the numbers compare to other Netflix originals? Well, we can compare ourselves to some other shows that debuted last year, and in terms of opening weekends alone, The Night Agent surpassed such the watchful, the recruit AND The Lincoln Attorney.
If we break down the hourly data into CVE (Full Viewing Equivalent: take the duration of the show and divide it by the hours), we can see that they beat Keep Breathing and 1899, but were close behind The Watcher.
In our first week Top 10 report, What’s on Netflix contributor Frederic said the show had the “second best start of all series released on Thursday, right after the watchful which was revamped at the end (thus a limited series achievement).
Early FlixPatrol stats suggest so the night agent It has become Netflix’s biggest show worldwide since its initial debut. On March 26, 80 countries had the night agent as the No. 1 program, with eight countries as the No. 2 or third largest program in South Korea.
What about external factors? The show skyrocketed in the rankings according to TelevisionStats.com, as measured by sources like Wikipedia, Google Search, Reddit, and IMDb. As of March 25, it has surpassed the number 1 program on the Internet south park, Daisy Jones and the Six, yellow jackets, AND love is blind.
And the critical acclaim? Ratings have so far surpassed critics’ ratings, but are generally positive.
On RottenTomatoes, the show has received 82% ratings and 69% critics as of March 29. The series has a 7.7/10 based on over 12,000 reviews on IMDb and a Metacritic score of 68.
Warning: Night Agent season 1 spoilers.
While the night agent Season 1 certainly answers the biggest questions at the end of episode 10, there’s still a lot to learn.
As the credits roll, we learn that Diane Farr, the President’s Chief of Staff, is the mole and worked with Vice President Redfield and Gordon Wick to plan the subway bombings. As a result, The Night Agent ends relatively well, but there is still a lot to discover. In any case, Peter ends the season with a flight to his first mission.
As Ryan said in the aforementioned Deadline interview, he suggested that if “they are successful enough that Netflix wants more seasons, I think there would be a whole new world where you could take a limited cast of characters this season.” .” get started. ”
Ryan also addressed some of the biggest questions Season 2 would try to answer, including:
- What does it mean that Peter was a night cop?
- Where is Peter going now?
- When Rose returns to California, where are Peter and Rose?
Of course, Matthew Quirk has plenty of other novels ready for adaptation, but like this one Author explains on Twitter“They’re largely independent.”
I mean, who said others like quirky romances? killer hour, policy, zero cold barrel, kill switch, red alerteach internal threat could not be modified or modified for the entire Shawn Ryan/Matthew Quirk Netflix universe.
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