Netflix has officially confirmed that The Night Agent Season 2 is in the works.
In the less surprising news of the week, the world's best streaming service has renewed its latest hit show for one more season. The announcement was made in a Netflix press release, before being revealed publicly on the company's various social media channels.
The Night Agent revamp comes a week after the spy thriller series launched on the platform, and a day after Netflix revealed how it had taken the streaming world by storm. As we reported yesterday (March 29), The Night Agent has become Netflix's new favorite TV show, with the Shawn Ryan-created series logging an impressive 168,7 million hours watched during its first six months on Netflix.
These viewing figures catapulted it to the top of the Netflix TV Top 10 and saw the series debut in the Top 10 most popular shows in 93 countries. A season two announcement, then, was a case of when, not if.
Like its predecessor, The Night Agent season 2 will consist of 10 episodes. And, since Netflix will want to capitalize on its popularity as soon as possible, the streamer has announced that the next installment of the show will arrive on its service in 2024.
Mission Accepted: The Night Agent Season 2. Coming in 2024 💥 pic.twitter.com/2ukNSbcuHlMarch 29, 2023
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For les non-initiés, The Night Agent, based on the roman du même nom by Matthew Quirk, starring Gabriel Basso in the role of Peter Sutherland, a low-level FBI agent who works in the sous-sol de la Maison White. Sutherland is tasked with managing a phone that never rings, until one night, surprisingly, he does. Cue Sutherland finds himself embroiled in a grand conspiracy as he races to arrest a traitor whose stolen information threatens the peace and security of the entire United States.
Speaking after the show's second season was greenlit, Ryan said: "Last week was a whirlwind as we were finally able to share The Night Agent with the world. Seeing the huge reaction to the show was a great joy and a credit to our cast." , writers, directors, crew and partners at Sony Pictures Television and Netflix. We couldn't be prouder or more excited to break Season 2 to share the new adventures of Night Action with our new fans."
A proof of a renewal
So why was The Night Agent renewed for a second season? After all, Netflix's most popular series of 2023, Ginny & Georgia, whose second season logged 180,4 million hours of streaming in its first week, has yet to get the green light for a third episode. It all comes down to another simple metric: how much The Night Agent costs to make.
Netflix hasn't confirmed how much money it invested in The Night Agent Season 1. However, it's likely the show's production costs were pretty low, relatively speaking. Similarly, its marketing costs will have been modest compared to blockbusters like Shadow and Bone season 2 or You season 4, two other fan-favorite shows that don't come close to matching the impressive opening-week viewership of The Night Agent.
Add to that the fact that The Night Agent's cast isn't made up of high-profile actors, and Netflix will have been able to cut costs even further. Hong Chau, who recently starred in 2023's Best Picture Oscar nominee The Whale and Peacock Poker Face, is arguably the most recognizable name in her cast. No one else, including Basso, has ever appeared in a major Hollywood movie or immediately identifiable TV show.
Netflix's decision to greenlight The Night Agent season 2 is therefore a no-brainer. It is the second most-watched Netflix show of 2023, is financially viable, and meets Netflix audience demand for exciting, compelling, and impactful action spy thrillers. Netflix would have been foolish not to renew it for another assignment, then. Expect The Night Agent to make it to our best Netflix shows list very soon.
For more Netflix-based coverage, read our Shadow and Bone season 2 review. Plus, find out why Netflix and its streaming rivals could be restricted to the UK if any break new government laws coming into force soon. Finally, check out these seven spy thrillers while you wait for The Night Agent season 2 to arrive.
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