The 2025 TV schedule performs host to quite a lot of huge returning titles, together with The White Lotus, Andor, The Final of Us and Stranger Issues. One other present on that checklist is The Night time Agent Season 2, which simply debuted as a part of Netflix’s 2025 schedule. It didn’t take lengthy for the drama sequence to make a splash, because it hit No. 1 inside the streamer’s High 10 trending checklist following its January 23 debut. Actually, I wasn’t shocked it hit that spot, however what provides me pause is the truth that it’s already been knocked out by one thing else.
Let me preface this by saying that the Shawn Ryan-produced espionage present isn’t on the backside of the heap by any means. As of this writing, The Night time Agent now sits within the number-two place. So what’s taken its spot you would possibly ask? Nicely, the highest canine – so far as TV choices – on the streamer is at the moment WWE Monday Night time Uncooked, which simply began streaming dwell on the streaming service earlier this month as a part of the corporate’s take care of the wrestling group. That’s a stable accomplishment, however Uncooked had a bonus.
Uncooked is a part of an even bigger push by the aforementioned streamer to dabble in dwell sports activities, and people exhibits can experience important same-day viewership. Moreover, stated applications — like final 12 months’s Christmas Day NFL recreation and the tech issue-plagued Paul vs. Tyson battle — now seem within the trending lists. Not everyone seems to be so thrilled concerning the High 10 shakeup. One suggestion to treatment that might be to create a separate checklist for sports activities. But, in the intervening time, all the content material is simply going to have to stay bare in the identical place.
Anybody who’s significantly bummed about Night time Agent not being No. 1 in the mean time ought to take coronary heart. It’s very doable that it’ll take again its crown and transfer to the highest of the hill in one other day or two. That’s primarily attributable to the truth that it’ll certainly have extra recent eyes tuning in over time in comparison with an occasion that, by that time, may have been livestreamed days prior. Historical past has additionally proven that the sequence – one among Netflix’s greatest – can drum up buzz.
Upon its debut in March 2023, Shawn Ryan’s present struck viewership gold. After solely its third week of streaming, The Night time Agent hit a significant milestone as, due to Netflix subscription holders, it grew to become the streamer’s ninth most-streamed sequence of all time. It was round that very same time that the present was greenlit for Season 2. With all of that in thoughts, I wasn’t shocked one bit that the brand new season shortly moved forward of its friends within the trending checklist.
The second season is thrilling, with followers following FBI agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) on yet one more bombastic journey. This time, nevertheless, the majority of the motion takes place in New York versus Washington, D.C. Its excessive trending place bodes effectively for the streaming service’s funding, because it was already renewed for a 3rd season forward of its launch. Whereas talking with CinemaBlend, Basso mentioned concepts for Season 3’s setting, naming Nepal as a cool choice.
You possibly can’t hold Peter Sutherland down, and I’d wager that the identical is probably going true for The Night time Agent on Netflix High 10 checklist. Nonetheless, there’s the continued dialogue of how dwell programming impacts putting within the rankings. I stay curious as as to whether a change shall be made in order that Uncooked or different dwell sports activities applications don’t soar to the entrance of the pack as was the case right here.