Season 2 of “The Night Agent” was the most-watched Netflix series of the week of Jan. 20-26, debuting with 13.9 million views in its first four days of availability.
The season’s success is unsurprising given how Season 1 performed when it debuted in 2023 — landing at No. 7 on Netflix’s list of its most popular-English language TV series of all time with 98.2 million views in its first 91 days of streaming. However, the debut of Season 2 doesn’t appear to have matched that of Season 1, which debuted with 168.7 million hours watched in four days back before Netflix ranked viewership in terms of views. Divided by the season’s runtime of 8 hours and 11 minutes, Season 1’s opening weekend amounted to 20.6 million views — ahead of Season 2’s 13.9 million.
The release of “The Night Agent” Season 2 also drove viewers back to Season 1, which placed in fourth with 4.9 million views behind “XO, Kitty” Season 2 (9.2 million views in its second week on the chart) and “American Primeval” (6.7 million views in its third week). It was followed by “Missing You,” which took fifth place with 3.2 million views in its fourth week on the chart.
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The most-watched title of the week overall was on the movies chart: “Back in Action,” starring Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, had its second week at No. 1 with 46.8 million views. Notable titles across the other charts also included “Squid Game” Season 2 on top of the non-English-language TV list for the fifth week in a row with 7.9 million views, and “Ad Vitam” on top of the non-English-language films list for the third week in a row with 8.4 million views.
Back on the English-language TV chart, “Raw” continues to perform for Netflix, with the Jan. 20 edition of the wrestling show debuting at No. 7 with 3 million views. Behind it was the debut of “W.A.G.s to Riches” with 2.3 million views and Season 2 of “Castlevania: Nocturne” with 1.9 million views in its second week on the chart.
In 10th place was Season 1 of the Noah Centineo-led spy drama “The Recruit,” which returned to the chart with 1.9 million views as audiences prepare for the release of Season 2 on Jan. 30.
See the Netflix Top 10 for Jan. 20-26 below.
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