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Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Netflix Just Canceled Another Show, But At Least This One Made It Two Seasons
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Though network television's May cancellation bloodbaths are still on the horizon, that doesn't mean everything else on the small screen is guaranteed safety. Case in point: Netflix has pulled the plug on one of its higher-profile releases on the 2025 TV schedule, with Noah Centineo's spy thriller The Recruit now going the way of the wooly mammoth. At least the axe dropped after fans got two full seasons though, which is a sentiment that creator Alexi Hawley shared in his response to the decision. Studios, networks and streaming platforms are rarely quick and eager to go public with cancellation reports, and so it's probably no surprise that The Recruit's downer of an update didn't come straight from the source, but from one of the show's stars. Colton Dunn took to Threads to not only pass along the message, but also to amusingly cast a wide net for his next potential gig. In his words: The Recruit has been cancelled yall. Such a bummer. I'll share some pics and fun memories on IG but just wanted you to hear it from me. Thanks if you watched. I'm AVAILABLE NOW! Hire me for you tv story!! Understandably, hearing the bad news from one of the actors does kind of make it all the more heartbreaking, since you just know he's feeling worse about it than any of us who watched from home are. But fans still shared their shocked and disappointed comments in the comments. In fact — and this wasn't relegated to just the comments on Dunn's post — the Recruit fanbase has made a point of pointing fingers at Gabriel Basso's The Night Agent and saying that Netflix screwed the pooch by releasing sophomore seasons for two of its core government thrillers too close together. And it presumably didn't help that Night Agent's second season didn't spark nearly the same amount of positive criticism as the first. This was so much better than Night Agent!!! - @poisauce That is so NOT okay!!! Why does @netflix cancel all the amazing shows? So, we just never have any closure. What happend to Hannah. If he grows up or quits! This makes me society level angry! Yet , we pay $25 a month for Netflix now to watch old shows they bought from other networks. Cool. Actually, it is BS! Put me in charge! - @leannlay09 Are you effin kidding me?!?! This show is brilliant! I'm sick and tired of them sucking us in to these amazing shows and then just cutting the cord out of nowhere Netfix - @hairbyerinmichelle That's a bummer. Just watched the 2nd season last week! Season 2 didn't miss a beat and was great pacing the whole time. Good luck to all impacted. - @icemasterberry As a creative behind Nathan Fillion's beloved crime procedural Castle, Alexi Hawley has some experience with highly disappointing TV cancellations, and losing The Recruit will certainly stack up high on that last throughout his career. When the show premiered in 2022, it was popular enough to knock Wednesday out of the #1 spot, but its stay on the streamer's Top 10 list was shorter for Season 2, which no doubt influenced the execs' decision to cancel it. Hawley jumped onto BlueSky to share a lengthy and impassioned message with both the fans who watched and the talented people who helped make the show a success for its two seasons. He shared a truncated history of the project's journey from being pitched to USA to Centineo joining and Netflix picking it up, to the first season's difficult filming schedule and the second season's easier (though strike-delayed) production. He summed it all up by saying he would love to have the chance to continue telling stories with these characters, and by continuing to promote the series as a good time for anyone who still hasn't yet given it a shot. As he put it: Along the way, we shot inside the CIA, the State Department, and a nuclear submarine. We laughed on multiple continents and supported each other when crying was more appropriate. Is two seasons and a movie a thing? Cause we'd all be there in a heartbeat. If not, man, we left it all on the field. For those who haven't yet watched, dive in. I swear to God you'll enjoy the ride. In an age of shows that feel like homework, The Recruit is a blast that has stakes and humor and hardcore action which will keep you leaning forward. At this point, it doesn't sound like any other streaming services or network studios have stepped up to potentially pick up The Recruit for a third season, but anything can happen. Everyone with a Netflix subscription can still watch both seasons of The Recruit now just like Alexi Hawley asked, even if those in charge may not be paying that much attention to viewership numbers anymore. Sigh.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Netflix users blame The Night Agent for ‘unfair' cancellation of their favourite show
Furious Netflix users have pointed out a glaring issue with the streaming service after their favourite show was cancelled. On Wednesday (5 March), actor Colton Dunn informed his followers that spy drama The Recruit was no more – news that has been met with outcry from fans who believe the show was released too close to similar seriesThe Night Agent. 'The Recruit has been cancelled y'all,' he wrote on Instagram, calling the news 'such a bummer'. He added: 'I'll share some pics and fun memories on IG but just wanted you to hear it from me. Thanks if you watched. I'm AVAILABLE NOW!' The Recruit followed a CIA lawyer (Noah Centineo) as he grappled with international tensions in Russia and, in the show's second season, South Korea. Dunn appeared in the series as Lester Kitchens. It started life in December 2022, with the follow up arriving more than two years later in January 2025. Responses to the show's return were generally positive, but many drew comparisons to The Night Agent, a more successful spy thriller that returned for a second season just before The Recruit. Unlike The Night Agent's second season, The Recruit has underperformed – and fans of the cancelled show are now complaining that The Night Agent stole The Recruit's limelight. They're blaming the streamers' scheduling decision for 'unfairly' putting the writing on the wall for the show. 'They released this and the night agent within the same month. What did they expect,' one viewer wrote, with another adding: 'Kept on confusing this show for The Night Agent anytime I saw news about it so maybe it was destined to be axed.' An additional fan chimed in on X/Twitter: 'That happens when you premiere two espionage series in the same month!' The Independent has contacted Netflix for comment. Creator Alexi Hawley has shared a 'love letter' about the show's cancellation, revealing he wants to make a film to wrap up the show. "We'd all be there in a heartbeat,' he wrote. 'If not, man, we left it all on the field. For those who haven't yet watched, dive in. I swear to God you'll enjoy the ride. In an age of shows that feel like homework, The Recruit is a blast that has stakes and humour and hardcore action which will keep you learning forward.'
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Night Agent Dominates Nielsen Streaming Top 10 With All-Time High; On Call Makes Chart Debut
Mission accomplished for The Night Agent. With the release of its second season, the Netflix hit dominated Nielsen's U.S. ranking of streaming originals for the week of Jan. 20, with 3.11 billion minutes viewed across 20 episodes — a weekly high for the series. More from TVLine SNL50 Anniversary Special Draws Nearly 15 Million Viewers, Gives NBC a 5-Year High Severance Stars Set the Table for Irving's Ham Dinner With Burt and His Husband: 'There's a Little Tension!' Severance Recap: Are You In or Out? Nielsen notes that little over half of Night Agent viewers were aged 35-64, with another 27% falling into the 65+ range. Placing a distant second this week was Netflix's Squid Game (with 822 million minutes viewed/16 episodes), followed by Netflix's American Primeval (713 million minutes/six episodes), Paramount+'s Landman (623 million minutes/10 episodes) and Apple TV+'s Severance (622 million minutes/11 available episodes). Severance's audience was evenly split between male and female, with the bulk of it (71%) falling into the 18-49 age range. Rounding out the Top 10 streaming originals for the week of Jan. 20 were Netflix's XO Kitty, Peacock's The Traitors, Prime Video's Beast Games, Netflix's Virgin River and the chart debut of Prime Video's half-hour procedural On Call (297 million minutes viewed across eight episodes). Want SCOOP on any of the TV shows above? Email InsideLine@ and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line!
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Actor who played JD Vance rips actors who get political
(NewsNation) — Gabriel Basso, the 'Night Agent' star and actor who played Vice President JD Vance in 'Hillbilly Elegy,' has criticized actors who outwardly express their political views. Speaking on the 'Great Company' podcast, Basso bemoaned the celebrity bestowal of political views upon the public, rhetoric long repeated by GOP figureheads and supporters. 'We're saying words that we're told to say,' Basso said. 'We're told how to say them. We're told where to stand. And then we're telling people how to vote? 'You should be quiet, you should do your job. You should … entertain people — then shut the f— up.' Entertainers came out to support both presidential candidates during the election campaigns. Kid Rock, Hulk Hogan and Sylvester Stallone were among those to back President Donald Trump. Jerry Seinfeld responds to ambush activist: 'I don't care about Palestine' Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Charli XCX, Eminem, Rihanna, Katy Perry and Will Ferrell were some of the many Hollywood celebrities who publicly endorsed former Vice President Kamala Harris. 'We're court jesters. We're entertaining. We're public servants. We're there to perform, to entertain, and then all of a sudden, the jester, because he's in the courtroom, starts to be like: 'I might want to go sit on the throne!'' Basso added. On the podcast, Basso noted that he thought Vance was 'a cool dude' based on the time they spent together before the 2020 biographical film. 'We talked a little bit. We're both from the Midwest. We just talked about life, about growing up in the woods,' he said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Independent
28-01-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Netflix users left deeply frustrated by Night Agent season 2 detail
Netflix users have been left deeply frustrated by a detail in The Night Agent season two. The spy thriller returned to the streaming service earlier this month and, as expected, shot to the top of its most-watched charts. Based on the Matthew Quirk novel of the same name, The Night Agent stars Gabriel Basso as low-level FBI agent Peter Sutherland, who finds himself involved in an international conspiracy involving a Russian agent and the highest levels of US government. Upon its debut in 2023, the series became one of Netflix's most popular shows globally, racking up 812 million hours of viewed time for its 10 episodes. The follow-up season has received even warmer reviews, with many comparing the show to Homeland at its height – but there is one aspect of the series that viewers seem unanimous in finding frustrating: the character of Farhad Taheri (Kiarash Amani). Farhad has been branded 'the dumbest character' on TV after endangering an extraction plan and causing an unnecessary shootout. 'Watching Night Agent 2 and Farhad might be the dumbest character I've ever seen. What a fool,' one fan complained, with another agreeing: 'Farhad on Night Agent 2 is the most annoying and dumbest character.' One person called Farhad 'the textbook example of a stupid human being', with one viewer declaring: 'Farhad has got to be the most annoying character of this year so far omg.' The Night Agent showrunner Shawn Ryan last year revealed that his 'initial pitch' for the show was that 'each season would tell its own, mostly self-enclosed, a beginning, middle and end story, and any future seasons would include a few but not most of the characters that we saw in the previous season'. He told Deadline: 'That was the original plan; I think it's still a pretty solid plan. To me it was important. I don't want to tell this specific story over five seasons, I want to tell this specific story in one season and give some satisfaction to the audience that they see how things turn out.' The Night Agent is available to stream on Netflix now.
