‘The Evening Agent’ Season 3 Viewership Down Up To 59% on Prior Seasons In Opening Week

The Netflix high 10s are in, and it’s a worrying begin for the return of Peter Sutherland for Season 3 in its opening 4 days. Whereas the big-budget present was as soon as a powerhouse IP, the information suggests a franchise that’s shedding viewers at a regarding fee, season over season. Season 4 continues to be not but formally a go however may these numbers recommend we could also be near the tip? Hopefully not. 

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One of many greatest debuts of the week was The Evening Agent, which returns 13 months after season 2 dropped in January 2025. As we coated on the time, The Evening Agent had seen a significant drop, and that’s continued for season 3. 

First, right here’s how Netflix defined (in paragraph 3) the return of The Evening Agent:

“Seasoned night time owl and undercover operative Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) is again in Season 3 of The Evening Agent, which took No. 2 on the English TV listing with 8.4 million views. The fan-favorite collection — Season 1 stays on Netflix’s Most Widespread English TV listing at No. 10 — is already receiving important acclaim as the brand new season places Peter in Istanbul, monitoring down a treasury agent who’s stolen delicate authorities intel whereas dodging assassins and pulling off the extreme motion stunts we’ve come to count on.”

So what are the stats? All three seasons have launched on Thursdays, that means we’ve obtained apples-to-apples comparisons. 

• The Evening Agent (Season 1) – Runtime: 8 hours and 11 minutes
  • Launch Date: March twenty third, 2023 
  • Date Interval: Mar 19 to Mar 26, 2023
  • Hours: 168,710,000
  • Views: 20,600,000
  • Place: #1
  • Featured in 92 Nations’ Weekly Prime 10s
• The Evening Agent (Season 2) – Runtime: 8 hrs 36 minutes
  • Launch Date: January twenty third, 2025
  • Date Interval: Jan 19 to Jan 26, 2025
  • Hours: 119,900,000 
  • Views: 13,900,000
  • Place: #1
  • Featured in 75 Nations’ Weekly Prime 10s
• The Evening Agent (Season 3) – Runtime: 8 hrs 43 minutes

When it comes to percentages, between Season 1 and Season 2, we noticed a drop of roughly 32%. Season 3 has seen a fair sharper decline, dropping almost 40% from Season 2 and an enormous 59% from the collection premiere.

Viewership happening on prior seasons just isn’t new or notably unusual. In reality, final we clocked that just one present on the time had gained viewership season over season, and that was Stranger Issues (though it’s since fallen behind). The Lincoln Lawyer is one other uncommon exception that has gained season over season, with its current season nonetheless clocking nice numbers within the high 10s. 

Let’s stack up the debut of The Evening Agent in graph kind: 

 

Placing the launch additional into context towards different exhibits of various sizes, we are able to see that The Evening Agent is now lingering alongside mid-sized-budget exhibits like The Lincoln Lawyer and No one Desires This. It’s proper across the territory of The Waterfront, a collection that was canceled final 12 months, a lot to many’s (together with ours) shock. 

Zooming out to have a look at the trajectory the present might be following within the coming weeks, it’s not trying nice. Season 3 goes to want an enormous burst of over 20 million views to get near season 2. 

There may be some hope for the collection, as FlixPatrol has been noticing a sustained uptick in the place and how excessive up the every day high 10s it ranks around the globe. Fingers crossed for an enormous week 2.

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What does this imply for The Evening Agent season 4?

As we’ve coated elsewhere, the way forward for The Evening Agent had been trying fairly sturdy. We realized in late 2025 {that a} author’s room was already underway, and shortly after, we obtained information that the collection had been given provisional tax credit to maneuver filming to Los Angeles, offered it begins filming this 12 months. Final we heard, a Q2 2026 manufacturing begin had been focused ought to the collection get a swift renewal. The showrunner had confirmed through the season 3 advertising run-up that they have been ready for an official greenlight.  

One of the essential metrics would be the collection’ completion fee, which we don’t get to see. If it stays excessive, we suspect season 4 continues to be trying probably, albeit with the caveat that we might be approaching the tip, or we may see different cost-cutting measures, corresponding to a discount in episode depend. 

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