Partner Track – Picture: Netflix
Netflix’s newest authorized drama is now streaming and following within the footsteps of The Lincoln Lawyer, adapts a preferred e-book and is sort of actually eyeing a second season at Netflix however it was not meant to be. In November 2022, Netflix canceled the collection.
Based on the Helen Wan 2013 novel The Partner, the collection stars Arden Cho, Alexandra Turshen, Bradley Gibson, Dominic Sherwood, and Rob Heaps.
All 10 episodes of season 1 landed on Netflix on August twenty sixth, 2022 globally. It debuted with combined to optimistic critiques. It sits at a 62% critics ranking on RottenTomatoes as of November eighth, 2022, with viewer scores across the similar.
On the critic’s facet, opinions assorted from the San Francisco Chronicle referring to it as good background noise. At the identical time, Nina Metz on the Chicago Tribune stated the present is “engrossing enough to keep you watching.”
Partner Track Netflix Renewal Status
Has Partner Track been renewed for season 2?
Official Renewal Status: Canceled.
Despite being lauded internally at Netflix with a variety of buzz from Netflix’s head of drama, Deadline reported on November eighth, alongside a busy election day and Disney information that Partner Track wouldn’t be returning to Netflix for a season 2.
Per Deadline’s report, “the streamer had commissioned a writer’s room which was up and running, working on ideas for a potential second season.”
It additionally said that the present was comparatively low cost in comparison with different reveals, however viewership was nonetheless not sufficient to warrant a second season.
Indeed, that was the case in an interview with Jinny Howe shortly after the present’s premiere. Netflix’s head of drama, Jinny Howe, spoke to Deadline on August twenty seventh, and the article said that “executives are high on Partner Track, and the series is looking good for a Season 2 renewal.”
Partner Track. Arden Cho as Ingrid Yun in episode 101 of Partner Track. Cr. Vanessa Clifton/Netflix © 2022
Renewals come all the way down to a number of elements. Three inside metrics have been touted as to why a present will get renewed or canceled. These are “adjusted view share,” an “efficiency score,” and “impact value.”
While we as outsiders aren’t capable of calculate these metrics, what we are able to take a look at as outsiders consists of Netflix’s prime 10 metrics, hourly figures, third-party information (together with hours watched and completion information), and exterior demand sources which we’ll do beneath.
How effectively is Partner Track acting on Netflix?
Let’s start with information from Netflix themselves by way of their prime 10 web site.
Between August twenty first and September eleventh (the present didn’t rank in its first week of being on Netflix) the present clocked up 66.01 million hours in whole.
| Week Period | Hours Viewed(M) | Rank | Week in Top 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| August twenty first, 2022 to August twenty eighth, 2022 | 16,660,000 | 7 | 1 |
| August twenty eighth, 2022 to September 4th, 2022 | 31,140,000 (+87%) | 4 | 2 |
| September 4th, 2022 to September eleventh, 2022 | 18,210,000 (-42%) | 6 | 3 |
Rightly or wrongly, the present is most akin to the sooner launch in 2022 of The Lincoln Lawyer. Both are dramas with authorized points (though some would argue the present is extra of a romantic comedy) with 10 episodes and are comparatively shut to one another in runtime.
As the chart beneath demonstrates, the present didn’t get off to the perfect of begins (we’ve added Pieces of Her as one other comparability).
Top 10 hourly chart for Partner Track
We featured the debut of Partner Track in our Top 10 Report that makes use of CVE metrics to see how effectively the present carried out on a degree enjoying discipline. The present debuted simply forward of Cowboy Bebop however notably behind the likes of Archive 81, Heartstopper, and In From The Cold.
Debut on Netflix Top 10s for Partner Track
In one other prime 10 report we revealed, you may see how effectively Partner Track did in comparison with different collection with these in inexperienced being renewed and people in crimson canceled.
Raw prime 10s by way of FlixPatrol may also assist us perceive how effectively the present performs. We can see from the heatmap above that the present is performing finest within the United States, Canada, the Nordic areas, and Eastern Europe.
According to their information, the present peaked on day 3 of being on the service however has held comparatively effectively since.
Popularity map for FlixPatrol
What we anticipated from Partner Track season 2 on Netflix
If the present does get renewed? Where can we anticipate the present to move subsequent?
By the tip of the ten episodes, Ingrid is left disillusioned after her mission to get a associate fails at Parsons Valentine & Hunt and was finally derailed by Jeff Murphy. The similar Jeff Murphy she’d had a relationship with on and off once more all through season 1. That’s even in spite of everything her onerous work to stand up above all the roadblocks positioned in her manner all through the primary season.
Georgia Lee spoke to Deadline shortly following the discharge of season 1 and mentioned the place they’d head in season 2. Here’s a number of the key factors mentioned:
- Don’t anticipate the connection between Ingrid and Murphy to be repaired anytime quickly.
- On romances, Lee stated, “I would like to say that Ingrid chooses not Team Murphy or Team Nick or Team Z, she chooses herself. That’s her ultimate journey.”
- Lee didn’t rule out the potential for bringing again Nick (performed by Rob Heaps).
- Expect extra from the Rachel-Tyler-Ingrid trio.
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