Warrior Nun season 2 wallpaper – Picture: Netflix
Warrior Nun debuted its second season on Netflix in early November 2022 and whereas followers loudly anticipated a 3rd season it’s to not be. As predicted, Netflix has chosen to cancel the present and all of it comes right down to efficiency, as we’ll break down beneath.
Coming from Simon Barry (behind Bad Blood, Van Helsing and Continuum), the collection first debuted in July 2020 and after a comparatively fast renewal, returned for season 2 on November tenth, 2022.
Starring Alba Baptista, Toya Turner, and Thekla Reuten, the present follows a younger lady who wakes up in a morgue with a brand new artifact in her again and discovers she’s a part of an historic order.
Has Netflix renewed or canceled Warrior Nun for a season 3?
Official Renewal Status: Canceled on December thirteenth, 2022
Our Renewal Prediction: Likely cancelation
Despite organising a 3rd season, Netflix has opted to not renew the present for a 3rd season in response to Deadline’s reporting that states viewership was the difficulty (extra on this in a second).
Showrunner Simon Barry reacted to the information on Twitter:
I’ve simply came upon that @netflix is not going to be renewing #WarriorNun – my honest appreciation to all of the followers who labored so laborious to deliver consciousness to this collection, and for the love you confirmed me, the solid and the entire manufacturing workforce. It was a privilege to be part of this. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/eZIBa4tJYm
— Simon Barry (@SimonDavisBarry) December 13, 2022
Unfortunetely, the early efficiency of the present didn’t look good from the primary week’s stats, and demand externally cratered rapidly following its launch. You may argue it was launched amongst a busy slate, and advertising and marketing wasn’t the perfect, however numbers up to now aren’t nice.
According to the showrunner, Netflix spent $0 on promotion.
As we’ve mentioned, Netflix seems to be into a number of metrics in terms of renewing reveals; for essentially the most half, viewership is king. Netflix will have a look at value vs viewership and the variety of starters vs. the variety of completions.
This appears to be decided by whole @netflix views and full s2 completion price, within the first 28 days. So inform each residing soul you understand to observe it, and watch all 8 eps inside the shortest cheap time-frame. Also repeat viewing is inspired. I’ve no say by any means.😐 https://t.co/pEoXb2EWw8
— Simon Barry (@SimonDavisBarry) November 18, 2022
Simon Barry, showrunner for Warrior Nun, spoke to ScreenRant, saying that they do have plans for future seasons saying:
“Of course, when you end a season as writers, you always want to make sure that you’ve not written yourself into a corner. And yes, we did have a notion about what season 3 could be and how that would look. But of course, it’s up to the fans. If they show up in big numbers. Netflix will make the right decision. And so hopefully, that’s what will happen.”
Another interview suggests Barry is hopeful to have 5 to seven seasons when all is claimed and achieved. Sadly, that gained’t come to cross.
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How nicely is Warrior Nun acting on Netflix?
In this section, you’ll discover that we evaluate the efficiency of Warrior Nun to Fate: The Winx Saga. Some could argue that’s an unfair comparability, however in the end, each are sci-fi fantasy YA reveals with huge budgets and heavy on VFX. Both additionally debuted their first seasons in an analogous time-frame as one another and each needed to wait lengthy durations earlier than returning after the pandemic. Fate, as it’s possible you’ll know, was lately canceled by Netflix.
Let’s start with hours watched offered by Netflix’s prime 10s.
The present debuted at rank 6 in week 1 with 26.22 million international hours. In week 2, viewing hours grew 6% to 27.74M, nevertheless it wasn’t the massive growth the present probably wanted.
In week 3, its viewership dropped a whopping 57%. Anything above 50% is often an indication {that a} present has cratering viewership and won’t be sufficient to justify one other season.
In whole, between November sixth and November twenty seventh, 2022 the present picked up 65.93 million hours globally.
| Week Period | Hours Viewed(M) | Rank | Week in Top 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| November sixth, 2022 to November thirteenth, 2022 | 26,220,000 | 6 | 1 |
| November thirteenth, 2022 to November twentieth, 2022 | 27,740,000 (+6%) | 5 | 2 |
| November twentieth, 2022 to November twenty seventh, 2022 | 11,970,000 (-57%) | 9 | 3 |
One optimistic issue was that in week 2, Warrior Nun season 1 featured within the prime 10s with 20.10M hours seen, which means the relentless fan campaigning could have inspired viewers in any other case on the fence to strive the present.
Again, Fate: The Winx Saga, it too noticed a bounce in viewership for season 1 nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to maintain the present going.
When it in CVE phrases (which means taking the variety of hours Netflix offers and dividing it by the present size), we are able to see that the present debuted in week 1 with a 4.5M CVE. That’s half what Fate: The Winx Saga did in week one.
Warrior Nun CVE graph
FlixPatrol knowledge, which seems to be at uncooked prime 10 knowledge suggests the present peaked in most areas within the first three days of being on the platform. Crucially, prime 10 rankings collapsed in week 2.
Their heatmap suggests the present performs finest in European international locations, together with Portugal, France, Italy, Belgium, and Nordic areas.
In the United States, the present lasted for eight days within the TV prime 10s earlier than dropping out.
FlixPatrol knowledge for Warrior Nun season 2
What about exterior demand for Warrior Nun?
Google Trends gives the starkest comparability when it comes to demand for each reveals. You can see each peaked throughout their season 1 debuts and each have failed even to generate half the demand following the season 2 debut Warrior Nun is underperforming in contrast with Fate: The Winx Saga.
Google Trends graphs for Warrior Nun season 2
What we anticipated from Warrior Nun season 3
Warning: spoilers forward.
Before digging into what is predicted from season 3 of Warrior Nun, let’s rapidly recap the occasions of episode 8 of season 2 entitled “Jeremiah 29:13”.
The official synopsis for the ultimate episode was as follows:
“Ava visits the other realm and returns with a new plan to end Adriel’s unholy charade — but it will require superhuman strength and painful sacrifices.”
Warrior Nun. Andrea Tivadar as Reya in episode 208 of Warrior Nun. Cr. Courtesy Of Netflix © 2022
By the top of season 2, a battle is absolutely brewing with season 2 ending on a number of huge cliffhangers however arguably a number of the greater overaching questions being wrapped.
Adriel has been defeated having been found to be controlling the Earth however with that risk gone, one other greater one will take its place which would be the foremost driver of a 3rd season. Add to that the lingering questions over the Halo and Lilith’s transformation.
Beyond that, the order has been principally rebuilt so will it be capable to maintain itself in season 3 with the lingering threats and as for relationships that’s been principally resolved too with Ava confessing her love for Beatrice.
One Redditor predicts that the “Third season would be establishing the events leading to the holy war, 4th season. So this could be the last if the show doesn’t gain enough traction.”
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