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There is a restrict to the variety of ongoing sports activities documentaries on Netflix. Ahead of its season 2 launch, it’s been confirmed that Netflix has no present plans to proceed filming the Six Nations for a 3rd season protecting the upcoming 2025 season.
The cancelation information comes from Six Nations Rugby CEO Tom Harrison at a media occasion in Rome (by way of Tom Sansom at Ruck), the place season 2 premiered to the press earlier than its January twenty ninth launch. They state that Netflix has opted to not transfer ahead with season 3 of the present. Harrison mentioned, “With respect to Netflix, they have made the strategic decision not to continue beyond Season Two with Six Nations full contact,” including, “Whilst we are disappointed about this decision, we understand it and reflect that this is a broad strategic decision that they have made at global level, reflecting their ongoing strategy towards sports documentaries.”
The sequence, which premiered with eight episodes in January 2024, was a part of the streamer’s large and continued enlargement into sports-adjacent documentary programming in recent times. This pattern kicked off Formula 1: Drive to Survive, which boomed in reputation and is commonly attributable to the rise of the game in reputation within the US (though that’s debated). Netflix has since had success protecting golf with Full Swing and the NFL with Quarterback and Receiver.
The cancelation information doesn’t come as an entire shock provided that season 1 didn’t make a notable impression in Netflix’s high 10s following its launch. It follows within the footsteps of a number of sports activities documentaries struggling to make profound impacts within the Netflix high 10s. Six Nations: Full Contact season 1 missed out on the worldwide high 10s following its first week of availability however did function within the each day high 10s in a dozen nations, with Ireland being the stand-out success with it that includes within the TV high 10s for 26 days. Here’s a full breakdown of its efficiency:
- Australia (1 day within the high 10)
- Belgium (1 day)
- Canada (1 day)
- Malta (2 days)
- Switzerland (2 days)
- New Zealand (4 days)
- Luxembourg (5 days)
- South Africa (5 days)
- Portugal (6 days)
- France (9 days)
- United Kingdom (15 days)
- Ireland (26 days)
Six Nations: Full Contact season 2 will premiere on Netflix on the finish of January 2025 and chart the 2024 Rugby League championship. According to Netflix, the brand new season will give “fans an insight into behind-the-scenes moments, as the best teams in Europe battle it out in some of the biggest matches in the rugby calendar to take home the prestigious trophy.”
Netflix’s 2025 sports activities documentaries embody new documentaries and docu-series on tennis, cricket, the Tour de France, basketball, faculty soccer, baseball, the NFL, boxing, and the F1 academy.
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