After almost a decade off tv, The Night time Supervisor has formally returned with a long-awaited second season.
Initially premiering on the UK’s BBC One, The Night time Supervisor serves as a spy thriller collection based mostly on writer John le Carre’s best-selling novel of the identical title.
Following the debut of its preliminary season in 2016, the collection was dropped by American TV community AMC earlier than being scooped up by Prime Video for its second season.
With the discharge of its first season, The Night time Supervisor immediately gained widespread renown amongst mainstream viewers and TV critics alike. The collection’ profitable debut in the end led to a complete of 36 award nominations, with The Night time Supervisor in the end taking house two Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
Whereas anticipation remained at an all-time excessive for the present’s second season, The Night time Supervisor’s 2026 follow-up has but to duplicate the success of its opening chapter. Particularly, most critics agreed that the second season paled compared to the primary, feeling it a serious step down from the collection’ preliminary installment.
“It reads like all boring airport thriller you decide as much as get by way of a protracted flight. Perhaps that is adequate for some folks,” USA Right now wrote of their evaluate of the collection. “Most of us, nevertheless, can handle with out it.”
Selection was fast to agree, writing, “Season 1 of The Night time Supervisor was successful, however not such a world-conquering hit {that a} follow-up is nearly economically necessary, as with Large Little Lies. Season 2 will not be with out pleasant intrigue, but by no means proves definitely worth the threat of opening a closed (literal) e-book.”
Starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Diego Calva, Hayley Squires and Camila Morrone, The Night time Supervisor‘s second season premiered on January 1 of this 12 months. Weekly installments of the collection shall be launched on the streaming platform over the subsequent a number of weeks.
