Michael Fassbender’s 2-Part Spy Thriller Officially in Jeopardy With No Renewal in 2026

Published Nov 11, 2026, 5:00 AM EST

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Spy thrillers have enjoyed a massive boom in recent years, with almost every major streaming platform committing significant investment to fuel the allure. Paramount+ has perhaps made the biggest bang for its buck thanks to two major hits in Taylor Sheridan's Lioness and The Agency, starring Michael Fassbender. The latter originally premiered in 2024 as an instant smash hit, earning a swift Season 2 renewal. That second chapter arrived in the summer, with improved quality, and after a cliffhanger ending, fans have been left wondering about its future.

The Agency Season 2 premiered with all 10 episodes released at once on Paramount+. The new season's critical and audience reception scores both saw significant bumps, from 66% to 92% and 79% to 93%, respectively. Though arriving amid stiff streaming competition, The Agency still managed to pull in 393 million minutes watched in its debut week, per Nielsen data, which ranked it the 9th most-watched show at the time. Paramount+, however, has yet to publish the season's official streaming numbers, which will offer better insight into its performance against other Paramount originals — a key metric that will affect its future.

Paramount+'s silence on The Agency Season 3 is rather concerning, especially considering that Season 2 was renewed mere weeks after the Season 1 premiere. The delay could, however, be due to Paramount and Warner Bros.' recent merger under Skydance. Given that such mergers often involve significant cost-cutting measures, there's no telling where this leaves The Agency. Also, offering more cause for concern is a recent update from series star Dominic West, who plays the CIA director. During an interview with The Playlist, he revealed that The Agency was facing a delay, saying, "I was talking to someone about it last night, and I think there was some delay about it for some reason."

Collider Exclusive · 8 Questions · 2 Minutes Which British Mystery Series Should You Live In? Midsomer · Broadchurch · Luther · Vera

Answer eight quick questions and we will tell you which one you belong in. Four of the biggest British detective shows ever made, four completely different tones, and four very different ideas of what a detective is for.

🏡Midsomer(Midsomer Murders)

🌊Broadchurch(Broadchurch)

🌚Luther(Luther)

🧥Vera(Vera)

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Where would you most want to live? Pick the one that sounds most like you.

AA village with a very old pub. BA seaside town under a cliff. CA flat in east London. DSomewhere windy with a long view.

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How do you feel about your neighbours? Be honest.

AI know all of them and their business. BWe genuinely look out for each other. CI have never met a single one. DThey know to leave me to it.

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How would your friends describe you? Pick the closest answer.

ACheerful, and a little bit nosy. BKind, and you feel everything. CIntense. Occasionally alarming. DBlunt, and usually right.

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How do you solve a problem at work? One answer only.

AChat to everybody until it clicks. BPatiently, and it costs me something. CStraight through the middle of it. DAsk the question nobody else will.

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Pick a coat. No wrong answers here.

AA waxed jacket and wellies. BWhatever was nearest the door. CA long dark overcoat. DA battered hat and an old mac.

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How do you take bad news? Pick the closest answer.

AMake tea and sit down with it. BTake it personally, every time. CGo very quiet, then move fast. DGet straight on with the job.

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What is your relationship with the rules? Think about work, not parking.

ARules are what hold a place together. BI follow them and they still fail people. CRules are for people with more time. DI bend the ones that get in the way.

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What matters most to you in a case? Last one. This is the one that decides it.

AThat the village gets its peace back. BThat the family finally gets an answer. CThat whoever did it is stopped. DThat somebody finally listened.

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Britain makes more detective television than any country has any business making, and somehow almost all of it is good. Here is the one you belong in, what it says about you, and the case for it being the best of the four.

Midsomer Murders

You want the tea, the gossip and the vicar behaving oddly. Midsomer is a county where the scenery is beautiful, the fete is on Saturday and the murder rate is roughly that of a small war, and absolutely nobody involved thinks this is strange.

• You are sociable, curious and the first to notice that somebody has changed their routine.
• It has been running since 1997 and sells to well over two hundred territories worldwide.
• John Nettles handed over to Neil Dudgeon in 2011 and the show did not miss a step.
• Your flaw is that the line between caring about people and enjoying the gossip is thinner than you admit.

Broadchurch

You feel other people's grief as if it were handed to you personally. Broadchurch is less a whodunnit than a study of what a small town does to itself when it finds out that the answer was always going to be somebody everybody already knew.

• You are the one people tell the truth to, and you carry all of it afterwards.
• Olivia Colman won the BAFTA for Best Actress for the first series and David Tennant has never been better.
• Chris Chibnall wrote it before taking over Doctor Who, and took Jodie Whittaker with him.
• Your risk is absorbing so much of other people's pain that nobody notices yours.

Luther

You go through things rather than around them. John Luther is the best detective in London and a liability to everybody who works with him, and the show is completely honest that those two facts are the same fact.

• You are the one people call when the normal approach has already failed.
• Idris Elba won a Golden Globe for it in 2012 and it made him a film star more or less overnight.
• Luther: The Fallen Sun arrived on Netflix in 2023 and took the character properly cinematic.
• Your weakness is that doing the right thing your way still leaves a mess for somebody else.

Vera

You say the thing and you do not dress it up. Vera Stanhope turns up in a hat and a mac, is rude to almost everybody, and is the only person in the room prepared to ask the question that the family has been waiting years for somebody to ask.

• You have no patience for performance, and the people who like you really like you.
• Brenda Blethyn played her for fourteen series before stepping away, and ITV ended the show rather than recast.
• Ann Cleeves wrote the novels, and also wrote the books behind Shetland, which is the same trick in a colder place.
• Your flaw is that blunt and kind can be the same thing, but only if people already know you.

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'The Agency' Season 3 Could Still Happen

West, in the same interview, which primarily centered on his new HBO Max series, War, could not offer details as to the reason for the delay. He, however, expressed hopes that it was something the series could somehow navigate. "I don't know... But hopefully there will, yeah. I think we need to see more of the new head of the CIA," he said.

Should The Agency eventually earn a renewal, the likelihood of its return in 2027 now appears nearly impossible, given that Season 2 arrived about a year and a half after it was renewed. Even though Paramount+ announces the renewal before the year ends, 2028 would be a more plausible release year going by the established release timeline.

The Agency's first two seasons are streaming on Paramount+. Stay tuned for future updates.