Space Force is one of Netflix’s biggest comedy projects to date which stars The Office’s Steve Carrell. Having returned for a season 2 in early 2022, will there be a season 3 of the show? What can we expect from a new season and how well has season 2 performed? Mari lihat.This article was first published on February 21st and has been updated over time to reflect new information. It was last updated in April 2022.Netflix gave Space Force a season 2 several months after it premiered. The first season was released back in May 2020 but a renewal didn’t come until November 2020. Season 2 was released on Netflix globally on February 18th, 2022.
Has Netflix Renewed Space Force for season 3?
Official Netflix Renewal Status: Not Yet Renewed
Our Renewal Prediction: Likely cancelation
As of late April 2022, there’s still been no decision on the future of Space Force at Netflix but a season 3 is planned if the season 2 finale is anything to go by.Deadline, in an interview with Netflix’s head of comedy Tracey Pakosta, confirmed a decision still had not been made as of April 28th, 2022. In the interview it states:
“She [Pakosta] also admitted that it hasn’t made decisions on Steve Carrell’s Space Force or Will Arnett’s remake of Murderville.”You’ll notice above, we’re actually predicting the show to be canceled and therefore not return for a season 3. The reason why we suspect this is because of how it was renewed for a second season and specifically how it got a budget cut and a change of filming location.
As you may know, season 2 moved its production to Vancouver from Los Angeles to save on costs and saw a shakeup in the writer’s room. It also saw its episode count reduced from 10 to 7.The lower budget could suggest that season 1 didn’t quite meet expectations but rather than let the series go, it gave it another chance. Unless the show can do the numbers (more on this in a second) it’s unlikely we’ll see a third entry.One bright spot for the series’ future is that review consensus for the second season seems to be a lot more favorable.We should also note that two clips of Space Force season 2 went incredibly viral on TikTok. We’re referring to the “Fuck Microsoft” moment where John Malkovich expresses his disappointment that Microsoft chose a rather inconvenient time to do an auto-update.
Three of the most viral clips of that incident have amassed over 40 million views.
How well did Space Force season 2 perform on Netflix?
As we stated above, what a third season renewal will come down to is viewership, and based on available data, it’s not looking great.As a benchmark, season 1 managed to be watched by 40 million subscribers in its first month but sadly, we won’t be getting a comparable figure for this season. That’s because Netflix no longer providers numbers on how many subscribers watch.
Instead, we can look at Netflix’s Top 10 hourly data which points to the show not being able to muster the support it’d need for a third season.The show was eligible to be included in the Top 10 charts between February 14th and February 20th (it was added to Netflix with two days remaining) but failed to clock over 11.04M hours viewed which was that week’s number 10 position.
In its first full week, it climbed to position number 8 with a disappointing 12.32M hours viewed. It then dropped out of the global top 10 soon after and hasn’t returned since.
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