"The Agency" Renewed for Season 2

The espionage series "The Agency" has scored a quick Season 2 renewal at Showtime after a monster debut weekend.

The first two episodes of the Michael Fassbender-led thriller have racked up 5.1M global “viewers” on streaming and linear since premiering on November 29. 

Paramount Global deemed the show to be Showtime’s most-streamed new series in history, though streaming-specific numbers weren’t available. 

 “The success of The Agency is proof that our new Showtime slate is poised to propel Paramount+ to its next phase of growth,” Chris McCarthy, Paramount Global Co-CEO and President/CEO, Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios, said in a statement.

"The Agency" is inspired by the French drama Le Bureau des Legendes. It follows Martian (Fassbender), a covert CIA agent, ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites. His career, his real identity, and his mission are pitted against his heart; hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.

The series also stars Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, Katherine Waterston, John Magaro, Alex Reznik, Andrew Brooke, Harriet Sansom Harris, India Fowler, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Reza Brojerdi and Richard Gere. Dominic West, and Hugh Bonneville are guest stars. 

Recurring cast includes Adam Nagaitis, Ambreen Razia, Bilal Hasna, David Harewood, Kurt Egyiawan, Ray BLK, Sabrina Wu, and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor.

"The Agency" is executive produced by Keith Cox and Nina L. Diaz (Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios); David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin and Bob Yari (101 Studios), George Clooney and Grant Heslov (Smokehouse Pictures); Alex Berger (TOP – The Originals Productions); and Ashley Stern and Pascal Breton (Federation Studios/Federation Entertainment of America); and Fassbender. 

Jez and John-Henry Butterworth are writers and executive producers; Joe Wright is the executive producer and director for the first two episodes.