The best series on Netflix this week is it!

It looks like Netflix has a new hit with The Night Agent series. Launched on March 23, it has already amassed 168.7 million watch hours, and the next day, it went straight to first place in the top 10, as indicated by the platform in its weekly audience overview. It’s the second-best run on Netflix for a series starting in 2023.

Night Agent is based on the novel of the same name by author Matthew Quirk, about a junior FBI agent who works the night shift in the White House basement, where he operates a hotline for undercover spies that never rings. .

But one day he calls! Which sets off a series of events and reveals a conspiracy that extends all the way to the Oval Office. The series was created by Sean Ryan and stars Gabriel Basso, Lucian Buchanan, Fola Evans-Akingbola, DB Woodside and Hong Chow, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in The Whale.

Night Agent ended its two-week reign as Netflix’s most-watched series worldwide after the airing of Season 4, Episode 2.

But as we mentioned, the early-day viewing numbers are among the best the streaming service has seen in 2023, beating the opening days of You Season 4, Part 1 and Outer Banks Season 3. Only Ginny & Georgia Season 2 did better. Its first week, with 180 million viewing hours.

Another thing that The Night Agent can count on is that it got the highest number of any new series of 2023 on Netflix. The 90s show had 41 million hours in its first week, Lockwood & Co 25.1 million and the Murdow family documentaries 40 million hours and MH370 59.8 million hours.

The only new series to surpass 100 million hours in its first week is the Kaleidoscope miniseries directed by Giancarlo Esposito.

Night Agent was among the top 10 most-watched series on Netflix in 93 countries between March 20 and 26, and was notably the most-watched series in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France!

Night Agent is currently available on Netflix.