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For those with a Netflix subscription in the United States, the chances are you’ve seen that the CBS-turned-Paramount+ exclusive Evil has been streaming on Netflix. Following a strong debut on the streamer, fans and the team behind the show are looking to Netflix for a potential revival.
Before we discuss why the show’s team is looking to Netflix for a future revival, we need to add some much-needed context about how we got to this point.
Let’s begin with a quick rundown of Evil itself. Beginning as a CBS series, the show eventually moved to Paramount+ for season 2 onwards. While Netflix did stream the first season for some time in 2020, it wasn’t until early 2024 when we scooped that the series would return to Netflix in the US.
Only the show’s first two seasons were added to Netflix, and it’s unclear whether more seasons will be coming down the track, although we’ve predicted they will. Co-creator of the show Robert King stated he was unsure whether more would arrive.
Following their addition to Netflix (just in the United States, it’s worth noting), Evil has been featured in the daily Netflix top 10s and in US-specific charts like those from Nielsen and Luminate.
Season 4 has been airing on Paramount+ weekly since early 2024, and it was initially announced that the show would return for season 5. However, for a few reasons (primarily the Hollywood strikes of 2023), it was announced that the series would end with that shortened fifth season released in 2024, immediately after season 4 concludes.
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Katja Herbers Leads Charge for Netflix Revival of Evil
Katja Herbers is perhaps the most vocal in rallying fans to get a sixth season on the way. She’s been a vocal advocate of the show and even went as far to correct Collider in how they characterized the cancelation of the series, saying, “To set the record straight on our cancellation: nobody wanted it. Both the Kings and the actors want to do more. I am the one who had the family matter & was thankfully granted to leave with 6 days left to film to go to my father.”
Herbers continued, “A day after I left, the show got shut down by the strike. We filmed the remaining six days after the strikes ended. Then we heard we were cancelled with four additional episodes to wrap up the story. The story will have an ending but also an opening for more, which is what we all hope!”
Over the past few weeks following Evil’s addition to Netflix, Herbers plus other cast and crew members have been constantly posting about the show’s performance thus far, suggesting that it justifies further seasons.
Likewise, fans have been taking to social media to drum up a renewal, tagging the likes of Netflix, which now makes a natural home for any future potential season.
What are the chances of Netflix reviving the show? It’s not impossible; after all, Netflix has had a history of reviving shows that became popular on its platform, whether that be Manifest or Lucifer, but they are rare.
Of course, this isn’t the only Robert King and Michelle King series that fans are hoping to see get revived at Netflix either. Your Honor, the two-season Showtime drama featuring Bryan Cranston, also recently burst onto Netflix in the US and debuted to substantial numbers according to Nielsen and Luminate. Fans have been clamoring online for season 3 to be produced on Netflix.
On the bright side, the Kings have more new series coming down the track, albeit not at Netflix. The duo is hard at work on the second season of their procedural drama Elsbeth, which aired its first season earlier this year. Furthermore, the duo is working with Jennifer Cacicio to bring the 2018 true crime podcast Happy Face to life on Paramount+ in 2025, with Dennis Quaid due to lead.
Now, over to you. Should Netflix pick up season 5 of Evil? Let us know in the comments.
