Terminal List Season 2 Draws Half Its Season 1 Audience

Nielsen data for the week of October 19 to 25 shows the Prime Video series trailing its debut season after a four-year gap.

Updated on Nov. 7, 2026 in Television

Flat-color poster-style illustration of a stark reticle emblem over diagonal slate stripes, in a restrained olive, cream, and rust palette. — Prime Video's The Terminal List drew roughly half its Season 1 viewership in the Nielsen report for October 19 to 25, placing fifth overall. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

The Terminal List's second season drew 830 million minutes watched in the Nielsen streaming report for the week of October 19 to 25, roughly half the viewership of its first season. The series placed fifth on the Nielsen overall top 10 list, below evergreen hits Grey's Anatomy and The Big Bang Theory.

Why it matters

The drop highlights how difficult it can be to retain audiences when a series takes years to return, a pattern that affects streaming programming decisions across the United States. Research has shown viewers often drift away from shows with long gaps between seasons.

Nielsen's weekly streaming report recorded 830 million minutes watched for The Terminal List's second season, compared with Reacher's 1.1 billion to 1.5 billion minutes in its fourth season. Whether the audience will recover in later weeks has not been reported.

The players

Prime Video

Amazon's streaming service, which distributes The Terminal List and reports its viewership data through Nielsen.

Nielsen

The audience measurement company whose streaming report ranked The Terminal List fifth on its overall top 10 list.

The details

The Terminal List's second season arrived four years after the first, which released on Prime Video on June 30, 2022. Its Rotten Tomatoes score rose from 42% for Season 1 to 73% for Season 2, even as viewership fell.

June 30, 2022: The Terminal List premieres on Prime Video.
October 19 to 25, 2026: Nielsen tracking week for Season 2 viewership.

Big Picture

Against Reacher's 1.1 billion to 1.5 billion minutes in its fourth season, The Terminal List's 830 million minutes show a substantial gap within the same streaming service. How much that gap reflects the four-year wait remains unclear.

Viewers can watch The Terminal List on Prime Video, and the gap between seasons means returning subscribers may need to revisit the first season before the second. Those tracking new episodes should expect the show to remain on the streaming platform's catalog.

The takeaway

Long gaps between seasons can cost a series much of its audience, even when critical reception improves. Viewers deciding what to watch next may favor shows with more regular release schedules.