Season 2 renewal at Netflix is being held up because of international deals...

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https://deadline.com/2025/09/the-hun...ix-1236506013/

"When the raunchy Texas drama starring Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow made a no-frills domestic debut on Netflix on July 21 as part of a one-year U.S. licensing deal with Lionsgate, The Hunting Wives already had launched on Stan in Australia, Crave in Canada, OSN in the Middle East and HOT in Israel," explains Deadline's Nellie Andreeva, noting that The Hunting Wives was made for and rejected by Starz. "At the time, Lionsgate had sold the series in 10 additional territories, including the UK, Germany, France, Italy and India, with plans to roll out the show in them soon thereafter. (Netflix was not a buyer in any of the countries.) But, despite The Hunting Wives‘ outsized success in the U.S., those plans have been put on hold, with no new international launches for the show since its Netflix debut more than six weeks ago. There is a reason for that — as Netflix is getting deep in negotiations with Lionsgate about a Season 2 renewal for the breakout hit, all of these deals have to be reworked for that to happen, a process that is currently underway, I hear."