Netflix officially renewed the hit crime drama Nemesis for a second season on Tuesday. Co-created by Courtney A. Kemp and Tani Marole, the series dominated the streaming charts following its May 14 debut. The show captured 832 million viewing minutes in its premiere week and quickly peaked at 1.31 billion minutes viewed in its first full week.
Matthew Law and Y’lan Noel star as LAPD Detective Isaiah Stiles and master thief Coltrane Wilder. The first season ended on a sharp cliffhanger involving Stiles’ son, Noah. The creators promised fans that the storyline will be directly addressed when the show returns. During its launch window, the series also drew the highest concentration of Black viewers of any streaming title at 64%.
But the renewal carries weight far beyond the streaming numbers. Kemp and Marole maintain a strict commitment to filming the series entirely in Los Angeles. The decision provides a critical lifeline to a local production economy actively rebuilding after the devastating Altadena and Palisades fires. This local strategy directly counters the ongoing industry trend of film and television productions abandoning California for states offering better tax incentives.
Kemp plans to use Nemesis as the foundation of an entire television universe based in Los Angeles. She successfully used a similar production strategy to keep crews employed in New York during her run on the Power franchise. And the Netflix renewal coincides directly with Kemp signing a new overall deal to jump ship to rival streamer Apple TV+.