EXCLUSIVE: This is a shocker — one of the streaming hits of the summer will be no more, at least on its original platform. Prime Video has opted not to renew Ride Or Die starring Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer for a second season. The lead studio behind the buddy spy comedy, Paramount Television Studios, is shopping the series to other buyers, I hear.
The lack of quick renewal should’ve been a sign. Still, the cancellation has taken everyone involved in Ride of Die by surprise. That is because the action comedy has been well received and, according to available data, it has performed well.
Part of the current wave of “white wine thrillers” — series featuring adult female leads — Ride or Die launched on July 15 with a fraction of the marketing money Amazon put behind its YA summer lineup that got a big Obsession Is In Session promo campaign, including Elle, Off Campus, Every Year After and Sterling Point, all of which have been renewed.
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Ride Or Die snuck up under the radar to immediately hit the No. 1 slot in the daily U.S. rankings, eclipsing even big-budget film Masters of the Universe. The action comedy made Luminate’s weekly US rankings with just two days of release logging 927K views, twice as many as Elle drew for its first two days in the U.S. (477K) and almost four times Off Campus‘ 245K views back in May. Ride Or Die zoomed to No.1 in U.S. minutes watched in its first full week on Luminate, also doubling Elle‘s and almost tripling Off Campus‘ haul over the comparable periods, a trend that continued in Week 3.
The strong domestic performance carried onto the Nielsen Top 10 where Ride Or Die debuted at No.8 on the overall streaming chart and at No. 3 among originals with 869M minutes viewed. It climbed to No. 4 overall and No. 2 on the streaming originals charts in its second week with 922M minutes. Over its first 14 days of release, Ride Or Die is said to be Prime Video’s most watched new scripted series in the U.S. from 7/30/25 to 7/29/26.
Globally, Ride Or Die was the No.1 most watched Prime Video original series for the its first three weeks. Elle held the No.1 slot for two weeks, Off Campus for five. Completion rate-wise, Ride Or Die is said to be in the range of several renewed Prime Video series, including Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Scarpetta and Elle.
A crowd pleaser that has also scored with revewers, Ride Or Die has logged 96% on Rotten Tomatoes with critics and 85% with audiences.
Ride or Die was one of two series centering on 50-something female friendships that launched in July to similarly strong U.S. viewership and reviews. The other, Peacock’s The Five Star Weekend, has been renewed for a second season.
Created by Tessa Coates, Ride or Die follows best friends Debbie Claybourne (Spencer) and Judith Burton (Waddingham) who thought they knew everything about each other, except Judith turns out to be an international assassin. When a mysterious figure emerges from Judith’s past and a hit goes horribly wrong, both of their worlds are turned upside down as they’re forced to go on the run together.
Season 1, which ended on several cliffhangers that set up major storylines for a second installment, also stars Ed Skrein, Calam Lynch, Savannah Steyn, Jamie Parker, Jacky Ido, with Sylvia Hoeks and Bill Nighy.
Ride or Die Season 1 was produced by Paramount Television Studios, Amazon MGM Studios as well as Andy and Barbara Muschietti’s Double Dream and Octavia Spencer’s Orit Entertainment. Coates, Miller, and Reed executive produce alongside Spencer for Orit Entertainment; Waddingham; Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Irene Yeung for Double Dream; Brian Clisham; and Stephanie Kluft.
