Prime Video’s spider-noir cancellation ends Spider-Noir after eight episodes, and the series will not return for a Season 2. Nicolas Cage, in his first-ever regular TV role as Ben Reilly, led a show that had already built rare awards and audience traction before the cut.
Spider-Noir had 11 Emmy nominations when the cancellation landed, including Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More) and Outstanding Title Design. That kind of awards footprint usually buys a series more breathing room, especially when it is still early in its run.
Nicolas Cage as Ben Reilly
Cage played Ben Reilly, a seasoned, down-on-his-luck private investigator in 1930s New York. Spider-Noir was based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man Noir and was adapted for TV by Oren Uziel, with Steve Lightfoot serving as showrunner and executive producer.
The series originally premiered on the linear MGM+ channel on May 25 and started streaming on Prime Video the next day. It could be watched in either color or black and white, a format choice that helped it stand apart inside a crowded TV marketplace built on immediate differentiation.
Nielsen’s 2.6 billion minutes
According to Nielsen’s streaming content ratings, Spider-Noir earned 2.6 billion viewing minutes in its first six weeks. That is a substantial footprint for a first-season title, and it sits uneasily next to a cancellation that stops the show at eight episodes.
Spider-Noir also carried a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 90% popcornmeter vote among fans on Rotten Tomatoes. A series with those numbers, plus 11 Emmy nominations, is not usually the kind of project that disappears quickly, which makes this decision notable inside Amazon’s Marvel-related TV strategy.
Amazon’s second series
Spider-Noir was the first Marvel-related series to premiere from Amazon’s pact with Sony Pictures TV, a deal tied to more than 900 Marvel characters associated with the Spider-Man franchise. The second series from that partnership was already in development and expected to be announced soon.
The practical read is simple: Cage’s run as Ben Reilly is over after one season, and Spider-Noir now becomes a case study in how a series can post strong viewership, awards interest, and audience approval without earning a second season. For viewers, the story ends where the stream stops; for Amazon, the next move in the Sony Pictures TV pipeline becomes the real test.
