‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Is Amazing, But Its Low Viewership Is Baffling

InnovationGaming‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Is Amazing, But Its Low Viewership Is BafflingByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorApr 28, 2026, 10:19am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Daredevil Born AgainMarvelIn an era of MCU ups and downs, Daredevil: Born Again has been a breath of fresh air. Namely, season 2, free from a hacked-together season 1, which had to use an old, worse baseline. Season 2 has already produced some of the best episodes of any MCU series in history, but…is anyone actually watching it?Yes, obviously, some people are, and every week social media, depending on your algorithm, is filled with raves about it. But in the scope of the broader streaming landscape and Disney’s own productions, it doesn’t seem like it can be classified as performing anything but poorly, at least from the outside.The return of Daredevil in the form of Born Again, after waiting for almost eight years for its return after the beloved Netflix series, seemed like it would be a huge event. Instead, not a single episode of Born Again ever charted on the Nielsen top 10 list over the course of its season. Disney revealed that 7.5 million people watched in its first five days, but in context, that was a decent amount lower than Loki season 2 at 10.9 million and even Agatha All Along at 9.3 million.Now, it’s starting again. The Nielsen numbers are on a delay, but we know that the premiere of Born Again season 2 did not chart again. Yes, it’s just the premiere episode, but you would imagine that the premiere would have a better chance of being higher than most of the other episodes, perhaps short of the finale. It is hard to escape the idea that Daredevil is one of the worst-performing shows, if not the worst. The far less high-profile Wonder Man even arrived at #8 on the Nielsen charts for its premiere (a binge drop likely helped there). Echo had even more minutes than Wonder Man, again, a binge drop, so maybe that’s at least part of the problem here.Daredevil Born AgainMCUMORE FOR YOUBut Marvel doesn’t seem to care. Two seasons of Born Again were more or less instantly greenlit, and season 3 is filming as we speak, so it will be roughly a year between seasons again. A Punisher special is nearly here, and there are rumors about a Jessica Jones show, and maybe another starring Luke Cage and/or Iron Fist, who will appear in season 3. What’s happening here?Cost – Reportedly, the budget of Daredevil: Born Again is relatively high, but less so than some of Marvel’s pricier productions, which were on the level of some blockbuster movies.New Focus – The idea here seems to be that the future of Disney Plus MCU shows will focus more on “street-level” content rather than big movie tie-ins or comically enormous productions like Secret Wars. Wonder Man’s renewal seems like part of that, and there’s really only VisionQuest left to go as the kind of “old” show we’ve mostly seen so far. if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = []; var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); iframe.style.display = 'none'; iframe.onload = function() { var iframeDoc = iframe.contentWindow.document; var script = iframeDoc.createElement('script'); script.src = '//cd.elements.video/player.js?cid=62cec241-7d09-4462-afc2-f72f8d8ef40a';…

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