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I usually don’t read anything about Nielsen’s streaming ratings before I write the Streaming Ratings Report each week. (In their press releases, Nielsen usually includes some insights to the data.) My goal is to find my insights/stories/narratives before I see what’s dominating the coverage. But this week, I couldn’t help noticing the headline Nielsen attached to their weekly press release: 4 Platforms x 1B minutes = a historic week in

Today’s battle is the fight we’ve been waiting for since 2017. Two of the most expensive shows of all time from two of the biggest franchises of all time squaring off…and debuting within two weeks of each other! Lord of the Rings versus Game of Thrones. The Rings of Power vs House of the Dragon. (RoP vs. HoTD) Traditional pay cable vs. streaming video. Giant media conglomerate versus one of

It’s weeks like this where I just love my job. I’ve been excited, all summer, for the “Hot August Genre Wars” and this week, we finally got it! You may not share my love. In fact, judging by some of the hot takes I hear on podcasts, you may hate the current deluge of ratings data. And I don’t blame you. Unlike past era, ratings are confusing now. The streamers

Before we begin, I just wanted to say, thank you. We just had one of our best weeks ever, and I couldn’t keep doing this work without your support. In case you missed it, we published three articles on the “Dogs Not Barking” of 2022 so far, my term for flops, misses and bombs in the Streaming Ratings era. Read the definition of the term here, then check out the

[Folks, right off the bat, I need to let you know that we don’t have the full Nielsen data set for the week of 23-May. But not to fear, between TV Time, some early tidbits that Nielsen released on Twitter about Obi-Wan Kenobi and Stranger Things, Netflix global ratings, Samba TV, and IMDb scores, we still have a lot to cover. On Friday, if Nielsen has published a double update,

[Editor’s Note: As you may have read, I’m putting up a paywall on 16-Jun-2022. For the next month, you can expect a few reminders from me about this. I’m trying to balance the thin line between being obnoxious and also making a living writing about entertainment strategy. If you haven’t signed up yet, I strongly recommend getting in now for the special “Founder’s Price” of $120 per year forever. I