Streaming Ratings Report

Sometimes the sheer number of releases in streaming takes my breath away. Despite having no notable new releases this week, Netflix still managed to have seven new releases…just on Tuesday August 23rd! Sure, some of those are foreign titles—Netflix is a global streamer, so they have to release titles for

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

This week is the calm before the genre storm. (And, luckily, an actual tropical storm isn’t making landfall tomorrow in LA, so that’s a win.) It’s the second week in a row with no series or films getting over 30 million hours viewed. Prime Video had a buzzy title with

Each week, as a little game to help double check my priors, my researcher/editor and I guess where new TV shows and films ended up on the Nielsen and TV Time charts. This week’s dialogue went something like this: Me: Want to guess what film was number one film this

Another week, another boatload of Netflix shows. Sure, they release a lot of stuff, but this week felt notable even for them, with Keep Breathing, The Most Hated Man on the Internet, Car Masters: Rust to Riches (season 4!), and Uncoupled all coming out in the same week. And that’s

This week might be the peak of the summer streaming doldrums. Besides the usual big Netflix fare—Virgin River returning for season four and the estimated-$200-million The Grey Man debuting on streaming—no other big releases really broke through. They’re probably all waiting for Hot August Genre Wars. (Read my predictions here on

When these two release dates were announced, frankly, I was ecstatic: – On 21-August, HBO will debut House of the Dragon, their Game of Thrones prequel. – On 2-September, Prime Video will debut The Rings of Power, their Lord of the Rings prequel. What a showdown! Two of the most

This week, it felt like each streamer’s content kinda reflected their overall strategy. Netflix released it all (a YA series, a true crime doc, a kids film and more), Disney released a NatGeo documentary (and a weekly episode of an MCU/Star Wars series, Ms. Marvel), Hulu released a comedy from

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

It’s always a pinch weird diving into a Streaming Ratings Report after a Netflix Earnings report. (If you want my thoughts, check out these two Twitter threads here or here.) It’s so tempting to try to tie what we learn from this week’s reports to the broad takeaways from Netflix’s