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Digital Ratings:
Hawkeye hit the target for Disney+ with its debut, landing at the Number 2 slot in the Nielsen Streaming Rankings for original series for the week of November 22nd to 28th. The show released its first two episodes that week and those tallied an estimated 853 million minutes of viewing. Slipping to Number 3 in its second week was Amazon’s fantasy epic The Wheel of Time which pulled in 663 million minutes of viewing. Improving for the week was Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop reboot which moved up two slots to the Number 4 position and had 629 million minutes of viewing (but that one has been cancelled). The animated series Supercrooks had its premiere that week and Part 2 of Masters of the Universe: Revelations also had its bow, but neither placed in the Top 10 (neither of those made it into Netflix’s Top 10 for that week either). Following are all the sci fi and fantasy TV shows on the streaming charts for the week (the number in parenthesis is the prior week rank):
Nielsen Digital Ratings for the Week of Nov-22 to Nov-28
Streaming Originals
2 (n/a) Hawkeye (Disney+) 853 Million Minutes
3 (1) The Wheel of Time (Amazon) 663 Million Minutes
4 (6) Cowboy Beboop (Netlfix) 629 Million Minutes
Acquired Shows
6 (7) Supernatural (Netflix) 435 Million Minutes
Source: Nielsen SVOD Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, Netflix, and Apple TV+), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing Through Television
More Digital Ratings:
The Witcher continued to dominate the Netflix Top 10 for English Language originals for the week of December 20th to 26th. The second season of that show remained at the Number 1 slot and improved its viewership to 168.5 million hours. The first season of that show slipped to the Number 3 slot with 60.7 million hours viewed. The encore run of Titans on Netflix continued to perform well as the third season slipped just a bit to Number 5 and pulled in 12.5 million hours of viewing. Season 3 of Lost in Space slipped to Number 6 with 11.7 million hours watched. In the Non-English Language Top 10, the Korean space drama The Silent Sun made it to the Number 2 slot for its premiere week, pulling in 22.2 million hours of viewing and could be on track for a second season renewal. The apocalyptic satire Don’t Look Up topped the English Language movie chart that week, pulling in 111 million hours of viewing. Following are all the sci fi and fantasy TV shows on the Netflix charts for the week (the number in parenthesis is the prior week rank):
Netflix Top 10 for the Week of Dec-20 to Dec-26
English Language Shows
1 (1) The Witcher: Season 2 168.5 Million Hours
3 (2) The Witcher: Season 1 60.7 Million Hours
5 (3) Titans: Season 3 12.6 Million Hours
6 (4) Lost in Space: Season 3 11.7 Million Hours
Non-English Language Shows
3 (n/a) The Silent Sea: Season 1 22.2 Million Hours
Source: Netflix
Ratings Results of Interest:
Only one genre series aired a new episode last week on the linear channels and that was the two-hour Holiday Special for FOX’s Fantasy Island. It was originally scheduled to air on Tuesday but got moved to Thursday at the last minute due to shuffling of the NFL schedule. The move may have impacted its viewership as it only managed a 0.26 rating based on same-day viewing for the 18-49 demographic with 1.8 million total viewers. Still, that is not too bad after a last-minute schedule change during a typically low-viewership time of year. The series is set to return for its second season in either late Spring or Summer.
Sci FI TV Schedule:
Mid-Season begins next week, though it will not bring many new shows to the schedule just yet as most of the programs on the linear channels are still on hiatus. But The CW’s Nancy Drew will resume new episodes next Friday, and the animated fantasy entry DOTA: Dragon’s Blood will be back with its second season on Netflix on Thursday. Star Trek: Prodigy will also be back from hiatus and will resume releasing new episodes on Paramount+ on Thursday. More shows are on the way and you can see the full Mid-Season schedule at this link.
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