Linear Ratings Results of Interest:
On Tuesday, FX’s supernatural mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows returned for its fourth season with a two-episode season premiere and pulled a 0.17 rating based on same-day viewing for the 18-49 demographic with 445K total viewers. That is down just a tick from its Season 3 premiere in Fall 2021, but up from the full season average. And those are good numbers for a scripted show on the basic cable networks these days, probably explaining why this one has already been renewed through its sixth season.
Over on The CW, cancelled Tom Swift slipped to a 0.02 rating with 247K total viewers with only a repeat of Superman & Lois as its lead-in. On Freeform, Motherland Fort Salem posted a 0.02 rating with 70K total viewers as it airs out its final season.
On Sunday, HBO’s Westworld slipped to a 0.04 rating in the demo with 312K total viewers as the linear viewing for this show remains low in its fifth season. Next week we should see if it has managed to register in digital viewing with encore runs on HBO Max.
You can see the full, season-to-date ratings for the sci fi and fantasy shows at this link, and below are the ratings for the genre shows from the past week. Ratings Source: ShowBuzzDaily
Ratings Results for the Week of 7/11/22
| Series | Rating / Tot Viewers |
| Roswell New Mexico (CW) Mon 8 PM | Rtg: 0.05 / Tot Vwrs: 442K, Status: Cancelled |
| Tom Swift (CW) Tue 9 PM | Rtg: 0.02 ↓ / Tot Vwrs: 247K, Status: Cancelled |
| Motherland Fort Salem (Freeform) Tue 10 PM | Rtg: 0.02 ↓ / Tot Vwrs: 70K, Status: Final Season |
| What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Tue 10 PM | Rtg: 0.17 / Tot Vwrs: 445K, Status: Renewed |
| Wellington Paranormal (CW) Wed 9 PM | Rtg: 0.04 ↑ / Tot Vwrs: 292K, Status: Renewed |
| Riverdale (CW) Sun 8 PM | Rtg: 0.05 ↓ / Tot Vwrs: 259K, Status: Renewed |
| Westworld (HBO) Sun 9 PM | Rtg: 0.04 ↓ / Tot Vwrs: 312K, Status: Renewal Possible |
Netflix Top 10:
The first eight spots in the Netflix Top 10 were taken up by sci fi and fantasy entries for the week of July 4th to 10th. Stranger Things Season 4 lead the way again at Number 1 with 188 million hours of viewing while The Umbrella Academy Season 3 was in the Number 3 slot with 44 million hours of viewing. Prior seasons of both those shows took up most of the other slots, though Manifest Season 1 (now considered a Netflix original with its move from NBC) jumped into the Top 10 at the Number 6 spot. 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 Jul-4 to Jul-10
English Language Shows
1 (1) Stranger Things: Season 4 188.2 Million Hours
2 (3) Stranger Things: Season 1 45.2 Million Hours
3 (2) The Umbrella Academy: Season 3 43.8 Million Hours
4 (6) Stranger Things: Season 2 41.1 Million Hours
5 (5) Stranger Things: Season 3 36.6 Million Hours
6 (n/a) Manifest: Season 1 28.4 Million Hours
7 (8) The Umbrella Academy: Season 1 18.2 Million Hours
8 (n/a) The Umbrella Academy: Season 2 14.2 Million Hours
Non-English Language Shows
5 (5) Alchemy of Souls: Season 1 12.3 Million Hours
8 (8) BASTARD-Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-: Season 1 9.3 Million Hours
9 (6) Ghost Doctor 7.7 Million Hours
Source: Netflix
Nielsen Streaming Top 10
Stranger Things continued to reign atop the Nielsen charts as well, placing at Number 1 again in the Top 10 for scripted originals for the week of June 13th to 19th. That show had an estimated 2.9 billion minutes of viewing that week. Slipping to Number 3 was Amazon’s The Boys which pulled in 795 million minutes of viewing and has already been renewed for a fourth season. Improving to Number 4 was the Disney+ mini-series Obi-Wan Kenobi which tracked 733 million minutes viewed. And Netflix’s First Kill improved to Number 8 with 467 million minutes of viewing. Dropping out from last week was Disney+’s Ms. Marvel, and Hulu’s The Orville has still not placed in the Top 10 in its third season. 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 Streaming Rankings for the Week of Jun-13 to Jun-19
Streaming Originals
1 (1) Stranger Things (Netflix) 2.9 Billion Minutes
3 (2) The Boys (Amazon) 795 Million Minutes
4 (5) Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+) 733 Million Minutes
8 (9) First Kill (Netflix) 467 Million Minutes
Acquired Shows
6 (n/a) Supernatural (Netflix) 441 Million Minutes
Source: Nielsen SVOD Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, and Apple TV+), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing Through Television
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