Digital Ratings: Viewership results for the sci fi and fantasy shows on the streaming services. See our Cancellation Watch posts for the linear ratings from the broadcast networks and cable shows.
Netflix Top 10:
The Turkish fantasy series Shahmaran (Renewal Possible) entered into the Netflix Top 10 for Non-English Language shows for the week of January 16th to 22nd. It started at the Number 5 slot with seventeen million hours watched. It is hard to gauge the status of the foreign entries on Netflix, but this could possibly continue to a second season. In the Top 10 for English Language shows, Wednesday (Renewed) held at Number 9 and had 48 million hours watched. 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 Jan-16 to Jan-22
English Language Shows
3 (3) Wednesday 45.7 Million Hours, Weeks in the Chart: 9
10 (9) The Walking Dead: Season 11 11.8 Million Hours, Weeks in the Chart: 2
Non-English Language Shows
5 (n/a) Shahmaran 17.0 Million Hours, Weeks in the Chart: 1
8 (7) Alchemy of Souls: Part 2 11.6 Million Hours, Weeks in the Chart: 6
Source: Netflix
Nielsen Streaming Top 10
Netflix’s The Witcher: Blood Origin made it into the Nielsen Streaming Rankings for the week of December 26th to January 1st. It started at the Number 5 slot with an estimated 912 minutes watched. That spinoff from The Witcher is intended as a close-ended mini-series, but the showrunners have said it is possible more could follow from this one. Wednesday (Renewed) held at the Number 3 slot with 1.7 billion minutes viewed. 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 Dec-26 to Jan-1
Streaming Originals
2 (2) Wednesday (Netflix) 1.7 Billion Minutes, Weeks in the Chart: 6
5 (n/a) The Witcher: Blood Origin (Netflix) 912 Million Minutes, Weeks in the Chart: 1
Acquired Shows
No Genre Entries
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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