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The Witcher Season 3 is still holding strong on Netflix’s English-language TV list. In its second week on the streamer, the first half of the new season drew 13.8M views (66.5M view hours divided by 4.82 runtime hours) for the week of July 3 to 9. That’s down slightly from the 15.2M views the episodes…

Audiences were eager to revisit Avatar: The Way Of Water when the smash hit sequel hit streaming. The James Cameron film debuted on both Disney+ and Max on June 7, soaring to the top of Nielsen’s streaming rankings for the week of June 5 to June 11 and racking up an impressive 1.9B viewing minutes…

EXCLUSIVE: Is audience interest on the decline for Netflix’s The Witcher? The first five episodes of Season 3 hit the streamer on June 29. Since then, 1.1M U.S. households have tuned in to the premiere, according to L+5D data from Samba TV. That’s a fairly strong debut, though it is a 15% decrease…

EXCLUSIVE: When it comes to breaking into the most-watched titles on British television, Netflix is not exactly prolific, but the streamer seems to have found a hit in Matilda The Musical. Working Title’s reimagining of Roald Dahl’s iconic novel premiered on June 25 and was watched by 2.6M people on…

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan appears to have been a fan favorite over the July 4 weekend. The first two episodes of Season 4 debuted on the streamer on June 30. Since then, the premiere captured 1.2M U.S. households, according to L+5D data from Samba TV. Episode 2 was watched by about 946,000…

EXCLUSIVE: LeBron James’ origin story is striking a chord with audiences on Peacock. The original film Shooting Stars has now become Peacock’s most-watched original film in its first four weeks of availability. Since its June 2 premiere, Shooting Stars has remained the #1 original film every…

EXCLUSIVE: Danny McBride is setting a shining example with The Righteous Gemstones on HBO. Following the debut of Season 3, the series is showing impressive (and somewhat rare) growth. The back-to-back June 18 premiere episodes of Righteous Gemstones are currently tracking at 2.85M viewers across HBO…

Fox News again topped the June ratings, but the gap has narrowed with MSNBC, the only news network to see across-the-board viewership gains versus 2022. The exit of Tucker Carlson continued to weigh on Fox News’ primetime. The network averaged 1.49 million viewers, down 31% versus the same period a…

Chris Hemsworth took over Netflix for the week of June 19 to June 25. His latest film, Extraction 2, debuted on June 16. In its first full week on the streamer, it was No. 1 on the English-language film list with 42.2M views (remember, Netflix changed its viewership metric last week). The action…

Yes, chef. Things are heating up for Season 2 of FX’s The Bear on Hulu. The entire second season of the half-hour dramedy launched on the streamer Thursday. Since then, the Season 2 debut has become the most-watched premiere of any FX series on Hulu. The Bear has also posted significant gains…

Elton John raised the roof at Glastonbury last night in what could be the Rocketman singer’s last ever performance, and he was watched by more than 7M viewers on the BBC. The figure was almost triple that of Paul McCartney’s headline slot in 2022. The legendary British singer’s three-hour…

The 2023 edition of the NBA Draft was the most-watched talent dispersal ever on any network, according to Nielsen. The first round averaged 4,928,000 viewers across ESPN and ABC, up 24% from last year's first round on both platforms. It peaked with 6,085,000 viewers in the 8 p.m. ET quarter…