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We're getting closer to the end of the year, which means we're running out of time to highlight some of the most underrated shows of the year. For me, the end of the year is always a good time to look back and show a little love to the shows that didn't quite get the response, viewership, or respect from viewers, fans, and critics that they deserved.

If you missed any of the eight underrated shows of 2024, I highly recommend you give them a try when you have a chance. I guarantee you won't be too disappointed.

For this list, I only included new shows. Of course, there are a lot of underrated returning shows that had new seasons in 2024, but I wanted to share the new shows from 2024 that deserved more love and popularity from fans and critics!

Let's get the list started with one of the best new shows of the year,...

In the last six years, Rapman has gone from making breakout YouTube project Shiro’s Story, to helming his first feature, Blue Story, and then creating one of Netflix’s most successful UK series this year with superhero sci-fi drama Supacell.

With each milestone, Rapman has continued to flip the entertainment industry’s script on its head.

“I didn’t go to film school. I didn’t even go to university, but I lived a lot of life before I was in this film world, so I use that as my storytelling style,” Rapman told Deadline.

Rapman appeared on a panel with rapper LL Cool J as part of Paramount’s “Content For Change” program, running alongside the MTV Europe Music Awards in Manchester.

“There are always going to be budget restraints, but the industry still wants people with good ideas and people who are willing to work, so you...

As inch toward the end of 2024, Netflix fans are starting to worry. Will your favorite show be renewed or canceled? Will that show you just started binge-watching not return for another season? How many established shows will have their final seasons this year or even next year? There's already a fair bit we know about the Netflix shows that have been renewed so far in 2024.

On Jan. 7, Netflix wasted no time to announce the first renewal of the year. The Korean horror-drama series Gyeongseong Creature landed a second season renewal just a few weeks after its initial premiere on Netflix in December 2023. Now fans don't have to worry about the suspenseful series never coming back with more episodes. What a great start to the year!

Unfortunately, the first cancellation of the year came in the form of the action-comedy series Obliterated. Netflix announced the cancellation news on Feb. 1, and for some fans,...

‘Sex Education’ Star Asa Butterfield Lands First Theater Role

Sex Education star Asa Butterfield has landed his first stage role with a project about the actor who came second to playing Harry Potter in the movie franchise. The limited four week-run at London’s Riverside Studios will see Butterfield play Martin Hill in Second Best. At age 10, Martin was on the brink of stardom, but he narrowly missed out and now embarks on the ultimate adventure in adulthood – fatherhood. Butterfield said: “It’s equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, a universal tale of ‘what ifs’, and I can’t wait to bring it to life on stage for the very first time.” Based on the David Foenkinos novel, the play is written by Barney Norris and directed by Michael Longhurst. Butterfield broke out playing Otis Milburn in Netflix smash Sex Education. Other credits include The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Nanny McPhee and Ender’s Game.

Actor and media entrepreneur Luti Fagbenle (Maxxx, Robyn Hood), the younger brother of actor O-t Fagbenle (The Handmaid’s Tale) has launched TV production company Osun Group with bases in the U.K. and U.S. Producer Sheila Nortley (Netflix’s Harlan Coben series Stay Close and hit drama Supacell) will lead the company’s TV slate as head of drama and executive producer in a partnership deal.

She will also continue her work as an independent producer.

“Strategically positioned to make a significant impact on the global content market, Osun is dedicated to producing high-end television with compelling narratives that resonate worldwide, in both the scripted and unscripted markets,” the company said on Wednesday, promising to “deliver groundbreaking content.”

Said Fagbenle: “Our vision for Osun is to provide the best home for diverse talent to tell their stories, offering the infrastructure and culturally attuned leadership needed to execute their most ambitious projects.

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos recently spoke about the company’s content strategy and commitment to direct streaming. He said some theatrical releases can be inefficient and that Netflix can invest heavily in films without needing box office success. This allows the streaming service to put movies directly on its platform.

Sarandos also noted competitors like Apple have struggled with theatrical releases for expensive movies. Apple reportedly plans a limited one-week theatrical run for its Brad Pitt and George Clooney film “Wolfs” before releasing it on Apple TV+.

The Netflix executive said audiences do not care about release windows between theaters and streaming. This aligns with Netflix prioritizing subscriber access over traditional distribution models. Sarandos emphasized constantly innovating, warning those who protect outdated practices risk becoming obsolete.

A key part of Netflix’s success, according to Sarandos, is U.K.-produced shows. He said the top four titles on Netflix worldwide—“Fool Me Once,...

Ted Sarandos isn’t losing too much sleep about Netflix series like the Emmy darling “Baby Reindeer” being sued for taking inspiration from true stories.

The Netflix co-ceo said during a keynote address at the Royal Television Society’s London Convention 2024 (via The Hollywood Reporter) that the $170 million lawsuit against the “Baby Reindeer” production is indicative of a uniquely British debate over series disclaimers about being inspired by a true story.

Sarandos said that the debate is “not happening anywhere else in the world” except Britain. He added that the show “is not a documentary” as “there are elements that are dramatized.”

Fiona Harvey, who is the real “Martha” as fictionalized in “Baby Reindeer,” has said the series is a “work of fiction” that has been “very defamatory” to her career. In the series, the Martha character is an alleged rapist and stalker. She has since filed a lawsuit against...

We know Netflix can’t truly be bothered with putting movies in theaters. That it has arguably left some money on the table for movies like “Glass Onion” has been well-documented, and with Scott Stuber out of the picture and now determined to make theatrical movies of his own, Netflix can continue doing what it does best in making streaming hits.

In an interview in the UK on Tuesday, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos not only did not defend theatrical and the time-tested practices of Hollywood but also said for some films, putting them into theaters just isn’t the best thing for them.

“It’s unique to Netflix that we have enough scale,” Sarandos said at the Royal Television Society’s London Convention (via THR). “We can uniquely spend $200 million on a film and have enough scale of viewership to put it directly on Netflix without trying to recover some...

British television shows have emerged as the biggest hits for Netflix subscribers around the globe. Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos revealed at a recent industry event that the four most popular titles on Netflix between January and June came from the UK. The shows—”Fool Me Once,” “Bridgerton,” “The Gentleman,” and “Baby Reindeer”—together gathered over 360 million viewers worldwide.

Sarandos made the announcement while addressing attendees at the Royal Television Society conference in London. He praised the strength of the British television and film industries. According to Sarandos, factors like robust public broadcasters, training programs for creators, supportive policies, and tax breaks have helped UK productions succeed both domestically and internationally.

Research from Deadline also found growing interest in British entertainment. Streaming of UK movies and shows on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video jumped 40% among US viewers in recent quarters. This increase partially stemmed from strikes affecting new American show development.

Barbie, Wonka and Paddington producer David Heyman was among the winners at the biennial Production Guild of Great Britain (Pggb) 2024 awards, which took place in London on September 14.

Heyman received the contribution to the industry award. “This has been a challenging period for the film and television industries in the UK – we’ve had Covid, we’ve had the strikes and the economy in general has been struggling, to put it mildly. But I feel we’re turning the corner,” said Heyman on receiving the accolade.

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“In the next year, I think more productions will start up,...

Supacell is a 2024 British superhero television series, created and written by Rapman for Netflix. It was directed by Rapman and Sebastian Thiel, and premiered with six episodes on 27th June 2024.

Set in modern-day South London, the series is about a group of five ordinary black people, unified by family history of sickle cell disease. They unexpectedly develop superpowers and are pursued by a secret organisation who intends to control them.

Supacell features an ensemble cast including; Tosin Cole, Adelayo Adedayo, Josh Tedeku, Nadine Mills, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Calvin Demba, Ghetts, Digga D, and Eddie Marsan. The series was a difficult sell to US broadcasters such as HBO, ABC, and FX. Netflix took it on in late 2019, ahead of the release of Rapman’s feature-length film debut Blue Story.

Since there are so many new shows added to Netflix each month, it's tough to know which shows are the right ones for you. Maybe you start watching a show that's advertised to you or has been popular on the top 10, and then randomly in the middle, there's an instance of violence or nudity you weren't expecting to see. That can often happen with TV-ma-rated shows.

Obviously, before watching a new show on Netflix, viewers like to be as informed as possible on what they are about to spend their hard-earned free time watching. On Aug. 29, Netflix released Kaos, a dark fantasy series that centers on the exploits of Greek gods and other mythological situations. The subject matter alone makes way for some potential content and trigger warnings.

Trying to decide whether Netflix's new mythological dark comedy should be on your watch list? Before you take the plunge and watch Kaos,...

If you thought 2023 was a good year for Netflix shows, 2024 just might have last year beat. The year has already provided new hits like Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Gentlemen, Baby Reindeer, and Emily in Paris, but there are plenty more highly anticipated shows on the horizon. New seasons of Outer Banks, Squid Game, The Diplomat, and more are still to come in 2024.

Although the Hollywood strikes left multiple Netflix shows delayed until 2025, the streamer has confirmed plenty more shows premiering or returning with new shows in 2024. Now that we're heading into the last few months of the year, we're starting to see some big hits coming back to our watch lists and splashy new shows making their debuts.

While fans will surely be anxiously awaiting Ginny & Georgia season 3, Wednesday season 2, The Watcher season 2, You season 5, and more, there's still so much to look forward to in 2024. For now,...

The Netflix model is beyond my comprehension. They make a lot of good shows that don’t get renewed. They make a lot of bad stuff that gets renewed. And they release a bunch of big-budget, middling shows and then forget to market them. If we talk about this year alone, Netflix released 3 Body Problem and Supacell, both of which weren’t all that good, and they have got the greenlight for multiple seasons. Two of the best action dramas of the year, The Brothers Sun and House of Ninjas, have probably been canceled. I don’t know if anybody even knows that amazing shows like Nightmares and Daydreams, Tribhuvan Mishra CA Topper, and Tokyo Swindlers exist on the streaming platform. But the horribly made Heeramandi and Maamla Legal Hai had the viewership that’s necessary to get the thumbs up. I don’t even want to get into the animated stuff.

When it comes to summer, the season was good to us as far as Netflix new releases are concerned. The summer months brought us new episodes of Bridgerton, Cobra Kai, Sweet Tooth, and so many other Netflix originals as well as popular movies like Atlas, A Family Affair, and Trigger Warning. Not to mention, there were other hits like Baby Reindeer and Supacell. But fall will be even better.

September boasts big stars on Netflix by the likes of Nicole Kidman, Kristen Bell, Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, and Joey King in new movies and shows that will set the top 10 ablaze. The month also celebrates the conclusion of Emily in Paris season 4 and launches some of the most exciting new titles of the year so far.

Check out the highlights of Netflix's September new release and see the full list (so far) of everything coming throughout the first month of fall!

Netflix’s UK content chief, Anne Mensah, has called on the TV industry to face up to its in-built biases and help allow diverse creatives to “find their truth.”

In a spotlight session here at the Edinburgh TV Festival ahead of James Graham’s MacTaggart lecture, which is expected to focus on the industry’s issues with class, former BBC and Sky exec Mensah said she was “super-hyper-focused” on addressing diversity in UK television.

The Netflix VP of UK Content pointed to shows such as Supacell, which focuses on a group of Black working-class superheroes in East London as examples of how Netflix UK is tackling the issue, and urged the audience to address their own unconscious biases while admitting she held them herself.

“One of the tricky things is [the industry] is a closed circuit and a closed shop,” she said. “It’s so hard to get beyond your own biases...

Fresh from its hugely impressive haul of nine Emmy nominations for hit Apple TV+ show “Slow Horses,” powerhouse producers See-Saw Films has unveiled a slate of new literary options also being developed for TV.

The British/Australian company, which in recent years has demonstrated its ability to amass acclaim, awards and audiences on the big screen and small, has landed the rights to three pieces of IP, including one that has already proved a hit on stage.

Playwright Benedict Lombe’s epic romance “Shifters” — starring “Supacell” lead Tosin Cole and “The Power” actress Heather Ageypong — is currently in the process of transferring to the West End after a sellout run at the Bush Theater (and with Idris Elba recently joining the play’s lineup of producers). But it’s now also being adapted by Lombe for TV with See-Saw, with plans to take the story beyond the stage play and into a returning series.

As per Variety, news came out that the UK-produced sci-fi series Supacell has been renewed for Season 2 on Netflix. The victory lap was broadcasted by one of the co-stars not long after the streaming giant made their announcement Tuesday, Aug. 13 via social media.

Supacell is about a group of five ordinary people who inadvertently manifest superhuman abilities and have no connection barring that they are from South London and they are Black. They are brought together by teleporting delivery driver Michael Lasaki (Tosin Cole).

Created by Rapman, the sci-fi series held its No.1 spot on Netflix for six consecutive weeks globally following its debut on June 27. When this editorial was published, the series remained on Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh at 100% with a 73% Audience Score. Reviews have mostly been positive from Metacritic and the likes of Variety.

This is great news for those who became fans of the series and the industry across the pond,...

Netflix has officially ordered a second dose of one of the year's most popular series. Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen will be back for season 2, as Variety first reported the news that the streaming service renewed the British crime comedy-drama series for a second season.

It's been a long time coming for fans awaiting word on the show's fate after making its premiere back in March 2024. Along with the renewal, Variety reports that season 2 will contain another eight episodes and begin filming sometime in 2025. While more cast announcements are to come, Theo James and Kaya Scodelario are confirmed to reprise their starring roles and Daniel Ings will also be back as Freddy.

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— Netflix (@netflix) August 14, 2024

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Supacell, created by Rapman, premiered on Netflix at the end of June, and there's no doubt this has been one of the biggest shows of the summer for the streamer.

Supacell tells the story of five South Londoners who learn they have superpowers. Together, they join forces to stop a mysterious organization that wishes them harm. The series stars Tosin Cole, Nadine Mills, Josh Tedeku, Calvin Demba, Adelayo Adedayo, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Ghetts, Eddie Marsan, Sian Brooke, and more.

We have some excellent news about Supacell season 2 to share with fans of the Netflix original series!

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Netflix announced Supacell season 2 is officially in the works. The streamer shared the news on social media with video messages from Rapman and the cast.

Obviously, it was a long wait to find out if Supacell was renewed or not,...

Supacell has been renewed for a second season!

The series, which stars Tosin Cole, Adelayo Adedayo, Nadine Mills, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Calvin Demba, Josh Tedeku, and Eddie Marsan, debuted in June to favorable reviews.

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The six episode series is about a group of five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except for one thing: they are all Black South Londoners. It is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves.

Netflix announced the renewal on social media, writing, “Supacell Season 2 Is Coming.” No other information like returning cast or premiere date has been confirmed at this time. Stay tuned!

Meanwhile, Netflix canceled 4 TV shows recently and fans are not happy.

Netflix is powering up a second season of Supacell.

The streamer has renewed the series about five Black people in South London who unexpectedly develop superpowers. Supacell, created by Rapman, premiered on June 27 and has been a fixture in Netflix’s internal top 10 list of English-language series since its debut.

Netflix announced the renewal Tuesday on its social media channels.

Supacell has received largely favorable reviews; The Hollywood Reporter critic Daniel Fienberg wrote that “The [superhero] genre is the genre, but the tone and feel that Rapman sets and the characters he builds out are different enough to be worthwhile.”

In an interview with THR, Rapman — who also served as showrunner on Supacell and directed three of the six episodes — said he never thought of the series as a superhero show. “Because I wasn’t trying to call them superheroes, it already took me down a different route. They’re all flawed individuals,...

Good news alert: Netflix has renewed Supacell, their acclaimed superhero show for season 2. More below.

Supacell, Rapman’s ambitious superhero show set in South London, is coming back for more. Netflix has renewed the British series for season 2 and delivered the news by posting on X (formerly Twitter).

The series focused on a group of five Black people, all of whom share a family history of sickle cell disease. As they develop surprising superpowers, they’re pursued by a shady secret organisation. The series has received critical acclaim and currently sits at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The news is particularly impressive taking into account Netflix’s habit of cancelling their shows after one season. Then again, Supacell proved to be a chart juggernaut almost immediately, occupying the Netflix top 10 chart in 91 countries, as well as sticking around on the global top 10 list for six weeks.

Tosin Cole, Jessica Magaye, Ricardo McCleary-Campbell,...

Supacell has been renewed for a second season on Netflix.

Rapman’s debut TV series is set in modern day South London, following a group of five ordinary Black people unified by a family history of sickle cell disease. They unexpectedly develop superpowers and are pursued by a secret organization that intends to control them.

The show has been a hit for Netflix, one of its biggest to come out of the UK for some time, and has dominated top 10 lists around the world for the past few weeks. It is still sitting in a number of global top 10s several weeks on from launch. Netflix just posted news of the recommission on X.

Supacell is created by Blue Story helmer Rapman and directed by Sebastian Thiel. It stars Tosin Cole, Jessica Magaye, Ricardo McCleary-Campbell, Saraphina Mattis, Melissa Simon-Hartman, Cleo Young and Micheal Ademilua, who comprise the Supacell Six.

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A second season of Supacell is taking flight at Netflix. The renewal was made official on Tuesday, nearly two months after the British sci-fi drama’s six-episode first season hit the streamer on June 24.

Per its official description, Supacell follows “five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except for one thing: they are all Black South Londoners. It is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves.”

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“Supacell” has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix.

The announcement was made on Netflix’s social channels on Tuesday. The renewal comes after the six-episiode Season 1 debuted on the streamer back in June.

Per the official description, the series is about “a group of five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except for one thing: they are all Black South Londoners. It is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves.”

The cast of the series includes Adelayo Adedayo, Calvin Demba, Tosin Cole, Nadine Mills, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Josh Tedeku, Eddie Marsan, Ky-mani Carty, and Rayxia Ojo.

The series was created by Rapman, who also serves as an executive producer and director. Sebastian Thiel is also a director on the series. Steve Searle, Mouktar Mohammed, and Anna Ferguson also executive produce.

“Supacell” has received strong reviews since its release.

That’s your lot. Until the Paralympic Games Paris 2024 begin in a few weeks, the Olympic Games are over. No more hearing your neighbours through the wall cheering on Team Gb in the 400m Relay, no more fun and fleeting national obsessions with background players such as the man who retrieves rogue swimming hats from the bottom of the pool, or the magnificently curly haired official who carries the trays containing the medallists’ posters, and no more wondering where Clare Balding gets her blouses – the closing ceremony has closed.

What that means for UK TV viewers is the gradual return of actual television to the schedules. There’s new Only Connect, University Challenge, Who Do You Think You Are?, Celebrity MasterChef, Celebrity Race Across the World and soon, new Great British Bake Off. If none of that excites you, then this is a great time to catch up on any overdue US imports.

House of the Dragon topped Nielsen’s overall U.S. streaming ranking for the week of July 8 — and for the first time ever.

With the release of Season 2’s fifth episode in the last hours of the measurement period, the HBO series amassed nearly 1.3 billion minutes viewed across 15 available episodes, rising two spots to claim No. 1 on the overall chart.

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Overall streaming numbers for July 8-14 came down a fair amount from the record-breaking previous week. HBO’s House of the Dragon, however, was virtually even with its prior viewing total — which was good enough to move it to the top spot for the first time.

House of the Dragon amassed 1.27 billion minutes of viewing on Max (not including viewing on HBO’s cable channels), just a smidge below the 1.3 billion it had the week before. With the two titles ahead of it the previous week, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F and Suits, each falling by significant amounts, the HBO show moved up to No. 1.

Suits fell by 28 percent week-to-week to 1.07 billion minutes of viewing on Netflix and Peacock, which was good for third place overall, slightly behind Bluey (1.08 billion minutes on Disney+) and just ahead of The Boys (1.05 billion for Prime Video), which had its fifth consecutive week over the billion-minute mark.

The Supacell star on channelling his South London roots into a rising career.

“Wolverine is definitely hard to kill,” says Tosin Cole.

He’s been mulling over this. Cole is speaking to Empire during a morning off from filming mystery comedy thriller Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie (written by The Last Of Us’ Craig Mazin), in which he stars alongside Hugh Jackman. For the past few weeks, alongside shooting that, Cole has been promoting his Netflix super-powered drama Supacell while Jackman has been promoting Deadpool & Wolverine. So: the super-fight is on.

Cole doesn’t fancy his chances. “Michael ain’t got no offensive skills,” he says of Supacell’s time-manipulating lead. “Wolverine’s all offensive. Michael’s a very logical person, he’d be like, ‘He’s got three knives in each hand, he can heal himself, he’s very aggressive.’ So I think I’d just run away.

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“Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie” ranked as Netflix’s most-watched title of the week in its opening weekend.

The “SpongeBob” spin-off film brought in 12.8 million views from its Aug. 2 release through Sunday, Aug. 4, per Netflix viewing figures, leading it to become both the most-watched title as well as the most-watched movie of the week.

“Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie” outpaced “Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie,” which took the No. 2 spot on the English films list with 7 million views as well as “Don’t Breathe 2” and “Trolls Band Together,” which both scored 5.9 million views during the week of July 29.

On the TV side, “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” debuted as the streamer’s most-watched TV show of the week with 7.4 million views, nearly doubling the...

Netflix isn't just reheated Michael Fassbender thriller flops, y'know. Sometimes it's also terrible, nightmarish dating shows. I kid ... sort of. The platform that currently dominates the streaming sphere seemingly got the memo about churning out "content" to combat audience churn early, and has been serving up a bewildering array of media on a regular basis for some time, often looking to international sources for some of its most popular offerings.

For example, Italian thriller "Vanished into the Night" recently proved popular on Netflix, while British superhero series "Supacell" similarly made its mark on the streamer's top charts. These are just two recent examples, but Netflix has, to its credit, been introducing audiences to an impressive amount of international media for some time. 2023 saw Mexican drama series "Thursday's Widows" climb the most-watched charts and now the country has once again contributed to Netflix's mission to entertain us all to death with comedy thriller "Non Negotiable.

The week that includes the July 4 holiday is usually a big one for streaming services — but it’s never been as big as this year.

Nielsen’s streaming content ratings show the week of July 1-7 as the biggest one ever since the measurement firm began regularly tracking streaming several years ago. TV users spent 313 billion minutes on streaming platforms for the week, and for the first time, every entrant in the top 10 overall titles had at least 1 billion minutes of viewing.

The previous biggest week came just seven days earlier, when seven of the overall top 10 crossed the billion-minute mark. Nielsen also says July 7 was the fourth-largest streaming day it has ever tracked, behind Jan. 13 — when Peacock had an exclusive NFL playoff game — and Feb. 17-18, which was both the Presidents Day holiday and had a cold snap keeping much of the country indoors.

The top 10 was led by...

The anticipation is high for Supacell Season 2 even though the series has yet to be renewed by Netflix.

Created by Rapman, the British superhero series chronicles the lives of five individuals from South London who discover they have superpowers. They must work together to evade being captured by a mysterious organization wanting to control them or worse, kill them.

Supacell Season 1 premiered on Netflix on June 27.

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In the parlance of the times, The Bear absolutely ate in the week of its third season premiere.

The FX-produced Hulu show had its biggest streaming week to date for the June 24-30 period. The Emmy-winning series, whose third season premiered June 27, racked up 1.23 billion minutes of viewing for the week — beating its previous high of 1.01 billion minutes shortly after its season two premiere last year.

The Bear was one of seven shows to score more than a billion minutes of viewing for the week, a rarity in the four-year history of Nielsen’s streaming rankings. Former Showtime series Your Honor continued its strong run, leading all titles with 1.58 billion minutes of viewing on Netflix and Paramount+. Another Showtime title, Dexter, saw its viewing rise by 84 percent from the previous week to 1.48 billion minutes.

The Boys (1.18 billion minutes), Bridgerton (1.14 million), Bluey (1.1 billion) and House of the Dragon (1.05 billion) also...

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The opening weekend of “The Bear” Season 3 saw impressive viewership on Hulu, though the FX series was outpaced by “Your Honor” and “Dexter.”

As “The Bear” debuted the entirety of its third season on Hulu on June 27, the Jeremy Allen White-led series tallied up 1.2 billion viewing minutes on Hulu between June 24-30, ranking as the week’s third overall most-watched streaming program. However, viewership for “The Bear” was surpassed by both “Your Honor” and “Dexter,” which scored 1.58 billion and 1.48 billion viewing minutes, respectively, across Paramount+ and Netflix.

Though “Your Honor” climbed to become the week’s most-watched streaming program, viewership fell slightly from the 1.95 billion viewing minutes it tallied up the previous week. Notably, both “Your Honor” and “Dexter” are Showtime shows streaming Paramount+ that received a viewing bump after being added to Netflix.

‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ recently aired its final episode, and reactions remain mixed. Some fans have praised the inclusion of Yoda and Darth Plagueis, while others are disappointed with the direction of the story.

The show has faced both review-bombing and review-boosting, and it appears to have struggled to reach a broad audience, resonating mainly with fans who either praised or criticized it intensely.

Yesterday, we reported that the audience score for The Acolyte on Rotten Tomatoes had increased from 13-14% to 17%. Today, the show has made it onto Rt’s list of the 25 “Most Popular Shows to Watch Currently,” alongside ‘House of the Dragon,’ ‘Supacell,’ and the latest season of ‘The Boys.’

Rotten Tomatoes is not the only platform noting The Acolyte‘s high popularity. A few weeks ago, we highlighted that The Acolyte was the second-most popular show in the Star Wars franchise, only behind Obi-Wan Kenobi.

As often happens with popularity charts,...

‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ has recently released its final episode. The reactions were once again mixed with some fans praising the inclusion of Yoda and Darth Plagueis and some fans once again disappointed with the overall direction that the story has taken.

It’s no secret that ‘The Acolyte’ has been a target of both review-bombing and review-boosting. It seems that the show failed to attract average viewers, attracting only fans who praised it and fans who hated it.

Yesterday we reported that ‘The Acolyte’ Rotten Tomatoes audience score has seen a jump from an initial 13-14% to 17 %, now today the show has found itself on Rt’s 25 “Most Popular Shows to Watch Currently” list, in the company of ‘House of the Dragon,’ ‘Supacell’ and the latest season of ‘The Boys’ which also recently concluded.

Rotten Tomatoes is not the first site to indicate that ‘The Acolyte’ is extremely popular,...

Bridgerton Season 3 Ott Verdict: Ready To Sign Out Top 10 TV Shows On Netflix’s List?( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Netflix’s Bridgerton: Season 3 is one of the most popular period romance dramas ever. It has been on the platform’s Global Top 10 list for ten weeks, but it seems like the series is finally ready to exit it. Besides that, a few new shows have entered the list, while there are other shows with recurring shows on it. Scroll below for the deets.

The historical romance series created by Chris Van Dusen for Netflix is based on the Regency romance novels of the same name. Netflix has also announced whose love story will be explored in the upcoming 4th season of the show. The third season was comparitively more palpitating as Lady Whistledown’s identity was at stake more than in the previous seasons.

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The new season of “Cobra Kai” debuted as Netflix’s most-watched TV show of the week.

After Netflix dropped Part 1 of the sixth and final season — Parts 2 and 3 debut on Nov. 15 and in 2025, respectively — on Thursday, July 18, “Cobra Kai” tallied up 14.8 million views through its first several days on the streamer.

Viewership for “Cobra Kai” Season 6 more than doubled that of the week’s second most-watched TV show, “Vikings: Valhalla” Season 3, which logged 6.4 million views during the week of July 15. Docuseries “Simone Biles: Rising” debuted in the No. 3 spot on the most-watched English TV list in its first week on the streamer with 4.7 million views, while “Homicide: Los Angeles” took fourth place with 4.3 million views and “Supacell” took fifth place with 4.2 million views.

The July 11 release of “Vikings: Valhalla” Season 3 also boosted viewing for its previous installments, with Season 1 taking sixth place with 2.4 million views and Season 2 sitting in the No.

“Cobra Kai” returned to Netflix with the first five episodes of its sixth and final season on July 18 and instantly resurged to the No. 1 position on the Netflix Top 10 for July 15-21. The season hit 14.8 million views in its first four days of streaming, and is sure to have a long run on the chart throughout this year and next, as another five episodes will drop on Nov. 15 followed by a final installation sometime in 2025.

“Vikings: Valhalla” Season 3 took second place with 6.4 million views in its first full week of availability after debuting at No. 1 the week before. The release of the new season has also driven strong viewership of previous seasons, with Seasons 1 and 2 returning to the chart at No. 6 with 2.4 million views and No. 10 with 1.9 million views, respectively.

“Simone Biles Rising” was the third-most-watched TV title of the week, clocking in at 4.7 million views in its first five days of streaming,...

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Cr. Melinda Sue Gordon/Netflix © 2024 This week’s Netflix Top 10 is filled with impressive numbers and exciting new entries. Eddie Murphy’s Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F continues to dominate, boasting 22.2 million views. Meanwhile, Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman’s chemistry sizzles in A Family Affair, drawing in 11.6 million views. On the TV front, sci-fi drama Supacell flexes its superhero muscles with 7.1 million views, while the third season of Bridgerton continues its reign with a staggering 98.5 million views. The Non-English film charts see Italian mystery Vanished Into the Night debuting with an impressive 14.9 million views, and Brazilian telenovela Desperate Lies commands the non-English TV list with 5.8 million views. From blockbuster films to captivating series, this week’s Netflix Top 10 demonstrates the wide variety of content attracting viewers worldwide.

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[This story contains spoilers from season one of Supacell.]

Supacell is, in many ways, a love letter to drama, sci-fi, Black talent and south London — but it is not a superhero story.

That’s what its showrunner, Rapman, wants fans to know. The six-part series has stormed into Netflix‘s most-watched programs this month and currently sits in the top spot on its global television list, having accrued nearly 12 million views.

Rapman — or “Raps” as he says he’s known among friends and colleagues — is a quadruple threat. The Briton, whose real name is Andrew Onwubolu, is a rapper, record producer, screenwriter and director. Finding fame on YouTube through the medium of rap, the 35-year-old made his writing and directorial debut with the 2019 feature Blue Story, a musical crime drama that earned international distribution through Paramount. Around that same time, Rapman began concocting a piece of television that asked the question: “What if there was a sci-fi where...

Mark Molloy’s Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is doing the Neutron Dance atop other films in Netflix‘s library for the second consecutive week! According to Netflix, the sequel starring Eddie Murphy in one of his most iconic roles held the top spot on the English Films List with 22.2M views. Nostalgia is mighty when it comes to racking up numbers on Netflix. It helps that Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is fun and features a cast of veteran actors reliving the glory days that helped make them household names. Regardless of the reason, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is a hit, and Murphy deserves kudos for his efforts to make Axel’s latest case a thrilling revival.

A Family Affair, starring Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, and Joey King, claimed the #2 spot with 11.6M views. The romantic comedy about love, sex, and identity resonates with a broad audience, making...

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is still reigning supreme on Netflix.

Eddie Murphy’s latest film spent another week atop the streamer’s Top 10 English-language films with 22.2M views, also making it the most-watched title of the week again. That puts it nearly halfway to a spot on the most popular list, which would require it to beat Glass Onion‘s 136M views to do so.

Second among English-language films was A Family Affair, which continued to serve up laughs with 11.6M views — a far cry from the No. 3 spot, which was Paw Patrol: The Movie with 4.7M views.

On the TV side, things have been looking a bit light since Bridgerton is losing steam as more of its audience finishes the third season. Still, its 2.7M views last week was good enough to boost it to sixth place on the most popular list.

First place in English-language TV went to Supacell with 7.1M views,...

“Supacell” was the most-watched TV show on Netflix from July 8 to 14.

Hitting 7.1 million views, this is the series’ third week on the chart and second week at No. 1, having initially debuted in second place. Behind it, “The Man With 1000 Kids” remained at No. 2 with 5.4 million views, tied with Season 3 of “Vikings: Valhalla” in its first four days of availability.

“Bridgerton” Season 3 remained in fourth place, this time with 2.7 million views, which boosted it by two more spots on Netflix’s list of its most popular English-language series of all time. With a total of 98.5 million views since its May 16 launch, the season now ranks at No. 6, which puts it above “The Night Agent” Season 1, “Fool Me Once,” “Stranger Things” Season 3 and “Bridgerton” Season 2.

Season 2 of “Worst Roommate Ever” took fifth place with 2.3 million views in its third week on the chart and was followed by two debut titles: Season...

This Thursday, it’s time for investors to Netflix. If it’s also time for them to chill, only time will tell! Much of that will depend on the financial and subscriber trends the global streaming giant reports after the stock market closes on July 18.

Netflix shares have been on a roll this year. They are up around 12 percent since the firm’s first-quarter earnings report in mid-April and up 41 percent for the year to date, compared with a 17 percent gain for the broad-based S&P 500 stock index.

But Netflix management previously guided that its second-quarter subscriber growth will come in below the 9.3 million adds recorded in the first quarter, which had been an upside surprise. It is also likely to discuss the success of the firm’s second-quarter content slate, including such series as Ripley, starring Andrew Scott, Eric with Benedict Cumberbatch, and at the end of the quarter,...

“Love Island USA” has hit its stride.

Season 6 of the Peacock reality dating show was the No. 1 most-watched streaming original series in the U.S. during the week of July 5-11, hitting 919.1 million minutes watched, per Luminate. While Season 6 has consistently ranked on Luminate’s charts since its debut during the June 14-20 window, this has been its biggest week by far, marking a 61% jump in viewership from the previous week and a 257% increase from its debut week. Of course, much of the increase is due to the sheer amount of content now available — 27 episodes had been released by July 11 — but it’s clear that the series’ popularity has seen solid growth over time.

The No. 2 title of the week was “The Bear” Season 3, which hit 630.7 million minutes watched in its first full week of availability on Hulu. “The Boys” Season 4 followed with 471.4 million minutes watched during this window, which...

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Cr. Melinda Sue Gordon/Netflix © 2024 Eddie Murphy’s legendary character, Axel Foley makes a return, in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F to the delight of fans! This action comedy movie quickly soared to the top of Netflix’s list of English films attracting a 41 million views during its week. Love is also in the air on Netflix, as Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron’s romantic comedy A Family Affair charmed its way into the #2 spot. Meanwhile, Jessica Alba delivered heart-pounding action in the thriller Trigger Warning, securing the third spot on the list. But it wasn’t just about movies. Documentaries like The Man with 100 Kids and Worst Roommate Ever Season 2 made a splash, while reality series like Owning Manhattan and The Mole Season 2 kept viewers glued to their screens. Netflix’s success wouldn...

“Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” was the most watched title on Netflix during the week of July 1-7, hitting 41 million views in its first five days of streaming.

It was followed by last week’s No. 1 title, the Zac Efron-Nicole Kidman romance film “A Family Affair,” which held strong with 31.9 million views in its first full week of availability, an improvement from last week’s 26.8 million views. Jessica Alba’s “Trigger Warning” was the No. 3 movie with 8 million views.

At the top of the TV chart for July 1-7 was “Supacell,” the sci-fi drama created by British rapper Rapman. After debuting the week before at No. 2 with 6.4 million views, the series hit 11.8 million views in its first full week of streaming.

“Supacell” is the first series to rank as No. 1 since the debut of “Bridgerton” Season 3 Part 2, which had its third full week of availability July 1-7. Season 3 landed in...