It should come as no surprise that Squid Game dominated streaming following the Season 2 debut, but Nielsen’s latest streaming report reveals that it actually set a record for a single week of viewership last year. From December 23 to 29, Squid Game amassed a whopping 4.9B minutes viewed…

Ohio State has another National Championship under its belt, and 22.1M people tuned in to watch the Buckeyes defeat Notre Dame for the title on Monday. That’s a pretty strong number, even though it is down from last year’s 24.3M. According to ESPN, this year’s matchup peaked from 8:30 to 8:45…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox delivered its best series debut in five years with the launch of its new medical drama Doc. The premiere episode has now amassed 15.6M cross-platform viewers in its first 11 days, according to the network, representing an impressive 609% increase over its live + same-day audience…

TV production was still down last year, albeit decreasing at a slower rate than the year prior, down 7% from 2023, as the entertainment industry continues to find its footing after a couple of rough years, according to a new report from Luminate. Luminate’s 2024 year-end analysis is just the…

UPDATED with final numbers: Donald Trump drew fewer viewers to his second inauguration than to his first, as well as to Joe Biden’s four years ago. According to Nielsen on Tuesday, the inauguration drew 24.59 million viewers, compared to 33.76 million for Biden’s 2021 inauguration and 30.64…

Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz were this week’s big winners on Netflix, as their new film Back in Action was the most-watched title from January 13 to 19 with a whopping 46.8M views. The spy flick knocked Secret Life of Pets 2 from the top spot on the English films list, but both that animated…

EXCLUSIVE: With American Primeval, Eric Newman now has six Netflix hits under his belt. The western miniseries was the most-watched TV series on the streamer last week with 14.3M views from January 13 to 19, up from 10.4M in the first few days post-debut. That’s the Narcos executive producer and…

Tim Allen comedies are still a big draw, apparently, because the premiere of his latest series Shifting Gears has set an audience record for ABC. In the seven days since it debuted on January 8, the first episode has amassed nearly 17M multi-platform viewers across ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and…

EXCLUSIVE: ABC was quick to get some of its scripted programming back on air after the holidays, and it appears that audiences have thanked them for it. The network’s Tuesday drama lineup in back in full force and has put up some strong viewership in the week since, led by the freshman series Hig…

Carry-On wasn’t just dominating Netflix in the week leading up to Christmas. The Christmas airport thriller topped all of streaming in the U.S. from December 16 to 22, according to Nielsen. In its first full week on the streamer, Carry-On managed 1.92B viewing minutes, which is the second-best…

Beast Games has set a record for Prime Video, becoming the streamer’s most-watched unscripted series ever in its first 25 days. According to Prime Video, the series has racked up 50M viewers globally in that time frame. That also makes it the second most-watched and second most acquisitive new…

Saturday night’s NFL Wild Card game set multiple records for Prime Video after what was already the streamer’s best regular season yet. Per Nielsen, the matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers reached an all-time high of 24.66M viewers during the second quarter, which is…