On Wednesday, Parrot Analytics posted their quarterly report card on the streaming industry. Five of the companies — Netflix, Disney (Disney+ and Hulu), Warner Bros Discovery (Max), Paramount Global (Paramount+) and NBCUniversal (Peacock) are publicly traded and share data. The parent companies behind two others, AppleTV+ and Amazon Prime Video, do not report subscriber numbers.
In its second week, Season 2 of The Lincoln Lawyer, starring Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Neve Campbell, drove to the No. 1 spot on the weekly Netflix Canada TV list of most-watched shows. In the US, The Lincoln Lawyer also ranked first, edging out Quarterback, That new docuseries features in-season profiles of NFL pivots Patrick Mahomes
The new bank heist film “The Out-laws” starring Adam Devine, Nina Dobrev, Ellen Barkin and Pierce Brosnan premiered at No. 1 worldwide on Netflix and in the No. 2 spot in Canada July 3-9. Canadians bucked the trend and went with “Nobody,” the film starring Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul) as a beefed-up dude bent
Season 3 of The Witcher cast a spell on Canadian and American viewers June 26 to July 2 to become the most watched Netflix series of the week in both countries. Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators premiered at No. 4, demonstrating that there is no shortage of interest in dudes jousting
There is very little change week-to-week on the Top-10 list of most-watched shows in Canada on Netflix. The sixth season of Black Mirror claims the No. 1 spot with 11.6 million views worldwide on the streaming service. The fourth and final season of Never Have I Ever was No. 4 in Canada and No. 2
While the return of Black Mirror for a sixth season was most-watched for the week in Canada, the fourth and final season of Never Have I Ever ranked as the No. one English series in the world last week on Netflix. The high school comedy, starring Mississauga’s Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, pulled 11.5 million views June 12
One of my favourite Netflix comedies — Never Have I Ever — returned last week and went straight to No. 1 on the streaming services most-watched shows list in Canada. The fourth and final season of the Mindy Kalling-produced high school sitcom, which stars Mississauga, Ont. actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, had over 15 million views in
Despite mixed (to be generous) reviews, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s action series FUBAR remained in the No. 1 slot in its second week. The series drew 88.03 million hours viewed and appeared in the Netflix Top 10 in 91 countries. A surprise No. 2 in Canada was the Colombian drama Fake Profile. The steamy, Spanish language series