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Maid (Netflix)

Maid grabs nearly two billion minutes viewed, but can’t top Squid Game

On debut, Maid reaches a vast total of minutes viewed, but it’s not enough to stop Squid Game The Nielsen data for the week 4-10 October are out, and the numbers are enormous, for both Squid Game and new entrant Maid. Before we dive in, let’s look at our predictions from last week: If Squid Game follows a normal trajectory, it … >

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Squid Game exceeds

Squid Game exceeds expectations in the latest Nielsens

Squid Game exceeds our already high expectations in the latest Nielsen ratings We expected Squid Game to top the Nielsens for 27 September – 3 October, but little did we know how far it would exceed out predictions. Here’s what we said last week: Starting with the easier end of the table, Squid Game should dominate for … >

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Jack Quaid talks Boimler

Jack Quaid talks Boimler and Lower Decks season 2

With the end of Star Trek: Lower Decks season 2, Jack Quaid talks about becoming Boimler The official Star Trek site has an interesting interview with Jack Quaid, who plays Boimler in the animated series. WARNING — the interview has spoilers for season 2, so be warned. It’s Friday, but there are no new episodes of Star Trek: Lower … >

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Squid Game arrives

Squid Game arrives at #1 in the latest Nielsens

Squid Game arrives in the Nielsens for 20-26 September — and it’s straight in at #1 As anyone paying attention to the press will have guessed, Squid Game is popular; very popular. We’ve processed the latest Nielsen data, and added our unique analysis. This week we’ve also some extra news about Netflix and ratings data, for … >

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Spitting Image Halloween

Spitting Image Halloween special coming to Britbox

Fans of puppet based political satire can look forward to a Spitting Image Halloween special The Spitting Image Halloween Special will broadcast on ITV in week 44: 30th Oct – 5th Nov (day TBC), and will premiere in advance to BritBox UK Subscribers as usual on Saturday 30th. Following the successful return of the show … >

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Capturing Twilight

Capturing Twilight marks the start of Winter on Radio 3

In the week leading up to the clocks moving back and the start of the Winter months, BBC Radio 3 explores the special bewitching time between night and day with Capturing Twilight Welcome to a week-long season of special programming across the station’s schedule from Sunday 24 to Sunday 31 October, on the theme of … >

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Kamikaze - Marie Reuther

Kamikaze coming to HBO Max this November

International Max Original Drama Series Kamikaze Debuts this November First up, yes we know HBO Max is not available directly in the UK (at the moment) but as much of its programming comes via Sky, this should still be of interest. The same is also true (currently) for Germany and Italy. Kamikaze will debut with two … >

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Lucifer tops the Nielsens

Lucifer tops the latest Nielsens

Lucifer tops the Nielsens for September 13-19, after just coming second the weekend season 6 was released We’ve processed the Nielsen data for the week of September 13-19 and Cultbox favourite Lucifer tops the chart, though possibly for the final time. Before we dive into the data, here’s what we predicted last week: We see Clickbait numbers dropping, … >

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