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 … >
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 … >
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 … >
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, … >
No Time To Die has opened in the US — time for a Bond box office update We’ve taken a few days to cover this, and it’s proven interesting. From various reports, the weekend itself in the US was at the low end of expectations (eg this report,) hitting around $56 million. On the plus side, … >
The Nielsens for September 6-12 are out and Clickbait holds Lucifer off the top spot, but it’s close We have the latest Nielsen data, and there’s a lot to talk about, Before we dive in, here’s what we predicted last week: We are very bullish (biased!) about Lucifer and expect season 6 to storm in at … >
Submarine based drama Vigil attracted a huge audience, making it the UK’s most watched new drama in three years The six-part submarine thriller’s first episode attracted an audience of 13.4 million viewers, making it the highest rated new drama launch across all UK channels since Bodyguard back in 2018. Vigil has been a hit with … >
It’s not yet released worldwide, but it seems the international James Bond box office takings are looking good for Daniel Craig’s final outing No Time To Die Several sources, including Variety, are reporting strong numbers for the latest James Bond. It seems the past four days have yielded $119 million across 54 market (we’d really like to … >
Clickbait dominates the latest Nielsens — but is that the only story? It’s another great week for Clickbait as it breaks through the billion minute barrier in the latest Nielsens, but are there any other stories lurking in the numbers? [If you can’t get your head behind one billion minutes, our guide will help] We dig deeper … >
The latest Nielsens are out and Clickbait is the new #1 — we dig deeper into the data We’ve been absorbing the Nielsen ratings for August 23-29 and Clickbait is the clear viewer’s choice (despite very mixed critical response), but as ever we’ve taken a deeper look into all the figures, then produced a narrative to … >