Outer Banks holds the #1 in the Nielsens for the third week running, but we notice who isn’t there… We tried to come up with a clever reference to the Sherlock Holmes Dog in the Night, and failed. Instead we’ve just stuck to looking at the Nielsen data for the week Aug 9-15. First, let’s revisit … >
The Shang-Chi movie Legend of the Ten Rings launched this weekend and broke some box-office records in the US It’s widely reported (eg Entertainment Week) the new Marvel movie Shang-Chi Legend of the Ten Rings has had a good first weekend, exceeding expectations. While we’ve no official Disney statement (yet), the scale of the numbers is clear. At … >
Outer Banks owns the latest Nielsens as the top 10 looks fairly flat Last week’s Nielsens had Outer Banks charging straight in at #1, and for this week we predicted: Outer Banks looks good for the win, Virgin River should begin a downward drift, and we expect more churn, with Bosch in the firing line. General interest in … >
Outer Banks is a clear winner in the latest Nielsens, pushing recent champions Virgin River back into second place We have the Nielsen ratings for Jul 26 – Aug 1, and they have a few surprises. As a reminder, last week we predicted: Surely Virgin River has another week at the top, based on what we’ve seen, … >
Three weeks since the drop of season 3, the unstoppable Virgin River has over a billion minutes viewed again The Nielsens are out for the week July 19 – 25, and Virgin River maintains what looks to be an unstoppable lead over all other shows. Last week our prediction was: Virgin River must, surely, hold the top, and … >
Top of last week’s Nielsens, Virgin River rockets further ahead this time round Breaking through the two billion minutes barrier on its second week, the story seems clear — Virgin River rockets ahead of the pack. Is it really that simple, or is there more in the data? We take our weekly wander through the numbers. … >
Tokyo 2020 may only just be over, but BBC Sport is already keen to tells us of its own record making and breaking BBC Sport’s coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games saw a record-breaking 104 million requests to watch the action online throughout the duration of the competition, beating the Rio 2016 figure of … >
As Britain is (we trust) approaching the end of this phase of the pandemic, the latest Ofcom report tells us about out lockdown viewing habits Ofcom has published its annual report, Media Nations 2021. It’s a wealth of information on our viewing and gives a UK perspective on the global evolution of viewing habits. We walk … >
Virgin River tops the Nielsens thanks to the release of season 3 The Nielsens for the week July 5-11 are out and there’s a new number 1. Last week we predicted some churn, drop-off for a couple of shows but did think Loki would keep top. We’ll get to the figures in a moment, but it’s … >
Disney is celebrating the Jungle Cruise success with regards the box office first weekend — is the news that good? The intention isn’t to criticise Disney; any organisation will find the positives behind everything it does. We’re just taking a look at their press release and adding some context. What was the Jungle Cruise success? … >