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‘Cobra Kai’ Tops Parrot’s Digital Originals Chart for Fourth Week; ‘Ozark’ Rises to No. 5

Netflix’s “Cobra Kai” remained No. 1 for a fourth week on Parrot Analytics’ digital originals U.S. rankings the week ended Jan. 28. The “Karate Kid” sequel series had 53.7 times the demand of the average series after another 17.1% drop in demand expressions, the proprietary metric Parrot uses to gauge a show’s popularity. “Cobra Kai” was No. 4 on the list of overall TV shows.

Netflix’s fantasy series “The Witcher” held onto the No. 2 spot on the digital originals chart with 43.4 times the demand of an average series during the week after an 11.4% drop in demand expressions. “The Witcher” was No. 7 on the list of overall TV shows.

The Disney+ “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian” and its spin-off “The Book of Boba Fett” continued to hold the next two spots on the digital originals chart.

“Boba Fett” remained at No. 3, with its fifth of seven episodes bowing during the week. It had 42.7 times the demand of an average series following a 2.5% rise in demand expressions. “The Book of Boba Fett” was No. 9 on the list of overall TV shows.

“Mandalorian” held tight at No. 4 on the digital originals chart with an 8% rise in demand expressions to give it 41.3 times the demand of an average series. The latest episode of “Boba Fett” focused on a new adventure from the main character of “The Mandalorian,” which was No. 10 on the list of overall TV shows.

Netflix’s “Ozark” rose 11 spots to return to the top 10 originals chart at No. 5. Seven episodes from the fourth season became available Jan. 21, giving the family crime drama a 65.7% jump in demand expressions to push it to 35 times average demand.

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A “digital original” is Parrot’s term for a multi-episode series in which the most recent season was first made available on a streaming platform such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu or Disney+.

The No. 1 overall TV series in terms of online demand was “SpongeBob SquarePants,” with 63.1 times average demand.

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Media Play News has teamed with Parrot Analytics to provide readers with a weekly top 10 of the most popular digital original TV series in the United States, based on the firm’s proprietary metric called Demand Expressions, which measures demand for TV content in a given market through a wide variety of data sources, including video streaming, social media activity, photo sharing, blogging, commenting on fan and critic rating platforms, and downloading and streaming via peer-to-peer protocols and file sharing sites. Results are expressed as a comparison with the average demand for a TV show of any kind in the market.

 

Nielsen: Netflix’s ‘The Witcher,’ ‘Emily in Paris’ Dominated Christmas Week Streaming

Nielsen said a record 183 billion viewing minutes were streamed on household televisions in the U.S. during Christmas week 2021 — led by Netflix’s “The Witcher” and second-season debut of “Emily in Paris.”

“The Witcher,” which stars Henry Cavill in the fantasy series, saw viewership increase 25% to 2.7 billion minutes — in its second week of release. The new season of “Emily in Paris,” starring Lily Collins, scored big with female streamers (78% audience share), generating 939 million minutes to edge out the season finale of “Hawkeye,” also with 939 million minutes.

“The big news [that week] was a lot of new content introduced,” Brian Fuhrer, SVP of product strategy at Nielsen, said on the videocast. “It looks like ‘Emily’ and ‘Hawkeye’ tied, but unrounded, ‘Emily’ did just beat ‘Hawkeye’ for No. 2.”

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Notably, Fuhrer said the season-ending episode of “Hawkeye,” which features Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series, was the most-watched for the Disney+ program.

“It built steam, built buzz over the last two or three episodes,” Fuhrer said.

The same trend applied to Amazon Prime Video’s “The Wheel of Time,” which saw its weekly viewing minutes increase more than 30% to 638 million minutes for the season-ending eighth episode.

Among feature films, Prime Video’s Being the Ricardos topped all movies with 604 million minutes streamed watching Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem play Lucille Ball and Dezi Arnaz in the former TV stars’ complicated business/personal relationship.

“Seventy percent of the audience was over 50, with 37% of that percentile over the age of 65,” Fuhrer said, adding that Prime Video content tends to trend toward older demos.

“Being the Ricardos was definitely red meat for that group,” he said.

Source: Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, Netflix and Apple TV+), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television.

‘Cobra Kai’ Still No. 1 on Parrot’s TV Series Demand Chart

Netflix’s “Cobra Kai” remained No. 1 on both Parrot Analytics’ digital originals U.S. rankings and the data firm’s list of all TV shows the week ended Jan. 14. The “Karate Kid” sequel series had 83.3 times the demand of the average series after a 6.6% drop in demand expressions, the proprietary metric Parrot uses to gauge a show’s popularity.

Netflix’s fantasy series “The Witcher” held onto the No. 2 spot on the digital originals chart with 53.6 times the demand of an average series during the week after a 19.3% drop in demand expressions. “The Witcher” was No. 3 on the list of overall TV shows.

The Disney+ “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian” and its spin-off “The Book of Boba Fett” held the next two spots, but flipped places from the previous week.

“Boba Fett” rose a spot to No. 3 on the digital originals chart, with its third of seven episodes bowing during the week, though it wasn’t very well received by fans. It had 39.4 times the demand of an average series following a 1.7% drop in demand expressions. “The Book of Boba Fett” was No. 10 on the list of overall TV shows.

“Mandalorian” slid to No. 4 on the digital originals chart with a 7.9% drop in demand expressions to give it 37.9 times the demand of an average series.

Netflix’s perennially popular “Stranger Things” inched back up to No. 5 with a 1.9% rise in demand expressions to take 34.6 times average demand.

Amazon Prime Video’s “The Expanse” had a 7.2% increase in demand expressions during the week with its series finale arriving Jan. 14. The sci-fi series had 30.6 times the average series demand to push it up four spots to re-enter the top 10 at No. 8. 

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A “digital original” is Parrot’s term for a multi-episode series in which the most recent season was first made available on a streaming platform such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu or Disney+.

The No. 2 overall TV series in terms of online demand was “SpongeBob SquarePants,” with 64.5 times average demand.

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Media Play News has teamed with Parrot Analytics to provide readers with a weekly top 10 of the most popular digital original TV series in the United States, based on the firm’s proprietary metric called Demand Expressions, which measures demand for TV content in a given market through a wide variety of data sources, including video streaming, social media activity, photo sharing, blogging, commenting on fan and critic rating platforms, and downloading and streaming via peer-to-peer protocols and file sharing sites. Results are expressed as a comparison with the average demand for a TV show of any kind in the market.

 

Nielsen: Opening Weekend of Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’ Tracked Almost 2.2 Billion Minutes Streamed

Pent-up demand for the new season of Netflix original series “The Witcher” saw almost 2.2 billion minutes streamed for the opening weekend (ended Dec. 19, 2021) debut of the fantasy series starring Henry Cavill, according to new data from Nielsen.

All 16 episodes of the series dominated the ratings firm’s tracking, nearly tripling runner-up “Cocomelon” with 848 million minutes, and licensed favorite “Criminal Minds,” with 631 million minutes across 317 episodes.

“Netlfix [was] kind of flexing its original content muscles,” Brian Fuhrer, SVP of product strategy at Nielsen, said on the webcast.

Fuhrer said “Witcher” siphoned off some of Amazon Prime Video’s audience for “The Wheel of Time,” a series with a similar plot line. The show generated 467 million minutes across seven episodes — an 8% drop from the previous week.

“It could be platform related,” Fuhrer said, attributing to Amazon Prime’s appeal among older viewers who also use the platform’s shipping and ecommerce features. “Amazon tends to skew a little older than Netflix.”

On the flipside, “Cocomelon,” and movies Back to the Outback, and Bluey on Disney+, resonated with younger viewers, including those aged 2-11, according to Fuhrer.

“Nobody has really challenged the tremendous numbers ‘Cocomelon’ has put up, but I think [the competition] has begun to isolate the fact that this is a serious opportunity for streaming,” he said. “And we’re seeing more and more entrants into the space.”

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Source: Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, Netflix and Apple TV+), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television.

‘The Witcher’ Moves to No. 1 on Parrot’s List of Most In-Demand Overall TV Series

Netflix’s fantasy series “The Witcher” remained No. 1 for a second week on Parrot Analytics’ digital originals U.S. chart the week ended Dec. 31, and also took over the top spot on the Parrot’s list of all TV shows. “The Witcher” had 75.3 times the demand of an average series during the week after a 2.4% gain in demand expressions, the proprietary metric Parrot uses to gauge a show’s popularity.

Netflix’s “Karate Kid” sequel series “Cobra Kai” saw another 30.3% increase in demand expressions during the week as the fourth season premiered Dec. 31, pushing it up five spots to No. 2 with 44.5 times average demand. “Cobra Kai” was No. 6 on the list of overall TV shows.

Amazon Prime Video’s “The Wheel of Time” dropped to No. 3 on the digital originals chart. Based on a series of fantasy novels, the show had 43.4 times the demand of an average series during the week after a 6.6% dip in demand expressions. “The Wheel of Time” was No. 7 on the list of overall TV shows.

The Disney+ Marvel series “Hawkeye” slipped a spot to No. 4 on the digital originals list. Following its Dec. 22 season finale, it had a 3.6% drop in demand expressions to give it 40.4 times average demand.

The Disney+ “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian” remained No. 5 on the digital originals chart. It had a 6.2% rise in demand expressions to give it 39.5 times the demand of an average series. Parrot attributed the growth of the show, which hasn’t had a new episode in more than a year, to spinoff series “The Book of Boba Fett,” which debuted Dec. 29. Interestingly, “Boba Fett” didn’t crack the top 10, as Parrot’s metric often shows a demand boost for a parent show rather than a spinoff.

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A “digital original” is Parrot’s term for a multi-episode series in which the most recent season was first made available on a streaming platform such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu or Disney+.

The No. 2 overall TV series in terms of online demand was “SpongeBob SquarePants,” with 75.2 times average demand. It had been No. 1 the previous week.

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Media Play News has teamed with Parrot Analytics to provide readers with a weekly top 10 of the most popular digital original TV series in the United States, based on the firm’s proprietary metric called Demand Expressions, which measures demand for TV content in a given market through a wide variety of data sources, including video streaming, social media activity, photo sharing, blogging, commenting on fan and critic rating platforms, and downloading and streaming via peer-to-peer protocols and file sharing sites. Results are expressed as a comparison with the average demand for a TV show of any kind in the market.

‘The Witcher’ Tops Parrot’s Digital Originals Chart, Pushing ‘Wheel of Time’ to No. 2

Netflix’s fantasy series “The Witcher” returned to No. 1 on Parrot Analytics’ digital originals U.S. chart the week ended Dec. 24. After bowing its second season Dec. 17, the show had 72.8 times the demand of an average series during the week after a 100.5% gain in demand expressions, the proprietary metric Parrot uses to gauge a show’s popularity. “The Witcher” was No. 2 on the list of overall TV shows.

Amazon Prime Video’s “The Wheel of Time” dropped to No. 2 on the digital originals chart after three weeks in the top spot. Based on a series of fantasy novels, the show had 46 times the demand of an average series during the week after a 6.2% gain in demand expressions. “The Wheel of Time” was No. 5 on the list of overall TV shows.

The Disney+ Marvel series “Hawkeye” slipped a spot to No. 3 on the digital originals list. With its season finale premiering Dec. 22, it had a 4% rise in demand expressions to give it 41.4 times average demand. “Hawkeye” was No. 9 on the list of overall TV shows.

The Disney+ “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian” rose to No. 4 on the digital originals chart. It had a 3.2% rise in demand expressions to give it 36.9 times the demand of an average series. Spinoff series “The Book of Boba Fett” debuts Dec. 29.

HBO Max’s superhero series “Titans” rose a spot to No. 5 with a 0.5% rise in demand expressions to give it 34.6 times average demand.

Netflix’s “Daredevil,” the Marvel series that ran three seasons from 2015 to 2018, rose back to No. 6 on the digital originals chart, up from No. 29 the previous week. Fans have been revisiting the show recently as characters from it have started to show up in newer MCU offerings, including “Hawkeye” and Spider-Man: No Way Home. It had a 97.5% boost in demand expressions to give it 34.4 times average demand.

Netflix’s “Karate Kid” sequel series “Cobra Kai” saw another 2.7% increase in demand expressions during the week as the Dec. 31 premiere of season four approaches, pushing it up a spot to No. 7 with 33.8 times average demand.

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A “digital original” is Parrot’s term for a multi-episode series in which the most recent season was first made available on a streaming platform such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu or Disney+.

The No. 1 overall TV series in terms of online demand was “SpongeBob SquarePants,” with 79 times average demand.

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Media Play News has teamed with Parrot Analytics to provide readers with a weekly top 10 of the most popular digital original TV series in the United States, based on the firm’s proprietary metric called Demand Expressions, which measures demand for TV content in a given market through a wide variety of data sources, including video streaming, social media activity, photo sharing, blogging, commenting on fan and critic rating platforms, and downloading and streaming via peer-to-peer protocols and file sharing sites. Results are expressed as a comparison with the average demand for a TV show of any kind in the market.

IMDb: Ana de Armas (‘Knives Out’), Anya Chalotra (‘The Witcher’) Top Stars in 2020

Amazon-owned IMDb Dec. 1 unveiled the Top 10 Stars and Top 10 Breakout Stars of 2020. Topping the lists, respectively, Knives Out star and Golden Globe nominee Ana de Armas and Anya Chalotra from Netflix’s “The Witcher.”

Rather than base its annual rankings on small statistical samplings, reviews of professional critics, or box office performance, IMDb determines its Top 10 lists using data from proprietary data, which is based on the actual page views of more than 200 million monthly visitors to IMDb.

“Our lists … highlight the actors and actresses our fans and professional customers were most excited and curious about this year,”  Matt Kumin, head of IMDbPro, said in a statement.

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Chalotra received an IMDb “Breakout” STARmeter Award for her standout performance as Yennefer in “The Witcher,” which ranks as one of the most popular TV Shows on IMDb this year. Chalotra has been a strong performer this year on the IMDbPro STARmeter chart, spending four consecutive weeks in the No. 1 spot and an additional four weeks in the Top 10. IMDbPro STARmeter rankings are determined by page views of more than 200 million monthly visitors to IMDb worldwide. IMDb STARmeter Awards have proven to be a keenly accurate predictor of stars who are about to have a breakthrough career moment.

Previous IMDb STARmeter Award recipients in the “Breakout” category include Nicholas Braun, Olivia Cooke, Jacob Elordi, Pom Klementieff, Brie Larson, Dacre Montgomery and Miles Teller.

Cuban-born Ana de Armas, who appears with Knives Out co-star Daniel Craig in the next James Bond installment, No Time To Die, cut her teeth in Hollywood in 2015 erotic thriller Knock Knock with Keanu Reeves.

IMDb Top 10 Stars of 2020

  1. Ana de Armas
  2. Julia Garner
  3. Anya Chalotra
  4. Millie Bobby Brown
  5. Erin Moriarty
  6. Margot Robbie
  7. Aidan Gallagher
  8. Anya Taylor-Joy
  9. Linda Cardellini
  10. Henry Cavill

 

IMDb Top 10 Breakout Stars of 2020

  1. Anya Chalotra
  2. Aidan Gallagher
  3. Maria Bakalova
  4. Lauren Lapkus
  5. Victoria Pedretti
  6. Jurnee Smollett
  7. Alba Baptista
  8. Golshifteh Farahani
  9. Freya Allan
  10. Diana Silvers

 

Netflix to Resume Production on ‘The Witcher’ Aug. 17

Netflix June 22 disclosed it would resume production on popular original series, “The Witcher,” in the U.K. on Aug. 17. The show, like myriad others globally, had been on shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Indeed, one of series’ actors, Kristofer Hivju, tested positive for COVID-19. Henry Cavill (Superman), who headlines the fantasy drama, did not test positive.

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“I’m dusting off my lute and quill, I have some news, some mead to spill: After all the months we’ve been apart, it’s time for production to restart. The Witcher and his bard — who’s flawless, will reunite on set 17 August,” Netflix posted on the show’s Twitter feed.

The second season of the series films at Arborfield Studios outside London.

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‘Mandalorian’ Tops Parrot’s Originals Chart for Third Week; ‘Picard’ Up to No. 5

The Disney+ “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian” remained at No. 1 on Parrot Analytics’ digital originals rankings the week ended Feb. 1, its third straight week on top.

A “digital original” is Parrot’s term for a multi-episode series in which the most recent season was first made available on a streaming platform such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu or Disney+.

For the week, “The Mandalorian” registered 74.9 million average daily Demand Expressions, the proprietary metric used by Parrot Analytics to measure global demand for TV content. That was down 14.5% in expressions compared with the previous week.

On Parrot’s list of overall TV shows, including broadcast and cable, “Mandalorian” was No. 3, unseated after two weeks by NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” and Nickelodeon’s “SpongeBob SquarePants.”

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Netflix’s “The Witcher” was again No. 2 on the digital originals chart, with 71 million expressions, down 11.6% from the previous week.

Netflix’s “Stranger Things” stayed at No. 3 on the digital originals chart,  registering 62.9 million expressions, down 7.3% from the previous week.

No. 4 on the originals chart was the animated “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” series, the seventh season of which will debut on Disney+ Feb. 21. It had 57.7 million expressions, a slight 1% bump from the previous week, when it also would have been No. 4 on the originals chart had Parrot counted it as an original instead of instead of grouping it solely with the broadcast and cable shows (it was No. 9 among all TV shows the previous week).

There are numerous reasons why classifying “The Clone Wars” as a digital original makes sense despite the new season not yet being available. For one, the sixth season debuted on Netflix, which fits the criteria for classifying a show as a digital original when its most-recent season debuts on a streaming service. Second, all the episodes of the series, and its premiere movie, are available now on Disney+, and much of the buzz around the series is attributable to the upcoming new season and its recent trailer anyway. Since when the season arrives, any demand expressions will still be attributed to the show as a whole, not individual seasons, it’s reasonable to attribute the show’s current demand to its upcoming status as a Disney+ original.

The new CBS All Access series “Star Trek: Picard,” which debuted Jan. 23, joins the originals top 10 at No. 5, up from No. 13 the previous week. The show, which picks up the adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard 20 years after the events of the most-recent “Star Trek: The Next Generation” movie, had 55.4 million expressions, a 101.9% bounce.

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The Demand Expressions metric draws from a wide variety of data sources, including video streaming, social media activity, photo sharing, blogging, commenting on fan and critic rating platforms, and downloading and streaming via peer-to-peer protocols and file sharing sites.

Media Play News has teamed with Parrot Analytics to provide readers with a weekly top 10 of the most popular digital original TV series in the United States, based on the firm’s  proprietary metric called Demand Expressions, which measures global demand for TV content through a wide variety of data sources, including video streaming, social media activity, photo sharing, blogging, commenting on fan and critic rating platforms, and downloading and streaming via peer-to-peer protocols and file sharing sites.

‘Mandalorian’ Back on Top of Parrot’s TV Demand Charts

The Disney+ “Star Wars” spinoff “The Mandalorian” returned to the No. 1 spot on not only Parrot Analytics’ digital originals rankings the week ended Jan. 18, but also the data firm’s overall list of TV series from any platform, including broadcast and cable, again pushing the Netflix fantasy series “The Witcher” to No. 2.

A “digital original” is a multi-episode series in which the most recent season was first made available on a streaming platform such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu or Disney+.

“Mandalorian” was No. 1 most of the last couple of months of 2019 before “The Witcher” took over the last week of the year. “The Mandalorian” took the top spot back the first week of 2020, but was displaced again by “The Witcher” the second week of the year.

For the week, “The Mandalorian” registered 98.7 million average daily Demand Expressions, the proprietary metric used by Parrot Analytics to measure global demand for TV content. That was down 14.8% in expressions compared with the previous week, when it was No. 2.

“The Witcher” was close behind, with 96.3 million expressions, down 18.6% from the previous week.

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Netflix’s “Stranger Things” rose back to No. 3 on the digital originals chart, registering 66.1 million expressions, down 10.2% from the previous week.

Netflix’s psychological thriller “You” dropped to No. 4, with expressions down 21.9% to 65 million.

DC Universe’s “Titans” held onto the No. 5 spot on the digital originals chart, with expressions down 7% to 52.1 million.

Disney+ also had, for the first time, a second show make the top 10 digital originals chart, as the Jan. 10 season finale of “High School Musical: The Musical — The Series” helped pushed the show to No. 8, from No. 13 the previous week, with expressions up 12.3% to 31 million.

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The Demand Expressions metric draws from a wide variety of data sources, including video streaming, social media activity, photo sharing, blogging, commenting on fan and critic rating platforms, and downloading and streaming via peer-to-peer protocols and file sharing sites.

Media Play News has teamed with Parrot Analytics to provide readers with a weekly top 10 of the most popular digital original TV series in the United States, based on the firm’s  proprietary metric called Demand Expressions, which measures global demand for TV content through a wide variety of data sources, including video streaming, social media activity, photo sharing, blogging, commenting on fan and critic rating platforms, and downloading and streaming via peer-to-peer protocols and file sharing sites.