It's been another week since our last streaming update, and several new shows have premiered, including an Inside Out spin-off and a returning Chuck Lorre favorite on Max. Keep reading to see how Hulu, Disney+, Peacock, Paramount+ and Max's charts looked for the last week!
Hulu:
It's just midway through December, and the dearth of original programming from the networks is clearly taking its toll on Hulu. With most of the streamer's typical top performers on hiatus until the new year (or later), the Hulu chart featured mostly long-ended series, daytime programs, imports and even ABC news programs. Abbott Elementary took the lead the first two days of the week, holding at #1 days after the release of its final two episodes of the year, and it charted the entire week. After that, long-running daytime soap General Hospital managed to take the lead for four of the remaining days of the week, an impressive feat for a show that's sixty years old. In addition to leading four days on the TV chart, it was regularly one of just four or five shows to make Hulu's overall top fifteen, which has been dominated by holiday films for the last several weeks. It also charted each day of the last week, an improvement over its showing the previous week. Fox game show The Floor also led the chart a single day, and made the chart for the entire week. Abbott was one of the few original shows to air on ABC this week, with much of their lineup consisting of holiday specials and repeats (of holiday specials...). As such, it was one of the few ABC primetime shows on the list. It was joined by the breakout freshman hit High Potential, which charted for six days of the last week despite not airing in over a month. 20/20 and 9-1-1 also made brief appearances on the chart. In a peculiar development, the relative lack of content led to morning news show Good Morning America breaking onto the chart for five days of the last week, and World News Now with David Muir did the same. The Great Christmas Light Fight, one of the few regularly-scheduled shows on ABC this week, didn't chart at all. Fox wasn't particularly filled to the brim with content, but The Masked Singer joined the previously-mentioned The Floor on the chart, with four appearances on the chart this week and a #4 peak. Bob's Burgers charted for six days and peaked at #2. It was joined for two days by The Simpsons and for one day by Krapopolis, which made its first appearance on the chart this season. Universal Basic Guys continued to not chart despite being the Sunday lineup's highest-rated (football-inflated) show this week. The Billboard Music Awards bombed on Fox, but made somewhat of a mark on Hulu, peaking at #4 on the chart. 9-1-1: Lone Star, Accused, Crime Scene Kitchen and Hell's Kitchen all charted despite not airing this week. What We Do In the Shadows peaked at #3 and charted for four days as it aired its penultimate episode. Love Island: Australia was among several international imports, and the best performer of them, with a peak of #2.
# | December 8 | December 9 | December 10 | December 10 | December 12 | December 13 | December 14 |
1 | Abbott Elementary | Abbott Elementary | General Hospital | General Hospital | General Hospital | The Floor | General Hospital |
2 | BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War | Wild Crime | Bob’s Burgers | Love Island: Australia | Love Island: Australia | General Hospital | The Floor |
3 | Wild Crime | Love Island: Australia | Love Island: Australia | What We Do In the Shadows | Abbott Elementary | Love Island: Australia | Love Island: Australia |
4 | Hell’s Kitchen | Hell’s Kitchen | Abbott Elementary | Bob’s Burgers | Bob’s Burgers | The Masked Singer | Billboard Music Awards |
5 | Paris Has Fallen | Paris Has Fallen | The Simpsons | Abbott Elementary | What We Do In the Shadows | Abbott Elementary | The Masked Singer |
6 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War | Hell’s Kitchen | Deadly Influence: The Social Media Murders | The Floor | Bob’s Burgers | Abbott Elementary |
7 | What Happened to Karen Silkwood? The Lost Tapes | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Wild Crime | Critical Incident | The Masked Singer | Bad Host: Hunting the Couchsurfing Predator | Bob’s Burgers |
8 | The Floor | What Happened to Karen Silkwood? The Lost Tapes | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Hell’s Kitchen | This Is Not Hollywood | What We Do In the Shadows | Dragon Ball DAIMA |
9 | General Hospital | Bob’s Burgers | Krapopolis | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Family Guy | Billboard Music Awards | Family Guy |
10 | Accused | The Floor | The Floor | Wild Crime | Good Morning America | Good Morning America | What We Do In the Shadows |
11 | Family Guy | Family Guy | Family Guy | The Simpsons | 9-1-1: Lone Star | ABC World News Now with David Muir | The Jetty |
12 | The Masked Singer | Accused | Accused | ABC World News Now with David Muir | Deadly Influence: The Social Media Murders | Family Guy | ABC World News Now with David Muir |
13 | High Potential | General Hospital | ABC World News Now with David Muir | Good Morning America | ABC World News Now with David Muir | Elton John: I’m Still Standing | Accused |
14 | Crime Scene Kitchen | High Potential | Good Morning America | Family Guy | High Potential | High Potential | High Potential |
15 | 20/20 | 9-1-1 | High Potential | The Floor | Hell’s Kitchen | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Good Morning America |
Disney+:
Another Disney+ original series hit the service this week, injecting some much-needed life into the streamer's lagging TV offerings. Dream Productions, a spinoff of box office powerhouse Inside Out starring the vocal talents of Paula Pell, went straight to #1, and held that position for two days, the only thing on Disney+ this week to defeat Home Alone for the position, as the seasonal Macaulay Culkin favorite claimed the #1 spot the entire rest of the week. Disney+'s other TV show, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, only looked so-so this week after topping the chart several days the first week of its release. Even the release of a new episode wasn't enough to push the show above third place on the chart. The release of a series of Bluey shorts broke onto the chart for a few days as well. The Lion King and its 2019 remake continued to chart at #9 and #10 for the entirety of the week, the third week in which this phenomena continued. With the exception of a Moana and Deadpool & Wolverine, everything else on the chart was a holiday film, including Home Alone 2, Elf, The Polar Express and The Santa Clause.
# | December 8 | December 9 | December 10 | December 11 | December 12 | December 13 | December 14 |
1 | Home Alone | Home Alone | Home Alone | Home Alone | Dream Productions | Dream Productions | Home Alone |
2 | Moana | Moana | Mickey and the Very Many Christmases | Mickey and the Very Many Christmases | Home Alone | Home Alone | Dream Productions |
3 | Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York |
4 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | Bluey Minisodes | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | The Santa Clause |
5 | Elf | Elf | The Santa Clause | The Santa Clause | The Santa Clause | The Santa Clause | Elf |
6 | The Santa Clause | The Santa Clause | Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | Bluey Minisodes | Mickey and the Very Many Christmases | The Polar Express | The Polar Express |
7 | The Polar Express | The Polar Express | The Polar Express | Deadpool & Wolverine | The Polar Express | Deadpool & Wolverine | Star Wars: Skeleton Crew |
8 | Deadpool & Wolverine | The Santa Clause | Deadpool & Wolverine | The Polar Express | Deadpool & Wolverine | The Santa Clause 2 | Deadpool & Wolverine |
9 | The Lion King (1994) | The Lion King (1994) | The Lion King (1994) | The Lion King (1994) | The Lion King (1994) | The Lion King (1994) | The Lion King (1994) |
10 | The Lion King (2019) | The Lion King (2019) | The Lion King (2019) | The Lion King (2019) | The Lion King (2019) | The Lion King (2019) | The Lion King (2019) |
Note: Disney+ is the only service not to provide a separate list for TV shows and movies. On this charts, movies are listed in bold.
Peacock:
It's been weeks since SVU aired its midseason finale, but it's still doing quite well on Peacock. It led the top ten for five days of the last week before dropping to third the final two days of the week. While ranking third is weaker than average for the show, it's still much higher than the other Dick Wolf hits on Peacock, as Chicago PD, Chicago Fire and Chicago Med were all stuck towards the bottom of the list, though they all consistently charted. The Day of the Jackal, which finished its first season this week, topped the chart on Friday and charted six days in all. Peacock dropped new "superfan" episodes of The Office, with extended cuts of all episodes from the show's eighth season, adding roughly 5-10 minutes of content per episode. That drop pushed The Office not just on the chart, but all the way to #1. It wasn't the only ended comedy from the Peacock library to chart, as Roseanne stubbornly remained on the list and went as high as #2. NBC comedies made a few appearances this week on the chart as well. Despite not airing this week, St. Denis Medical charted for two days and peaked at #3, while Friday comedy Happy's Place also charted for two days, at #8 on both days. Its fellow Friday sitcom, Lopez vs Lopez, didn't chart at all. SNL had a single appearance at #10, and Peacock original Based On a True Story re-emerged onto the list for a single day on Sunday, at #9. With holiday episodes and encores filling the NBC lineup this week, the Dick Wolf shows were the only NBC dramas to chart this week. Brilliant Minds didn't chart, even with the minimal new competition. The Voice ended its fall season with a solid #5 peak. Days of Our Lives charted for five days, peaking at #3. The Real Housewives shows only charted three days in all this week, but Beverly Hills peaked at a strong #3, and Potomac and Salt Lake City both went as high as #4.
# | December 8 | December 9 | December 10 | December 11 | December 12 | December 13 | December 14 |
1 | Law & Order: SVU | Law & Order: SVU | Law & Order: SVU | Law & Order: SVU | Law & Order: SVU | The Day of the Jackal | The Office - Superfan Episodes |
2 | Roseanne | Roseanne | Roseanne | Roseanne | The Office - Superfan Episodes | The Office - Superfan Episodes | The Day of the Jackal |
3 | The Day of the Jackal | St. Denis Medical | The Day of the Jackal | Days of Our Lives | Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | Law & Order: SVU | Law & Order: SVU |
4 | Chicago PD | Love After Lockup | Real Housewives of Potomac | The Day of the Jackal | Roseanne | Real Housewives of Salt Lake City | Roseanne |
5 | Love After Lockup | The Day of the Jackal | Love After Lockup | Chicago PD | The Voice | Roseanne | Southern Charm |
6 | Chicago Fire | Chicago PD | Chicago PD | Love After Lockup | Days of Our Lives | Days of Our Lives | Days of Our Lives |
7 | Chicago Med | Chicago Fire | Days of Our Lives | Chicago Med | Chicago PD | Chicago PD | Chicago PD |
8 | Happy’s Place | Happy’s Place | Chicago Fire | Chicago Fire | Chicago Fire | Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | Chicago Fire |
9 | Based on a True Story | Chicago Med | Chicago Med | Below Deck Sailing Yacht | Chicago Med | Chicago Fire | Love After Lockup |
10 | St. Denis Medical | Saturday Night Live | Real Housewives of Salt Lake City | The Voice | Real Housewives of New York City | Chicago Med | Chicago Med |
Note: Peacock's top 10 chart updates throughout the day. For consistency, all data collection is done daily at 11 AM.
Paramount+:
After nearly a month off the top spot, NCIS finally returned to the top of the ranks this week on Paramount+, leading for the plurality of the week. The venerable procedural topped Paramount+'s top ten for three days of the last week, ending what has been a period of complete domination of the chart by Taylor Sheridan's shows. NCIS's strength this week yet again failed to carry over to spinoff NCIS: Origins, which once again failed to reach the top ten, nor did fellow Monday series Poppa's House. The Neighborhood, which leads off Monday nights for CBS, charted for six days of the last week, peaking at #6 for the week. On the subject of Sheridan's programs, his Lioness ended for the season this week, capping off another solid run of episodes by topping the chart twice this week and never dipping believe second place. The other recently-wrapped Sheridan show, Tulsa King, also remained consistently in the top five this week, though it didn't top the charts like it did for much of the previous week. Billy Bob Thornton-starrer Landman also looked strong this week, leading the chart on Monday and making the chart on six days of the last week. CBS said goodbye forever to Blue Bloods this week, sending the show off after a fourteen season run. It continued its solid chart performance in the week preceding it finale, charting consistently towards the bottom of the list for the first five days of the week. It dipped off the chart on Friday, but looked excellent on the day following its finale, jumping to third overall. That's its strongest showing on the chart since this column began. Its fellow Friday show, Fire Country, charted even higher, though, topping the chart on Saturday and charting for three days overall. Abnormally, NCIS was the only CBS show to chart every day of the week, with The Neighborhood logging the second-post appearances. Ghosts lagged behind them both with five, a contrast to the weeks before its recent two-week break, when it would regularly chart every day of the week, though an improvement on last week. It rose up to a peak of #3 overall, the best of any CBS show besides the aforementioned NCIS, Fire Country and Blue Bloods. The Equalizer (#7), FBI (#5), Survivor (#5), Matlock (#6), Georgie & Mandy (#7) and Elsbeth (#9) all charted for a single day after new episodes were released. SpongeBob continued to perform well, and charted every day of the week (as it has since this column began).
# | December 8 | December 9 | December 10 | December 11 | December 12 | December 13 | December 14 |
1 | Lioness | Landman | NCIS | Lioness | NCIS | NCIS | Fire Country |
2 | Landman | Lioness | Lioness | NCIS | Lioness | Lioness | Lioness |
3 | Tulsa King | Tulsa King | Tulsa King | Tulsa King | Tulsa King | Ghosts | Blue Bloods |
4 | NCIS | NCIS | Landman | SpongeBob SquarePants | SpongeBob SquarePants | Tulsa King | Tulsa King |
5 | SpongeBob SquarePants | SpongeBob SquarePants | SpongeBob SquarePants | FBI | Survivor | SpongeBob SquarePants | NCIS |
6 | Fire Country | Fire Country | The Neighborhood | Landman | The Neighborhood | Matlock | SpongeBob SquarePants |
7 | Ghosts | The Equalizer | Criminal Minds | The Neighborhood | Criminal Minds | Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage | Landman |
8 | The Neighborhood | Blue Bloods | Blue Bloods | Criminal Minds | Landman | The Neighborhood | Ghosts |
9 | Blue Bloods | Criminal Minds | Ghosts | Blue Bloods | Blue Bloods | Elsbeth | The Neighborhood |
10 | Tracker | Tracker | Frasier (1993) | Ghosts | Frasier (1993) | Criminal Minds | Criminal Minds |
Note: As with Peacock, Paramount+'s top 10 chart updates throughout the day. For consistency, all data collection is done daily at 11 AM.
Max:
After several new additions last week, it was essentially business as usual this week on Max. Dune: Prophecy again topped the streamer's top ten chart for the first six days of the week, with The Sex Lives of College Girls again pulling into the lead on Saturday. The HBO drama series remains a weaker entry than the Sunday drama that preceded it, The Penguin, but does largely remain the biggest TV draw on Max. As for The Penguin, it finally exited the chart this week, logging its final appearance in the top ten on Monday and capping off a strong run on streaming. Fellow HBO series Somebody Somewhere aired its series finale this week, hitting a new seasonal peak of #3 on Tuesday and a gain charting for the entire week. While it often charted towards the bottom of the chart, Somebody Somewhere certainly looked stronger on Max this season than its fellow HBO Sunday comedy The Franchise, which ended a few weeks ago with little fanfare, not charting on Max for a single day (its fate has yet to be announced). Get Millie Black, a co-production with Britain's Channel 4, made its first appearance on the chart this week, at #10, three weeks into a five-week limited run, and was gone from the chart by the next day. HBO docuseries Hard Knocks charted for the entire week, peaking at #2 and going as low as #9. Spanish drama Like Water for Chocolate logged two appearances this week, peaking at #4. Max original Creature Commandos continued to look solid, rising as high as #2 and charting through the week. Max's scripted comedy Bookie, starring Sebastian Maniscalco, returned on the low end, debuting at #10 on the first day following its release and rising to #6 the next day. Food Network's Wizards of Baking remained the network's most successful show on Max in recent memory, continuing to chart in the top five for much of the week. Holiday Baking Championship also looked solid, with more appearances this week than the previous week and peaking at #5.
# | December 8 | December 9 | December 10 | December 11 | December 12 | December 13 | December 14 |
1 | Dune: Prophecy | Dune: Prophecy | Dune: Prophecy | Dune: Prophecy | Dune: Prophecy | Dune: Prophecy | The Sex Lives of College Girls |
2 | The Sex Lives of College Girls | The Sex Lives of College Girls | Sister Wives | Hard Knocks | Hard Knocks | Creature Commandos | Dune: Prophecy |
3 | Harry Potter - Wizards of Baking | Harry Potter - Wizards of Baking | Somebody Somewhere | 90 Day: The Last Resort | 1000-Lb. Sisters | The Sex Lives of College Girls | Creature Commandos |
4 | Creature Commandos | Like Water for Chocolate | 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days | The Sex Lives of College Girls | 90 Day: The Last Resort | Hard Knocks | Harry Potter - Wizards of Baking |
5 | Hard Knocks | Creature Commandos | The Sex Lives of College Girls | Holiday Baking Championship | The Sex Lives of College Girls | Harry Potter - Wizards of Baking | Hard Knocks |
6 | Gold Rush | Somebody Somewhere | Harry Potter - Wizards of Baking | Somebody Somewhere | Harry Potter - Wizards of Baking | 1000-Lb. Sisters | Bookie |
7 | The Penguin | Hard Knocks | Creature Commandos | 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days | Somebody Somewhere | 90 Day: The Last Resort | 1000-Lb. Sisters |
8 | Somebody Somewhere | The Penguin | Like Water for Chocolate | Sister Wives | Holiday Baking Championship | Somebody Somewhere | Somebody Somewhere |
9 | 1000-Lb. Sisters | 90 Day: The Last Resort | Hard Knocks | Harry Potter - Wizards of Baking | 1000 lb. Best Friends | Holiday Baking Championship | 90 Day: The Last Resort |
10 | 90 Day: The Last Resort | Get Millie Black | Before They Kill Again | Creature Commandos | Creature Commandos | Bookie | Holiday Baking Championship |
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