It was a busy week on streaming this week, with several new premieres and new episodes from some of the biggest streaming hits. Keep reading to see how Hulu, Disney+, Peacock, Paramount+ and HBO Max's charts looked this week!
Hulu:
There was a new king on Hulu this week, as the streamer revived the beloved late 90s/2000s Fox cartoon King of the Hill over fifteen years after it went off the air. In the six days since its debut on Hulu, King of the Hill has never dropped below #2 on their TV chart, spending three days at #1 in all. Perhaps most impressive is that it debuted straight at #1, after being available for only half of the day on Monday. Given that the revival was a binge drop, rather than a weekly release, its time at the top of the chart likely won't be for all that much longer. However, if it's anything like one of Hulu's last high-profile scripted series, The Bear, it could spend the next month or so clinging to the chart. Also topping the chart this week was Project Runway, which both began and ended the week at #1, dropping as low as eleventh on the chart in between. Bachelor in Paradise also spent two days at #1, and only spent one day this week out of the top five. It was far and away ABC's top show on Hulu this week, as their game shows all struggled to make much of any impression. Celebrity Family Feud was the best of the lot, but only charted three days and peaked at #12, its worst week of the season. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire charted a single day at #13, and Match Game continued to decline on streaming, only managing fourteenth place for a single day. Daytime soap operate General Hospital looked better than most of ABC's primetime series, charting each day this week and spending four days in the top five. ABC News series World News Tonight and Good Morning America also made appearances on the chart. Fox looked a bit better than ABC, but was still pretty weak overall. Bob's Burgers, their lone scripted show on the air this week, was arguably the highlight of their week. It peaked at #7, but was one of just two shows to chart the entire week. MasterChef was the other, and it peaked higher at #4, but also spent several days towards the bottom of the list. Fellow Gordon Ramsay series Secret Service charted six days this week, as it remained the weaker of Fox's Wednesday night culinary series. The 1% Club and The Snake charted for a day each, at #8 and #9. That's been the standard for The Snake for the bulk of its run, but this is a tepid showing for The 1% Club, and is its first time this season only charting for a single day. FXX sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia charted the entire week again (an improvement over last week), and peaked at #7.
Disney+:
Disney+'s chart has always been unpredictable, and it remained so this week. A "Special Look" at new film Freakier Friday was #1 for the first two days of this week, then it disappeared from the chart entirely,. It was replaced at #1 by Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+, which also spent the next day at #1 before dropping to #3, then sliding out of the top ten. The last three days of the week were topped by movies - Freaky Friday (twice) and Rio. In fact, the only series to chart the entire week on Disney+ was Marvel's Eyes of Wakanda. It peaked at #3 this week, and was down to #9 by the end of the week. The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, which spent much of last week at #1, missed out on the chart on Sunday, then returned at #5 on Monday, those to #3 for two days, and then disappeared from the chart. A fellow revival of a cable cartoon, season three of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, entered the chart at #7, rose to #6 the next day, and then dropped of the chart the next day. The show is already renewed, but that's not a very encouraging performance, paling in comparison to several of Disney+'s other recent animated originals (though better than the conspicuously-absent Phineas & Ferb). Nat Geo series Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time charted two days this week. Several movies spent multiple days on the chart, including The Incredibles, The Parent Trap, Ice Age, Robots, and The Monkey.
Note: Disney+ is the only service not to provide a separate list for TV shows and movies. On this chart, movies are listed in bold.
Peacock:
It was a week on the Peacock chart dominated by shows that Peacock would later remove from the TV chart after re-categorizing them as movies. First, it was the Idaho Student Murders, their crime documentary that, if recent history his any indication, will return to the TV chart within the next few weeks. That one spent three days at #1 this week. Next was the Las Culturistas Culture Awards, a Bravo award show that spent one day at #1 before Peacock moved it to the movies chart instead (it would spend a day atop that chart before slipping to #3, then off that chart entirely). It's been a very strange summer on Peacock, with its chart not really making much sense sometimes, and a major content drought outside of Love Island. And indeed, Love Island provided another boost to the chart this week, with a recap of season 6 topping the chart for two days. Spinoff Beyond the Villa also made several appearances on the chart, rising as high as #3. Twisted Metal is one of the few Peacock original series airing this summer, and it spent one day at #1 this week, spending most of the rest of the week at #2. It seems like a decent enough performance, although Peacock's chart is far from reliable, considering its many errors and inconsistencies. One thing that remains a constant is Peacock being a major hub to stream Bravo series. Real Housewives of Orange County and Miami, Below Deck and The Valley were among the best performers on Peacock this week, while Watch What Happens Live also made a few appearances. Other cable reality series like Snapped and the McBee Dynasty also charted. USA/Syfy comedy-drama Resident Alien charted three days this week, peaking at #6 on the chart. NBC had few shows in the top ten, with Dateline NBC charting five days and America's Got Talent charting for one. American Ninja Warrior and Survival Mode both missed the chart, which isn't new for either of them. Rizzoli & Isles had its third straight week on the chart, though its chart trajectory seems to indicate it may be departing sooner rather than later.
Note: Peacock's top 10 chart updates throughout the day. For consistency, all data collection is done daily at 2 PM.
Paramount+:
Things didn't go south for South Park this week, as the long-running animated series was still the saving grace of Paramount+. It swept the #1 spot once again, and remained the talk of social media. Despite several Paramount+ and Showtime originals being released this week, nothing seemed to come close to South Park. CBS's Big Brother was the only new release to even make it to #2 on the chart this week, which it did so twice - after both Sunday and Thursday's new episodes. It again spent the entire week in the top ten. While overshadowed by South Park, Dexter: Resurrection had a strong week. It hit its highest peak of the season at #3, and charted four days in all. on the other end of things, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds had its worst week so far, only charting four days this week and peaking at #6. This marked the first time since the season premiere that it dropped out of the top ten. True crime docuseries Murder 360 debuted at #5 on the chart and charted four days in all this week. The Chi aired its finale last week and, as such, dropped off the chart this week, charting five days in all before going. CBS Sunday Morning surprisingly cracked the top ten again for a single day. Criminal Minds hasn't aired in roughly a month, but remains a top performer on Paramount+ (as it always has been), only dropping as low as #4 (better than any show other than South Park). Dexter and NCIS were the only series that haven't recently released new episodes to chart each day this week, while Blue Bloods, Survivor and Ghosts all made appearances as well.
Note: As with Peacock, Paramount+'s top 10 chart updates throughout the day. For consistency, all data collection is done daily at 2 PM.
HBO Max:
It's a Hard Knocks life for HBO Max. After weeks of The Gilded Age and And Just Like That dominating the top spot, something finally came in to disturb the status quo. As a disclaimer, an error on HBO Max's end left their chart without an update on August 6th, meaning everything that charted on August 5th remained on the chart for at least two days, distorting the statistics a bit for the week. Given the relative lack of chart movement in all, most of these shows likely would've stayed on the chart anyway, but some of the lower-charting shows likely would have dropped off. As presented, though, The Gilded Age and And Just Like That were both HBO Max's #1 series for three days, with Hard Knocks taking the top spot for one day.All three remained in the top five for the entirety of their time on the chart this week. Debuting this week was crime docuseries The Yogurt Shop Murders, which premiered on Sunday and rose as high as #2 on the chart, not dropping below fifth. Fellow Sunday night series Last Week Tonight peaked at #3 for three days, and spent the whole week in the top ten. Real Time with Bill Maher charted for five days this week. Two-part documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes charted the entire week, not dropping below seventh on the chart despite last airing several weeks ago. Several unscripted shows from WBDiscovery's cable networks also charted this week, including In the Eye of the Storm, 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After, Evil Lives Here, and Welcome to Plathville.
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