Hulu:
It took a few days into its run, but Hulu's new true crime drama Murdaugh: Death in the Family reached #1, holding there for three days. Four other shows would go on to top the chart: Only Murders in the Building (for the second time this season), frequent #1 High Potential, The Kardasians, and, for the first time this season, Grey's Anatomy. While the medical drama has been performing well on Hulu all season, it was typically blocked from #1 by 9-1-1: Nashville and 9-1-1. It came in ahead of both of those series this week, though. In fact, 9-1-1: Nashville saw quite a decline this week, going from four days at #1m last week to zero this week. It didn't even come close to hitting #1, in fact, peaking at #4 and charting six days in all. 9-1-1 peaked at #2 yet again, and remained on the chart all week. Dancing with the Stars is far and away the highest-rated entertainment program on TV, but peaked at #3 on Hulu. It barely clung onto the chart for the entire week, spending three days of this week at #15. On the topic of shows dropping out of the top fifteen, Abbott Elementary dipped off of the chart for the first time this season on Thursday, charting six days this week and peaking at #5. Shifting Gears continues to deteriorate on Hulu, this week peaking at #13 for just one day. That's the worst it's ever performed. The Golden Bachelor also charted for just a single day, but reached a much-higher #6 on the chart, the same as last week. 20/20 started the week at #5 and dropped with each passing day, ultimately charting five days this week. Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, America's Funniest Home Videos and Shark Tank were ABC's only shows to miss the chart entirely. Daytime soap General Hospital declined a bit this week, peaking at #3 again but charting only five days, down from six last week. It spent just three of those five days in the top ten. Fox's only show in the top fifteen all week was Doc. The medical procedural remains a streaming success, peaking at #4 again this week. Murder in a Small Town again charted for just one day, this time coming in at a lower #10 spot. The Floor performed the same just a day later. Bob's Burgers looked weaker than normal, only charting two days and peaking at #7. Hell's Kitchen surpassed Special Forces for the first time this season, peaking at #8 and charting three days versus Special Forces' #10 peak and two days on the chart. The Simpsons, Universal Basic Guys, Krapopolis and 99 to Beat all failed to chart at all. Hulu original Chad Powers charted the entire week, peaking at #2. FX's The Lowdown charted one day at #11.
Disney+:
This week on Disney+ continued a trend we've been seeing for several weeks now: Halloween films top the chart for the first six days of the week before another entry comes in at #1 on Saturday. This week, Hocus Pocus was the major heavyweight on Disney+. The beloved Halloween favorite was #1 five days this week, and spent the other two days at #2 - by far its best showing of the season. Holiday-melding stop-motion classic The Nightmare Before Christmas was #1 for a single day and charted for five days. And on Saturday, it was a LEGO Frozen special called "Operation Puffins" that was #1 on its first day of availability. Many other Halloween shows remained on the chart this week, including Hocus Pocus 2, the first three films in the Halloweentown franchise, Hotel Transylvania and its sequel, and the Haunted Mansion films Hulu's remake of horror thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle charted as high as #3 this week. There were no shows that charted the entire week on Disney+ this time around, with five days being the most longest any show lingered on then chart, that show being Hulu's Murdaugh: Death in the Family. Vampirina: Teenage Vampire charted four days Chad Powers shared for three, Spidey & Iron Man: Avengers Team-Up! charted for two, and 9-1-1: Nashville - the only broadcast show on the chart this week - charted for one.
Note: Films listed in bold.
Peacock:
After a fight against the Devil, SVU has come back out on top. Beginning at the end of last week and continuing early this week, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy ranked at #1 on Peacock. SVU beat it on Tuesday, and Devil pulled back ahead one last time the next day. Since then, SVU's remained #1, and spent the majority of the week in the top spot. Devil in Disguise declined after its last day at #1, dropping as low as #6 this week before ending the week at #5. Many of Peacock's other top shows this week also came from Dick Wolf. Chicago PD was the best performer of NBC's series outside of SVU, spending two days at #2. Chicago Fire was always right behind PD, peaking at #3. Chicago Med was the weakest of the Chicagos, as always, charting between fifth and eighth on the chart this week. Law & Order was by far Wolf's worst performer on Peacock, charting only three days, though it had a higher peak than Med. Saturday Night Live had its best showing of the season, holding onto the top ten for two days this week and peaking at #4. The Voice charted four days this week and peaked at #4. Brilliant Minds charted for just a single day, duplicating that early-season streaming decline that we saw last season as well. Dateline NBC charted two days this week, both times at #7. On Brand with Jimmy Fallon was NBC's only original series not to chart at all this week. Peacock's continuation of Married at First Sight entered the chart at #4. Plenty of Bravo shows also charted this week, with Real Housewives of Salt Lake City performing the best, peaking at #2. Below Deck Mediterranean, Wife Swap: The Real Housewives Edition, and Real Housewives of Potomac and Orange County also charted.
Note: Peacock's top 10 chart updates throughout the day. For consistency, all data collection is done daily at 2 PM.
Paramount+:
South Park continues to outpace Tulsa King, this week ranking #1 on Paramount+ for six days of the last week. Tulsa King was #1 the other day, its worst showing of the season so far. A few CBS series also managed to out-perform it this week, with NCIS beating it out for second place (twice) and Ghosts and Sheriff Country also doing so. Sheriff Country's #2 peak was quite notable, as it meant it beat its parent series, Fire Country, on Saturday. Fire Country peaked at #3 and charted four days this week. Sheriff Country only charted one day in all, and was generally a weaker Paramount+ performer than Fire, making its higher peak on Saturday all the more surprising. Ghosts also looked much stronger than last week, when it peaked at #5, and it was one of the few CBS shows to chart the entire week. Tracker entered solidly, peaking at #3 this week and charting five days. The Neighborhood peaked at #5 and charted six days. FBI charted two days and peaked at #4. Watson charted one day at #10. NCIS was the only CBS series in its franchise to chart this week, as NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney both missed the chart completely. NCIS: Tony & Ziva did chart at least, but only for two days - easily its worst showing yet. Survivor also weakened thanks to the increased competition, charting two days and peaking at #4, much weaker than when it was charting for nearly the entire week back when it was one of two shows CBS was actually airing. Matlock charted four days this week, and peaked at a lower #5 this time. Elsbeth charted one day at #5. Boston Blue was again the weakest of the Friday night trio, charting one day at a solid #5. The Road, DMV, the aforementioned NCIS series, The Amazing Race and Georgie & Mandy all failed to chart at all this week.
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:
More than any other streamer, HBO Max's daily top ten chart is a bit glitchy. It doesn't happen every week, but every month or so, there will be a day when the chart simply does not update. Such was the case this week, when the chart from Sunday held over for all of Monday. Most of the shows on the Monday chart likely would have charted on Monday anyway, but the order would've likely been different and there would've been at least a few different shows on the chart. For the purpose of this analysis, I will still reference the Monday data, even though much of it is likely inaccurate.. For the first time in its run, Task spend an entire week at #1. The Mark Ruffalo miniseries has been a top performer for Max throughout its run, but the presence of Peacemaker has kept it from ever being #1 for an entire week. With Peacemaker out of the way, Task was able to achieve that accomplishment in the seventh and final week of its run. A trio of shows followed it at #2 this week. First up was Real Time with Bill Maher, which managed three days at #2, though it was undoubtedly helped by the chart glitch. Had the chart updated, it's likely that either The Chair Company (which spend three days this week at #2) or Smiling Friends -which both aired on Sunday - would've surpassed it. Real Time spent four days on the chart in all, while The Chair Company and Smiling Friends never left the top ten. Peacemaker also spent the week in the top ten despite ending a few weeks ago, consistently ranking towards the middle of the chart. New Adult Swim cartoon Haha, You Clowns charted for a single day at #9. Despite not airing a new episode this week, Last Week Tonight charted five days. Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake, an HBO Max spinoff of Cartoon Network's Adventure Time, returned for season two this week. It debuted at #4 and fell to #7 the next day. Halloween Baking Championship lost some momentum this week, charting four days and peaking at #6, a significant decline from the last few weeks, when it charted every day. Several other unscripted shows from WBD's cable networks also charted, including Food Network's Halloween Wars, HGTV's Scariest House in America, Discovery's Deadliest Catch, ID's The Friday the 13th Murders, and TLC's 90 Day Fiancé franchise and Baylen Out Loud.
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