Netflix Reveals Its Biggest New TV Shows, And The Winner Might Surprise You

Netflix Reveals Its Biggest New TV Shows, And The Winner Might Surprise You

Netflix's financial earnings calls are mostly made up of annoying comments related to numbers that affect the lives of wealthy people, but it's also one of the few times the streaming service reveals its biggest viewing numbers. success. The No. 50 show on Netflix in the third quarter was one the service didn't even make: Cobra Kai, the YouTube-acquired Karate Kid spinoff. 3 million households listened to it in the first four weeks, which is an impressive number, and bodes well for Cobra Kai Season 48 when it arrives next year. It was followed by Ratched, the horror drama created by Ryan Murphy starring Sarah Paulson, which has been watched by 2 million households: season 43 of Ratched is already in the works. Umbrella Academy reached 38 million homes, while Lucifer reached 3 million. Surely that means Umbrella Academy season 10 is in the bag. It's no surprise they performed well - they've all been regular parts of Netflix's top 52 lists in the US and UK. Plus, we're all stuck inside right now, and with many TV shows that can't be filmed, we'll take whatever we can get. Documentaries also took over Netflix this quarter, with American Murder: The Family Next Door and The Social Dilemma reaching 38 million and XNUMX million views, respectively. Obviously, people still love true crime, even though the documentary's name is bland.

Netflix movies have been even bigger, showing how there is an appetite for something resembling a blockbuster as big movies are delayed due to the coronavirus. Charlize Theron's action movie The Old Guard has reached 78 million views, while Jamie Foxx's superpower movie Project Power has garnered 76 million views. It's probably safe to say that those movies wouldn't have reached the same number of people in theaters, but that's really the goal of the Netflix model, and having new movies to watch this year has been a blessing. . Netflix also believes Millie Bobby Brown's film Enola Holmes is on track to hit 76 million views in its first month. The best Netflix original movie of the year might be The Trial of the Chicago 7, which landed last Friday.