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ABC’s sophomore drama R.J. Decker is taking advantage of its new Dancing With the Stars lead-in and the extra promotion that comes with it, putting the crime series starring Scott Speedman on the radar of audiences that may not have watched the first season last spring. R.J. Decker, which was…

Willy Wonka has delivered for Netflix. The streamer has landed a bona fide reality ratings hit with Wonka's The Golden Ticket after the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-themed competition series debuted at number two on its English-language TV chart. The series scored 4.6M views in its…

Apple TV had a record-breaking 2026 Emmys with 28 wins (29 if you include the commercials category), the most for the streamer ever and the most for any platform this year. Apple TV’s big night at the Emmys, held on September 14, was followed by a big week — the biggest in the streamer’s seven-year…

The MTV Video Music Awards may not have the same meaning as it did in the 1990s but it's clear that this year's event had more juice than in a number of years. Per Nielsen's fast nationals, the ceremony hit an 11-year high and was up over 50% over the numbers from last year. Obviously…

BBC and BritBox comedy-drama Ludwig has gone from strength to strength as it becomes the UK’s most-watched scripted launch of the year so far. The first ep of Season 2, which wrapped last week, has now been watched by an audience of 9.1 million, according to Barb data from overnights.tv…

Netflix viewers responded lukewarm to the latest addition in Ryan Murphy’s cinematic universe of infamous killers last week. Meanwhile, the streamer seems to have found the right audience for its latest YA offering. Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story debuted atop the English TV list for the week…

In an interesting turn of events, broadcast series are more likely to be renewed than those on streaming, according to a new report from data intelligence company Luminate. The report, released Friday, found that the broadcast networks renewed 65% of their output in 2025 versus just 44% across…

Dancing with the Stars is off to a dazzling start with last night’s Season 35 premiere on ABC and Disney+. The episode, which saw only the male celebrities and their pro partners compete, attracted 6.67 million total live + same-day viewers, according to preliminary data from Nielsen. When the…

Mercedes Ron's hot streak on Prime Video is continuing. Drawn Together (Enfrentados: Marfil) has gone straight in at No. 1 on the streamer's viewing top 10. The Prime Video original tops both the overall and non-English-language rankings. Ron is no stranger to success on Prime Video; the…

Taylor Swift, Noah Kahan and the original Charlie's Angels couldn't help prevent a ratings drop-off for Monday night's 68th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The Mariska Hargitay-hosted ceremony, which aired on NBC and Peacock, was down 10% from last year with 6.7 million total viewers. This was…

The season premiere of 60 Minutes averaged 7.94 million viewers Sunday, off from the more than 10 million who tuned in to last year’s debut. The first episode of the show’s 59th season was highly anticipated — and scrutinized — following the shakeup at the newsmagazine last spring, despite its…

Alix Earle's reality series Earle Meets World made headlines with all sorts of revelations and semi-confessions involving the likes of Alex Cooper and Tom Brady. It didn't come out of the gate particularly strong, only narrowly entering Netflix's top ten list with 1.8M views across its first…