Note that I am traveling this week and the Nielsen numbers were running late again, thus the reason this post is a day behind.
Nielsen Streaming Top 10
Amazon’s Outer Range made it into the Nielsen Streaming Top 10 for originals for the week of April 11th to 17th. It landed at the Number 7 slot for the week of its premiere and pulled in an estimated 281 million minutes of viewing which is good for a Prime Video original. Disney+’s Moon Knight held steady at Number 3 for the third week of its release with 638 million minutes viewed. Season 2 of Netflix’s animated Ultraman reboot had its premiere that week but did not place in the Top 10. Following are all the sci fi and fantasy TV shows on the streaming charts for the week (the number in parenthesis is the prior week rank):
Nielsen Streaming Rankings for the Week of Apr-11 to Apr-17
Streaming Originals
3 (3) Moon Knight (Disney+) 638 Million Minutes
7 (n/a) Outer Range (Amazon) 281 Million Minutes
Acquired Shows
8 (10) Supernatural (Netflix) 347 Million Minutes
Source: Nielsen SVOD Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, Netflix, and Apple TV+), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing Through Television
Linear Ratings Results of Interest:
On Sunday, The Time Traveler’s Wife had its debut on HBO and posted a 0.05 rating based on same-day viewing for the 18-49 demographic with 294K total viewers. That is not a strong debut, and continues a trend we have been seeing of low viewing numbers among the cable channels. It may make up slack with digitial viewing on HBO Max, though, so I will have to see how this one tracks in the coming weeks.
Over on Showtime on Sunday, The Man Who Fell to Earth ticked up to a 0.03 rating with 193K total viewers, though that is hardly enough to inspire confidence in the show’s numbers and it remains On the Bubble. Over on AMC, Fear the Walking Dead slipped to a 0.13 rating with 738K total viewers. That one has already been renewed for an eighth season.
Earlier in the week, Naomi slipped to a 0.06 rating with 432K total viewers for its two-hour season finale. That show was cancelled last week along with Legacies, Charmed, 4400, and Roswell New Mexico.
You can see the full, season-to-date ratings for the sci fi and fantasy shows at this link, and below are the ratings for the genre shows from the past week. Ratings Source: ShowBuzzDaily
Ratings Results for the Week of 5/9/22
| Series | Rating / Tot Viewers |
| Superman and Lois (CW) Tue 8 PM (Repeat) | Repeat, Status: Renewed |
| Naomi (CW) Tue 9 PM | Rtg: 0.06 ↓ / Tot Vwrs: 432K, Status: Cancelled |
| The Flash (CW) Wed 8 PM | Rtg: 0.11 ↓ / Tot Vwrs: 483K, Status: Renewed |
| Kung Fu (CW) Wed 9 PM | Rtg: 0.07 / Tot Vwrs: 489K, Status: Renewed |
| Legacies (CW) Thu 9 PM (Repeat) | Repeat, Status: Cancelled |
| Charmed (CW) Fri 8 PM | Rtg: 0.06 / Tot Vwrs: 345K, Status: Cancelled |
| Riverdale (CW) Sun 8 PM | Rtg: 0.04 ↓ / Tot Vwrs: 196K, Status: Renewed |
| Fear the Walking Dead (AMC) Sun 9 PM | Rtg: 0.13 ↓ / Tot Vwrs: 738K, Status: Renewed |
| The Time Travelers Wife (HBO) Sun 9 PM | Rtg: 0.05 / Tot Vwrs: 294K, Status: Renewed |
| The Man Who Fell to Earth (Showtime) Sun 9 PM | Rtg: 0.03 ↑ / Tot Vwrs: 193K, Status: On the Bubble |
Netflix Top 10
For a tenth week in a row, Netflix had no genre entries in the Top 10 for English Language shows for the week of May 2nd to May 8th. In the Top 10 for Non-English Language shows, the Turkish apocalyptic drama Yakamoz S-245: Season 1 dropped out after two weeks. But the Korean series The Sound of Magic landed at Number 8 with its premiere and that one may be of interest to genre fans. Following are all the sci fi and fantasy TV shows on the Netflix charts for the week (the number in parenthesis is the prior week rank):
Netflix Top 10 for the Week of May-2 to May-8
English Language Shows
No Genre Entries
Non-English Language Shows
8 (n/a) The Sound of Magic 9.6 Million Hours
Source: Netflix
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