The Nielsen charts for the week of January 30- February 5 are here and there is a lot to discuss.
This was a the week Black Panther Wakanda Forever premiered on Disney Plus and it shot to the top of the overall charts. It premiered with over 2 billion minutes watched. This just shows the popularity of the MCU despite recent hiccups and maybe shows that a significant amount of the audience are choosing to wait to watch these movies on Disney Plus, instead of going to the theatre to see them. It will be very interesting to see how AntMan and The Wasp Quantumania performs on the service and to see if people who didn’t go to the theatre still decide to watch it on Disney Plus.
On the original charts Ginny and Georgia are still raining supreme. Netflix needs to hurry up and renew it already as it is clearly a hot show. However just behind it is Peacocks Poker Face. This really is a hit for the service and helping to put it on the map. Poker Face has already been renewed for a season 2 and it will be interesting to see if this shows popularity boosts any of Peacocks other original shows.
The power of streaming is shown this week on the acquired chart. You have New Amsterdam take the top spot with its four seasons spread across Netflix and Peacock. This show started with great ratings on NBC but then went down dramatically over the years. It is interesting to see shows get a big bump from streaming, similar to what happened with Manifest. However New Amsterdam wont be saved as they wrapped up that show.
Zombies also seem to be the king as The Last Of Us and The Walking Dead take second and third place on the chart. The Last Of Us has been a massive hit for HBO and is right up there with the Game Of Thrones franchise. Also The Walking Dead being this high again clearly shows why AMC aren’t willing to let it go as people are still watching that final season on Netflix.
That’s it for this weeks Nielsen charts. What did you watch?
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