It’s déjà vu for Netflix as Wednesday slays the English TV List and continues to take the world by storm. The comedy mystery has pulled in an additional 173.96M hours viewed, making it the most viewed title this week. In just four weeks, the series holds the record for the second Most Popular English-language series on Netflix with 1.19 billion total hours viewed. And in four weeks, almost 176M households have seen the series (1.19 billion hours viewed divided by 6.8 hours).
Viewers continued to fall in love with the high-profile love story of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in Volume II of Harry & Meghan. The in-depth documentary series had 97.71M hours viewed and appeared in the Top 10 in 85 countries, including #1 in the UK. Since its premiere, nearly 33M households have viewed the series (179.26M hours viewed divided by 5.5 hours). The Recruit, starring Noah Centineo, gave viewers a crash course in espionage. The action-thriller debuted at #3 with 52.3M hours viewed. Are they, or aren’t they? Fans tuned in to Season 4 of Too Hot To Handle to find out which couples stood the test of time. The reality dating series had 37.83M hours viewed. Based on the iconic video game, animated series Sonic Prime debuts on the list with 27.72M hours viewed. Season 1 (10.66M hours viewed) and Season 2 (26.57M hours viewed) of Firefly Lane remained on the list for the third week.
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With a “Certified Fresh” score of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio topped the English Films List with 39.38M hours viewed. In its second week, critics and fans alike are falling in love with the film, which has received Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominations. Fans are getting into the holiday spirit with I Believe in Santa (19.96M hours viewed), Falling for Christmas (6.4M hours viewed), Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (5.68M hours viewed) and The Noel Diary (5.56M hours viewed). Starring Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell, Lady Chatterley’s Lover remained on the list with 11.09M hours viewed. New to the list was documentary THE VOLCANO: Rescue From Whakaari, with 8.94M hours viewed.
On the Non-English Films List, fans returned to their favorites. Spanish mystery God’s Crooked Lines topped the list with 27.06M hours viewed, Norwegian action-adventure Troll had 16.27M hours viewed, Italian action-adventure My Name is Vendetta with 7.23M hours viewed, Argentinian romantic comedy The Marriage App with 6.97M hours viewed and Polish romantic comedy Delivery By Christmas with 3.12M hours viewed remained on the list. New entrants on the list include Indonesian action-adventure The Big 4 (16.39M hours viewed) and Turkish romantic comedy Private Lesson (4.34M hours viewed).
Colombian dramas were mainstays on the Non-English TV List.The Unbroken Voice sat atop the list with 22.57M hours viewed, while Til Money Do Us Part had 17.12M hours viewed. K-content also returned to the list, including thriller Money Heist: Korea Joint Economic Area, anime Lookism and dramas Under the Queen’s Umbrella and Part 1 (13.5M hours viewed) and Part 2 (13.07M hours viewed) of Alchemy of Souls. Italian rom-com I Hate Christmas had 9.49M hours viewed and Norwegian drama A Storm For Christmas had 12.33M hours viewed.
Monica has a BA in Journalism and English from the University of Massachusetts and an MS in Journalism and Communications from Quinnipiac University. Monica has worked as a journalist for over 20 years covering all things entertainment. She has covered everything from San Diego Comic-Con, The SAG Awards, Academy Awards, and more. Monica has been published in Variety, Swagger Magazine, Emmy Magazine, CNN, AP, Hidden Remote, and more. For the past 10 years, she has added PR and marketing to her list of talents as the president of Prime Entertainment Publicity, LLC. Monica is ready for anything and is proudly obsessed with pop culture.
