Netflix released over a dozen stand-up specials in the second half of last year and Matt Rife was the most-watched.
Matt Rife: Natural Selection, which was released in November, was watched for 13.5M hours. This was above specials from the likes of Shane Gillis, Tom Segura and Mike Birbiglia as well as Ricky Gervais, Trevor Noah and Dave Chappelle (although the latter three launched theirs very late in December).
On the back of that special, Rife has been signed up for two further specials and is now developing a sitcom at the streamer.
Netflix has dominated the stand-up scene for some time now and recently launched the second iteration of its Netflix Is A Joke festival, where it had many of the biggest names in comedy across LA for two weeks.
The streamer is starting to find itself with some competition after Hulu announced it was going to compete with the rival streamer for specials.
Matt Rife: Natural Selection, which was released in November, was watched for 13.5M hours. This was above specials from the likes of Shane Gillis, Tom Segura and Mike Birbiglia as well as Ricky Gervais, Trevor Noah and Dave Chappelle (although the latter three launched theirs very late in December).
On the back of that special, Rife has been signed up for two further specials and is now developing a sitcom at the streamer.
Netflix has dominated the stand-up scene for some time now and recently launched the second iteration of its Netflix Is A Joke festival, where it had many of the biggest names in comedy across LA for two weeks.
The streamer is starting to find itself with some competition after Hulu announced it was going to compete with the rival streamer for specials.
- 5/23/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Producers Guild of America announced the winners of several categories of their 35th Annual PGA Awards on Thursday night, including their nods for innovation short form awards.
The team for Body of Line won the PGA Innovation Award, and the team for Succession: Controlling the Narrative won for outstanding short form program.
The winners were announced during the PGA’s annual west coast celebration, at Members restaurant in West Hollywood. The celebration is the second in a week’s worth of bi-coastal events which will culminate with the PGA Awards next week.
Earlier this week, the guild awarded the team behind Beckham (season one) with the outstanding sports program award and the Sesame Street (season five, episode three) team with outstanding children’s program.
The PGA Innovation Award recognizes the production of a noteworthy, impactful new media program that significantly elevates the audience’s viewing experience. In alphabetical order,...
The team for Body of Line won the PGA Innovation Award, and the team for Succession: Controlling the Narrative won for outstanding short form program.
The winners were announced during the PGA’s annual west coast celebration, at Members restaurant in West Hollywood. The celebration is the second in a week’s worth of bi-coastal events which will culminate with the PGA Awards next week.
Earlier this week, the guild awarded the team behind Beckham (season one) with the outstanding sports program award and the Sesame Street (season five, episode three) team with outstanding children’s program.
The PGA Innovation Award recognizes the production of a noteworthy, impactful new media program that significantly elevates the audience’s viewing experience. In alphabetical order,...
- 2/23/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With the 96th Academy Awards now only a month away, each weekend brings a new award show that reveals a new look at the shape of the Oscar race. Tonight, the auteurs behind some of 2023’s biggest films gathered at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles to celebrate the craft of filmmaking at the Directors Guild of America Awards.
Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, Christopher Nolan, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Alexander Payne were nominated for the night’s top prize, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film, with Oscar frontrunner Nolan walking away with the coveted trophy. Celine Song, Cord Jefferson, A.V. Rockwell, Manuela Martelli, and Noora Niasari competed for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film, which ultimately went to Song.
The show celebrated some of the best directors working in television, with awards in a variety of categories ranging from TV dramas and sitcoms to commercials and reality TV.
Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, Christopher Nolan, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Alexander Payne were nominated for the night’s top prize, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film, with Oscar frontrunner Nolan walking away with the coveted trophy. Celine Song, Cord Jefferson, A.V. Rockwell, Manuela Martelli, and Noora Niasari competed for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film, which ultimately went to Song.
The show celebrated some of the best directors working in television, with awards in a variety of categories ranging from TV dramas and sitcoms to commercials and reality TV.
- 2/11/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
The 76th Directors Guild of America Awards took place on Saturday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m. Pt with Judd Apatow hosting the in-person, non-televised ceremony. These kudos honored the best helmers of the year in movies and television, as voted on by more than 18,000 members of the directing guild. Scroll down for the 2024 DGA Awards winners list in three film and eight TV categories.
As always, the all-important feature film category is one of the most telling bellwethers for the eventual Best Director Oscar. The guild and the academy have only disagreed for Best Director eight times over the past seven decades, with the last three years lining up perfectly for Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (2022’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once”), Jane Campion (2021’s “The Power of the Dog”) and Chloé Zhao (2020’s “Nomadland”).
This year, just three of the DGA’s nominees also reaped directing Oscar bids: Yorgos Lanthimos...
As always, the all-important feature film category is one of the most telling bellwethers for the eventual Best Director Oscar. The guild and the academy have only disagreed for Best Director eight times over the past seven decades, with the last three years lining up perfectly for Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (2022’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once”), Jane Campion (2021’s “The Power of the Dog”) and Chloé Zhao (2020’s “Nomadland”).
This year, just three of the DGA’s nominees also reaped directing Oscar bids: Yorgos Lanthimos...
- 2/11/2024
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Netflix’s Fool Me Once debuted in the No. 1 spot on Nielsen’s latest U.S. ranking of streaming originals, ending Reacher’s four-week run atop the Top 10 chart.
For the week of Jan. 1, Fool Me Once racked up north of 3 billion minutes viewed — the first original title to crack that barrier since The Night Agent last March — across its eight-episode run.
More from TVLineRatings: Farmer Wants a Wife Returns Steady, Svu Leads ThursdayRatings: Tpir at Night Ties for Demo Win, Chicago Fire Leads Wednesday in ViewersRatings: Quantum Leap Returns Low in New Time Slot; FBI Rerun, The Floor Top...
For the week of Jan. 1, Fool Me Once racked up north of 3 billion minutes viewed — the first original title to crack that barrier since The Night Agent last March — across its eight-episode run.
More from TVLineRatings: Farmer Wants a Wife Returns Steady, Svu Leads ThursdayRatings: Tpir at Night Ties for Demo Win, Chicago Fire Leads Wednesday in ViewersRatings: Quantum Leap Returns Low in New Time Slot; FBI Rerun, The Floor Top...
- 2/2/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Netflix rang in 2024 with a huge opening week for its series Fool Me Once.
The thriller based on a novel by Harlan Coben scored better than 3 billion minutes of viewing in the week of Jan. 1-7, easily leading Nielsen’s streaming charts for the week (it premiered on New Year’s Day). The series had the biggest single week for any streaming show since August, when Suits (with a much higher episode count) brought in 3.24 billion minutes of viewing.
Fool Me Once had more than twice the viewing total of the second-place show, Reacher. The Prime Video series continued its strong second season, racking up 1.38 billion minutes of watch time for the week that episode six premiered. Nielsen also revised Reacher’s totals for the previous two weeks after correcting an issue related to audio capture for Prime Video shows: It drew about 1.4 billion minutes each week, pushing its total...
The thriller based on a novel by Harlan Coben scored better than 3 billion minutes of viewing in the week of Jan. 1-7, easily leading Nielsen’s streaming charts for the week (it premiered on New Year’s Day). The series had the biggest single week for any streaming show since August, when Suits (with a much higher episode count) brought in 3.24 billion minutes of viewing.
Fool Me Once had more than twice the viewing total of the second-place show, Reacher. The Prime Video series continued its strong second season, racking up 1.38 billion minutes of watch time for the week that episode six premiered. Nielsen also revised Reacher’s totals for the previous two weeks after correcting an issue related to audio capture for Prime Video shows: It drew about 1.4 billion minutes each week, pushing its total...
- 2/1/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix’s Top 10 Most-Watched Web Series (Jan 8-14) ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
The winter has reached its prime, and people are enjoying the coziness indoors, snuggled inside their favorite blankets, and watching web series on one of the most popular streaming platforms, Netflix. They have released the list of Top 10 Most-Watched TV Shows from January 8-January 14.
My Life with the Walter Boys Season 1 might have crawled down on the list after being on the top spot for multiple weeks, but it is still there, and let’s see for how long the series manages to be on the list. Keep scrolling for more.
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich: Limited Series about the disgraced financier and convicted s*x offender is on one of the top spots on Netflix’s Top 10 Most-Watched Web Series. The series brings in millions of views as people spend hundreds of hours watching fantastic content on the Ott platform.
The winter has reached its prime, and people are enjoying the coziness indoors, snuggled inside their favorite blankets, and watching web series on one of the most popular streaming platforms, Netflix. They have released the list of Top 10 Most-Watched TV Shows from January 8-January 14.
My Life with the Walter Boys Season 1 might have crawled down on the list after being on the top spot for multiple weeks, but it is still there, and let’s see for how long the series manages to be on the list. Keep scrolling for more.
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich: Limited Series about the disgraced financier and convicted s*x offender is on one of the top spots on Netflix’s Top 10 Most-Watched Web Series. The series brings in millions of views as people spend hundreds of hours watching fantastic content on the Ott platform.
- 1/18/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
Director Martin Scorsese and Lily Gladstone on the set of ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ (Photo Courtesy of Apple TV+)
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has weighed in on the best of 2023, with nominees announced in feature films, animated films, TV series/specials, limited/anthology series, television or streamed films, and documentaries. The annual Producers Guild Awards are one of the best indicators of what film will take home the Best Picture Oscar, with the guild reporting 15 of their last 20 winners have won Academy Awards.
Last year’s winner Everything Everywhere All at Once not only won Best Picture, but also picked up six additional Oscars in the Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), and Best Editing categories.
Winners will be announced during the 35th Annual Producers Guild Awards set for Sunday, February 25, 2024 at The Ray Dolby Ballroom,...
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has weighed in on the best of 2023, with nominees announced in feature films, animated films, TV series/specials, limited/anthology series, television or streamed films, and documentaries. The annual Producers Guild Awards are one of the best indicators of what film will take home the Best Picture Oscar, with the guild reporting 15 of their last 20 winners have won Academy Awards.
Last year’s winner Everything Everywhere All at Once not only won Best Picture, but also picked up six additional Oscars in the Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), and Best Editing categories.
Winners will be announced during the 35th Annual Producers Guild Awards set for Sunday, February 25, 2024 at The Ray Dolby Ballroom,...
- 1/13/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
35th Annual Producers Guild Awards takes place on February 25.
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has unveiled its feature and TV nominations, with awards season heavyweight Oppenheimer in the mix alongside Killers Of The Flower Moon, Anatomy Of A Fall, The Zone Of Interest, and Past Lives.
Recognition for Anatomy Of A Fall and The Zone Of Interest marks the first time the Guild has nominated international films.
The full list of nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures includes Barbie, American Fiction, The Holdovers, Maestro, and Poor Things.
The PGA picks are...
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has unveiled its feature and TV nominations, with awards season heavyweight Oppenheimer in the mix alongside Killers Of The Flower Moon, Anatomy Of A Fall, The Zone Of Interest, and Past Lives.
Recognition for Anatomy Of A Fall and The Zone Of Interest marks the first time the Guild has nominated international films.
The full list of nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures includes Barbie, American Fiction, The Holdovers, Maestro, and Poor Things.
The PGA picks are...
- 1/12/2024
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Top 10 Netflix English TV Shows That Audiences Watched Last Week ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
So much entertainment is available to Netflix users that it can be daunting for some. The streaming service should be commended for its weekly ranking of the Top-10 Most-Watched TV Series, making excellent content accessible to a large audience.
The list includes such popular titles as Fool Me Once and My Life With The Walter Boys. The Crown Season 6 has dropped down on the list. Several debut seasons of shows like My Life With The Walter Boys and The Brothers Sun have cemented their place on the list. The chart showcases data gathered by the streaming platform giant for January 1-7, 2024.
Here is our list of the top 10 English TV and web series that have grabbed the maximum attention on Netflix.
Trending Adan Canto Dead: Narcos & Designated Survivor Star Tragically Passes Away At 42
Pete Davidson Drops Truth Bomb About His Drug Abuse,...
So much entertainment is available to Netflix users that it can be daunting for some. The streaming service should be commended for its weekly ranking of the Top-10 Most-Watched TV Series, making excellent content accessible to a large audience.
The list includes such popular titles as Fool Me Once and My Life With The Walter Boys. The Crown Season 6 has dropped down on the list. Several debut seasons of shows like My Life With The Walter Boys and The Brothers Sun have cemented their place on the list. The chart showcases data gathered by the streaming platform giant for January 1-7, 2024.
Here is our list of the top 10 English TV and web series that have grabbed the maximum attention on Netflix.
Trending Adan Canto Dead: Narcos & Designated Survivor Star Tragically Passes Away At 42
Pete Davidson Drops Truth Bomb About His Drug Abuse,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Soumick Mukherjee
- KoiMoi
The Directors Guild of America announced the nominees for television, commercials and documentary for its 76th annual DGA Awards today, a list headed by three-time winner Bill Hader and installments of the third and final season of HBO’s “Succession,” which claimed four of the five Drama Series nomination slots – the fifth going to an episode of fellow HBO hour “The Last of Us.”
The Comedy Series nomination lineup features the directors of a pair of episodes of Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” along with two installments of FX’s “The Bear” (including a repeat nomination for showrunner Christopher Storer – the acclaimed “Fishes” edition from Season 2 of the series – and a first for comedian and actor Ramy Youssef).
SEEBill Hader will set multiple SAG Award records with win for ‘Barry’
The Apple TV+ limited series “Lessons in Chemistry” also scored multiple bids in the Movies For Television/Limited Series category with three.
The Comedy Series nomination lineup features the directors of a pair of episodes of Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” along with two installments of FX’s “The Bear” (including a repeat nomination for showrunner Christopher Storer – the acclaimed “Fishes” edition from Season 2 of the series – and a first for comedian and actor Ramy Youssef).
SEEBill Hader will set multiple SAG Award records with win for ‘Barry’
The Apple TV+ limited series “Lessons in Chemistry” also scored multiple bids in the Movies For Television/Limited Series category with three.
- 1/9/2024
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Netflix’s Top 10 Most-Watched Web Series Weekly List ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Netflix’s Top 10 Most-Watched Web Series list for the last week of 2023 has some exciting entries, with some old ones that have become constants. From My Life With the Walter Boys: Season 1, The Crown: Season 6 to Young Sheldon: Season 1 and others are still on the list and are in no mood to go anywhere. Instead, the viewers are not yet ready to stop binging on them.
The topmost streaming platform has brought its weekly top ten list from December 25th to 31st. It was the Holiday Week, and people were busy with the Christmas celebrations followed by the New Year, but that didn’t stop them from enjoying quality content on Netflix.
After staying on Netflix’s weekly Global Top 10 Most Watched Web Series list for a long time, Squid Game: The Challenge Season 1 is no longer on it.
Netflix’s Top 10 Most-Watched Web Series list for the last week of 2023 has some exciting entries, with some old ones that have become constants. From My Life With the Walter Boys: Season 1, The Crown: Season 6 to Young Sheldon: Season 1 and others are still on the list and are in no mood to go anywhere. Instead, the viewers are not yet ready to stop binging on them.
The topmost streaming platform has brought its weekly top ten list from December 25th to 31st. It was the Holiday Week, and people were busy with the Christmas celebrations followed by the New Year, but that didn’t stop them from enjoying quality content on Netflix.
After staying on Netflix’s weekly Global Top 10 Most Watched Web Series list for a long time, Squid Game: The Challenge Season 1 is no longer on it.
- 1/5/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon is still No. 1 on Netflix.
In its first full week on the streamer, the first part of Snyder’s science-fiction epic racked up 34M views, making it first among the English-language film list from December 25 to 31 — and the most-watched title on the streamer. Add that to the 29M views that the film managed in its debut weekend, and Rebel Moon currently stands at around 63M views for 10 days of availability.
It’ll need to nearly triple that viewership in the next 80 or so days in order to make it among Netflix’s most popular films of all time. Rebel Moon is off to a fine start, though it’s likely the streamer was hoping for a stronger full week of viewership, considering there’s another installment and a director’s cut coming down the pipeline. For reference, Extraction 2, which is currently No. 10 on Netflix’s most popular film list,...
In its first full week on the streamer, the first part of Snyder’s science-fiction epic racked up 34M views, making it first among the English-language film list from December 25 to 31 — and the most-watched title on the streamer. Add that to the 29M views that the film managed in its debut weekend, and Rebel Moon currently stands at around 63M views for 10 days of availability.
It’ll need to nearly triple that viewership in the next 80 or so days in order to make it among Netflix’s most popular films of all time. Rebel Moon is off to a fine start, though it’s likely the streamer was hoping for a stronger full week of viewership, considering there’s another installment and a director’s cut coming down the pipeline. For reference, Extraction 2, which is currently No. 10 on Netflix’s most popular film list,...
- 1/2/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Venerated TV host and media mogul Oprah Winfrey will sit down with Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks and Fantasia Barrino — who star in the big-screen musical adaptation of The Color Purple — for a trio of OWN Spotlight specials set to air in January.
Each hour-long presentation will feature a candid conversation centered around the actress’ respective roles as Shug Avery, Sofia and Celie in the new film executive-produced by Oprah and directed by Blitz Bazawule (Black Is King, Cherish the Day). “The women reflect on the making of the highly anticipated movie,” the logline reads, “how it changed their lives...
Each hour-long presentation will feature a candid conversation centered around the actress’ respective roles as Shug Avery, Sofia and Celie in the new film executive-produced by Oprah and directed by Blitz Bazawule (Black Is King, Cherish the Day). “The women reflect on the making of the highly anticipated movie,” the logline reads, “how it changed their lives...
- 12/28/2023
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Pictured: Tacoma Fd, Berlin and Elvis
Happy Christmas one and all, and welcome to your rundown on what new movies, series, and anything else that’s coming to Netflix over the festive period for the next seven days.
If you want to look beyond next week, we’re still getting word of lots of new movies and series scheduled for release throughout January 2024 here and if you want a more birdseye view of the year, we’ve got our full 2024 Netflix schedule here.
Now let’s get into some highlights of what’s on the way this week:
Most Anticipated New Releases This Week Berlin (Season 1)
Coming to Netflix: Friday
The mothership series Money Heist may have ended not even a couple of years ago, but we’ve slowly seen the expansion of the IP since then, with the biggest of all set to be the new spin-off that lands...
Happy Christmas one and all, and welcome to your rundown on what new movies, series, and anything else that’s coming to Netflix over the festive period for the next seven days.
If you want to look beyond next week, we’re still getting word of lots of new movies and series scheduled for release throughout January 2024 here and if you want a more birdseye view of the year, we’ve got our full 2024 Netflix schedule here.
Now let’s get into some highlights of what’s on the way this week:
Most Anticipated New Releases This Week Berlin (Season 1)
Coming to Netflix: Friday
The mothership series Money Heist may have ended not even a couple of years ago, but we’ve slowly seen the expansion of the IP since then, with the biggest of all set to be the new spin-off that lands...
- 12/24/2023
- by Kasey Moore
- Whats-on-Netflix
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