Across the second half of 2024, Max/HBO has dominated Samba TV’s Weekly Wrap Report streaming chart thanks to two massive hits, “House of the Dragon” and “The Penguin.” Both of those series topped the chart for the entirety of their eight episode seasons, and then some. Incredibly, both “Dragon” and “Penguin” were the most-watched streaming shows in the weeks after their finale, giving them each nine week runs.
All of this is to set up the fact that Max possibly has its third runaway hit of 2024 with “Dune: Prophecy.” The sci-fi series is a spinoff of the massively popular “Dune” films that ruled the box office over the past several years. That audience clearly carried over, helping lift the show’s first episode to the top of the streaming chart this week.
“Dune” has a ways to go to match the magic of Max’s other two big hits. In fact, the series missed the chart last week, its first week on air. That’s likely due to the fact that it debuted on Sunday, the final day of our viewership tracking. Still, we’ll keep tabs on it here in the Weekly Wrap Report.
Rising two spots up to second this week is “Cross.” The crime thriller appears to be a sleeper hit for Amazon Prime Video. No. 3 is “A Man on the Inside,” a new Netflix comedy series. Ted Danson, no stranger to hit comedies, stars as a retiree hired by a private investigator to go undercover in a retirement community.
Up next is a double-shot of Taylor Sheridan. “Tulsa King” comes in at No. 4, one week after its season finale aired, followed by “Special Ops: Lioness.” Both shows are on Paramount+.
Netflix claims the next three spots, starting with two takes on the Hallmark holiday movie genre. “The Merry Gentlemen” debuts at No. 6 this week as one million households watched in the first five days it was available. Up next is “Hot Frosty,” at No. 7 for the second consecutive week.
After the warm and fuzzy holiday vibes we have “Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy,” a documentary bound to make you rethink some of those Black Friday purchases.
“Deadpool & Wolverine” slid this week, from No. 3 all the way down to No. 9. After making more than $1 billion at the global box office, there may not be many people left who haven’t seen the latest MCU film.
Finally, Netflix’s long-running “Karate Kid” sequel series “Cobra Kai” is No. 10.
The linear chart has lately been a three-way battle between “Yellowstone,” “The Voice” and “Tracker,” but this week all three were bested by “The 58th Annual CMA Awards.” The celebration of country music showed that live award shows still have some magic when it comes to drawing viewership.
“Yellowstone” comes next, followed by “The Voice,” then “Tracker.” We’ll see how that trio shakes out next week. Meanwhile, “Dancing with the Stars” aired the semi-final for Season 33 on Nov. 19, helping it take No. 5 this week.
CBS’s “FBI” comes in at No. 6, followed by NBC’s “Chicago Med.” “Wheel of Fortune” closes out the chart, taking the three final spots.
The Wrap Report provides an exclusive first look at the most watched movies and TV series from the past week across both streaming and linear television sourced from viewership trends collected from Samba TV’s panel of more than 3 million households, balanced to the U.S. Census.
