It’s a model new yr, and but the highest of the Samba TV Weekly Wrap report streaming chart appears awfully acquainted, because of returning favorites, renewed curiosity in previous titles, film sequels and, in fact, a rivalry for the highest spot.
“Stranger Issues” guidelines the roost this week, because the Netflix epic ended its five-season, 10-year run with a 2-hour finale delivered on New 12 months’s Eve. With 3.7 million U.S. households watching within the first 5 days it was accessible, the finale proved to be much more fashionable than Season 5’s first episode, which debuted on Thanksgiving day, and episode 5, which arrived on Christmas.
“Stranger Issues” additionally evokes the present’s upside-down mirror universe this week as its first season takes the tenth and last spot on our most-watched record, as audiences both raced to catch up, or determined to begin once more after the massive finale.
The Wrap Report supplies an unique first have a look at probably the most watched films and TV collection from the previous week throughout each streaming and linear tv sourced from viewership tendencies collected from Samba TV’s panel of greater than 3 million households, balanced to the U.S. Census.
As “Stranger Issues” goes out on high, it bumps one other large title all the way down to second place. “Landman” was one among a choose few non-Netflix or HBO Max titles to high the streaming chart in 2025, and took the respect of being the ultimate chart-topper of the yr earlier than The Wrap Report’s vacation hiatus. With a pair of episodes left in its second season, anticipate “Landman” to take the crown once more very quickly.
That’s to not say Netflix is with out contenders. The large streamer has two top-five debuts this week, beginning with “Run Away” in third. The British thriller tells the story of a father whose seek for his runaway daughter uncovers deeper secrets and techniques – simply the sort of fare from throughout the pond that Netflix viewers eat up.
Up subsequent is a distinct sort of acquainted Netflix taste, the true crime documentary. The most recent, “Evil Influencer: The Jody Hildebrandt Story,” tells the unsettling story of the favored YouTuber who was convicted of kid abuse.
In fifth place this week is “Fallout,” which returned to Prime Video for its second season starting on December 17. With a weekly launch schedule and a built-in fanbase because of its online game origins, anticipate the collection to be an early-year hit that sticks across the chart.
“Wrath of Man,” in sixth place this week, checks one more field on the Netflix trope bingo card, the forgotten motion transfer that all of a sudden will get fashionable on streaming. The 2021 thriller, a modest box-office success, reunites director Man Ritchie and motion star Jason Statham.
In seventh is “Emily in Paris,” because the long-running Netflix season returns for its fifth season. “Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller,” additionally on Netflix, and the third in a trilogy of thriller films, is eighth this week.
In ninth is “The Pitt,” which returns to the chart after a protracted absence. The HBO Max emergency room drama was a sleeper hit final yr, a gradual presence within the decrease half of the chart that by no means matched the heights of its streaming friends “The White Lotus” or “The Final of Us.” Following a number of Emmy wins and spots on year-end critics lists, it’s clear the present has constructed a groundswell of curiosity forward of its January 8 Season 2 debut. May we see “The Pitt” elevated to the highest of the charts as 2026 progresses?
Switching the dial to linear, we discover a chart stuffed with acquainted names ringing within the new yr. ABC tops the chart with the epically-titled “Dick Clark’s New 12 months’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.” In second place is the telecast of the annual Rose Parade held on New 12 months’s Day.
CBS helped ring within the new yr with “Nashville’s Huge Bash,” in third this week, whereas CNN will get in on the motion in fourth because of the hijinks from Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.
ABC celebrated the yr that was with “The 12 months: 2025,” in fifth place.
Even with a rerun on January 4, CBS’s “Tracker” makes the High 10 this week, in sixth. The Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame celebrated a variety of luminaries – together with Dangerous Firm, Cyndi Lauper and Outkast – with its annual induction ceremony. The New 12 months’s Day telecast, which aired on ABC, is in seventh place this week.
NBC has its personal year-in-review particular with “A Toast to 2025!” in ninth, and two airings of “Wheel of Fortune” declare the eight and tenths spots this week.
