Big Number
5.9M
The much-hyped 27th season premiere of South Park brought in a big audience for Comedy Central and Paramount+. In the three days after its July 23 premiere, the episode gathered 5.9 million cross-platform viewers, including on-air replays. That’s a 68 percent improvement on the season 26 premiere back in February 2023. Full story.
Snapshot
Gilded Age Renewed
HBO has renewed The Gilded Age, from creator Julian Fellowes, for a fourth season. The series has seen its ratings grow this season, starting with its best premiere to date. The July 20 episode drew a series-high 4 million cross-platform viewers in its first three days, beating the previous record of 3.8 million for the previous week. The show’s viewer figures are running 20 percent ahead of season two. Full story.
STREAMING
Top Series
The most-viewed series of the week
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↑ The final season premiere of Squid Game put the Netflix hit back at the top of the U.S. streaming charts — though with smaller numbers than it had for the show’s most recent run.
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↑ The Bear premiered on Hulu to 917 million viewing minutes, down about 26 percent from 1.23 billion minutes for the week of season three’s debut last year.
NIELSEN STREAMING CONTENT RATINGS (June 23-June 29, most recent week); Updated July 24
Top Movies
The most-viewed films of the week
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↑ “While Hispanic viewers made a big impact (29%), the animated feature also had the highest concentration of Asian viewers (9%) of any title this interval,” Nielsen notes of Kpop Demon Hunters.
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↑ Box office hit A Minecraft Movie (699 million) also grew substantially in its second week on Max.
NIELSEN STREAMING CONTENT RATINGS (June 23-June 29, most recent week); Updated July 24
Netflix Gains Market Share
Netflix moved up to third place in Nielsen’s rankings of TV distributors in June, its highest place to date. The streamer accounted for 8.3 percent of all TV use in the United States, behind YouTube (12.8 percent) — which led the way for a fifth consecutive month — and Disney (10 percent). Netflix moved ahead of NBCUniversal (7.8 percent) and Paramount (7.2 percent), both of which declined a little from May’s distributor gauge.
BOX OFFICE
Top Movies
The highest-grossing films domestically
1
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Disney
$117.6M
Weekend Gross
4,215
Theaters
$117.6M
Total Gross
2
Superman
Warner Bros.
$24.8M
Weekend Gross
3,930
Theaters
$289.4M
Total Gross
3
Jurassic World Rebirth
Universal
$13.2M
Weekend Gross
3,550
Theaters
$301.7M
Total Gross
4
F1 The Movie
Warner Bros.
$6.3M
Weekend Gross
2,615
Theaters
$165.6M
Total Gross
5
Smurfs
Paramount
$5.4M
Weekend Gross
3,504
Theaters
$22.8M
Total Gross
↑ Matt Shakman‘s Fantastic Four: First Steps rocketed to a global opening of $218 million, including $118 million domestically and $100 million overseas.
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
Sony
$5.2M
Weekend Gross
3,206
Theaters
$23.6M
Total Gross
7
How to Train Your Dragon
Universal
$2.9M
Weekend Gross
2,346
Theaters
$257.1M
Total Gross
8
Eddington
A24
$1.49M
Weekend Gross
2,065
Theaters
$7.9M
Total Gross
9
Saiyaara
Yash Raj Films
$1.3M
Weekend Gross
215
Theaters
$3.2M
Total Gross
10
Oh, Hi!
Sony Pictures Classics
$1.1M
Weekend Gross
866
Theaters
$1.1M
Total Gross
↑ Apple Original Films’ F1: The Movie zoomed past the $500 million mark. Overseas, it added another $20 million for a foreign total of $344.1 million and $509.7 million worldwide.
COMSCORE (July 25-27)
Trailer Spotlight
Avatar Returns
Fire and Ash, James Cameron’s follow-up to The Way of Water, teases a spectacular epic that includes volcano fights, family tragedy and intense action. The 20th Century Studios sequel hits theaters Dec. 19.
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Upcoming Releases
Notable movies heading to theaters
The Long Tail
Most Watched Streaming Shows of 2025
Bluey has kept its hold on the top of the U.S. streaming rankings for the first half of the year. Nielsen figures for January to June show the series has amassed 25.06 billion minutes of viewing this year — which puts it on a similar pace to last year’s total of 55.62 billion minutes. Bluey has appeared in Nielsen’s streaming ratings (either the overall list or the top 10 acquired series) for 143 straight weeks, dating back to October 2022.
BROADCAST
Top TV
The most-viewed primetime network shows
1
60 Minutes Presents
CBS
4.61M
Viewers
2
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
ABC
4.24M
Viewers
3
Celebrity Family Feud
ABC
3.78M
Viewers
4
America’s Got Talent
NBC
3.77M
Viewers
5
America’s Funniest Home Videos
ABC
3.45M
Viewers
Nielsen (July 21-July 27), Updated July 29
Inside View
The narrative behind the numbers
Fox News
2.55M
Viewers
A Fox News Summer
Fox News Channel is regularly the most watched cable network in primetime, but since the start of summer it has also led the broadcast networks as well. Fox News averaged 2.55 million primetime viewers from June 20-July 27, beating out ABC (2.34 million) for the overall lead on linear TV. It also holds the lead for the month of July, averaging 2.41 million viewers for a lead of 260,000 viewers over NBC (2.15 million). Just among cable news outlets, Fox’s July average was more than the combined totals for MSNBC (865,000) and CNN (497,000).
TOP TRENDING
This week’s most consumed, searched and shared content
SOURCE: PARROT ANALYTICS (July 11 – July 17, 2025)
This ranking shows the most in-demand series that have debuted in the last 365 days on major platforms with US audiences.
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