“The Penguin” premiere dominates the streaming scene with more viewers than “House of the Dragon”

Since July, the most-watched streaming show in the Samba TV Weekly Wrap Report falls into one of two categories. Either it was a big budget Max series based on popular IPs or it was a Netflix release.

This week, the former dominates, as The Penguin, a spin-off of the 2022 film The Batman, tops the charts for the week of September 16-22. The first episode of the series attracted 3.2 million households in the first four days it was available on Max.

That’s an even better viewership than Max’s last big hit of the year, “House of the Dragon.” The first episode of the Game of Thrones spin-off attracted 2.8 million households in its first four days and remained at the top of the streaming charts throughout its second season (and counting). It remains to be seen whether “The Penguin” will become the new emperor or whether he will give up his crown next week.

As for Netflix’s prestige fare, last week’s chart-topper “The Perfect Couple” slips to No. 3 this week. The Nicole Kidman-led limited series topped the charts for two weeks in a row after taking over the season of Netflix’s The Union, which had its own three-week run. The streaming program that previously took the top spot? The aforementioned “Dragon” on Max.

Second place is actually this week another Star-led drama from Netflix, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. This is the second season of Ryan Murphy’s “Monster” series for the streamer. It tells the true life story of the Menendez brothers, who murdered their parents, played by Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny. Meanwhile, “The Uglies,” a story about a superficial dystopia, moves up four spots to No. 4 this week.

No. 5 is “Tulsa King,” the Paramount+ series starring Sylvester Stallone. CBS aired the show’s first season on linear television on Sunday nights to build anticipation for the second season, and the strategy clearly paid off.

“Rebel Ridge,” the Neftlix action film, is No. 6 this week, followed by the second half of season four of “Emily in Paris,” also on Netflix. Amazon Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power drops two spots this week, from No. 6 to No. 8. Following is Netflix’s true crime series “Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter,” which fell four spots from last week.

Last but not least is Hulu’s hit “Only Murders in the Building,” which remains at No. 10 on the charts.

Over on Linear, “America’s Got Talent” stepped back into the spotlight with the season 19 finale topping the charts this week.

At No. 2 is “Rescue: HI-Surf,” a new scripted show from Fox that likely saw a boost in viewership thanks to a special preview that aired immediately following Fox’s NFL telecast on Sunday.

“Dancing with the Stars” began its 33rd season on September 17th and the premiere episode is ranked #3 this week. It is followed by another ABC show, “The Golden Bachelorette”, which began its first season on September 18th and lands at number 4 this week. Meanwhile, the 47th season of “Survivor” also began on September 18 and is ranked 6th this week.

“Wheel of Fortune” and new host Ryan Seacrest claim three spots this week – No. 5, No. 7 and No. 9, while “Celebrity Family Feud” takes the remaining two entries.

The Wrap Report offers an exclusive first look at the past week’s most-watched movies and TV series on both streaming and linear television, based on viewership trends collected from Samba TV’s panel of more than 3 million households and verified by the U.S. Census were compared.

Cole Strain is vice president and head of research and development at Samba TV, a WrapPRO partner. Click here for more Data and analysis from Samba TV.

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