The Midnight Club, already #2 on Netflix in the US, has also set a world record
Netflix seems to have hit the streaming jackpot over the weekend, with viewers rewarding two of its new releases by sending them straight to the …
Andy Meek is a reporter based in Memphis who has covered media, entertainment, and culture for over 20 years. His work has appeared in outlets including The Guardian, Forbes, and The Financial Times, and he’s written for BGR since 2015. Andy's coverage includes technology and entertainment, and he has a particular interest in all things streaming.
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There’s something deliciously ironic about Netflix, the online video giant that killed off Blockbuster, making an original TV comedy about the once-dominant rental chain — …
Only 2 Netflix movies are in the streamer’s US Top 10 today
As far as Netflix’s original movies go, it’s a bit of a light week for the streamer in its home market right now, as today’s …
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One of the most-watched Netflix series around the world right now is the newly released historical series The Empress, which — based on new data …
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In addition to hosting wildly successful original scripted content like Ryan Murphy’s still relatively new Jeffrey Dahmer TV series, as well as original movies like …
Everything to know about The White Lotus Season 2 on HBO coming this month
We’re just a few weeks away now from the return of what’s arguably the most popular HBO show at the moment that’s not named House …
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Watching Meta under Zuckerberg feels like reliving my days in the flailing newspaper business
A manic obsession with ads, shoving them in the face of users at every turn. Chasing relevance, instead of earning it. Flinging half-baked new features …
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An adaptation of a Stephen King story. A reality game show, a documentary about the Thai cave survivors, and a glam- and glitz-filled reality series …
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Based on the newly released Netflix Top 10 data — covering both movies and Netflix series — for the 7-day period that ended on October …
How to stop spam calls in 3 easy steps
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Netflix is releasing a New York-based spinoff of a popular reality series
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The Rings of Power show is so boring, it keeps making this Amazon analyst fall asleep
Even though the first four episodes of Prime Video’s wildly expensive Lord of the Rings TV series The Rings of Power pretty much bored me …
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Netflix on September 23 debuted Lou, an action-thriller that put star Allison Janney in a role that couldn’t be more strikingly different from her celebrated …
The #1 Netflix show and movie right now are two of its most exploitative releases ever
When I survey what’s new on Netflix at the moment — and, specifically, the Netflix releases that have shot to the #1 spot in the …
3 Netflix animated releases so good, they all have near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes scores
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