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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Korean Media Leads Netflix Weekly Charts Again With ‘Kpop Demon Hunters' & ‘Squid Game'; ‘Sullivan's Crossing' Sparks Interest Ahead Of Season 3
Korean media is still taking Netflix by storm as KPop Demon Hunters and Squid Game led the service from July 7 to 13. The most-watched title on the platform last week, KPop Demon Hunters racked up 24.2M views to put it back atop the English films list. More from Deadline Bela Bajaria Is Cheerleading Netflix's "Breadth" Of Emmy Noms & First-Time Emmy Nominees 'Adolescence' Co-Creators Stephen Graham And Jack Thorne Considering New Story "Not About The Millers"; Graham's New Friendship With Springsteen Owen Cooper Says 'Adolescence' Got So Big, Jacob Elordi Roasted Him During 'Wuthering Heights' Shoot Meanwhile, Squid Game Season 3 topped the non-English TV charts with another 15.9M views. The third installment has managed 122.2M views since its release on June 27, already making it the third most popular non-English series on Netflix, behind only Seasons 1 and 2 of the Korean drama. Speaking of, both prior installments were also back on the weekly Top 10 list as well. It was quite a quiet week on the English TV side of things, with Season 2 of The Sandman taking the top spot. The episodes, which premiered on July 3, amassed 5.9M views in its first full week. This is a decline for the series, considering Season 1 finished its second week of availability with around 11.5M views. However, by the third week, the series was sitting at a similar benchmark. The Sandman is ending with Season 2, marking a solid run for the comic adaptation, which ahead of the second season became embroiled sexual assault and misconduct allegations against Neil Gaiman, who created the comic on which the series is based and developed and executive produces the Netflix series. Gaiman has denied the allegations. Kevin Williamson's The Waterfront stuck around in second place this week, and the CW drama Sullivan's Crossing took third. The Canadian series has, like many other series, found new life on Netflix after the first two seasons were made available on July 8. The series managed about 3M views last week, which is pretty strong given that the series is not available globally, only in the U.S. and Canada. Season 3 is currently airing on the CW, so it will be interesting to see whether this impacts its linear performance at all. The new season is set to land on Netflix in August. In the world of live events, Netflix aired yet another match up between professional boxers Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano on Friday. Data from VideoAmp, released by the streamer, said that about 6M viewers tuned in globally during the main event, though Netflix has the fight ranked at No. 5 with 2.8M views. The best explanation for this discrepancy is that the streamer uses total streaming time divided by runtime to report viewership, which does not effectively account for co-viewing. Co-viewing is incredibly common, especially for live events as audiences typically gather to watch together, so the VideoAmp data probably gives a better idea of just how many people were tuned in for this one. Notably missing from last week's Top 10 is Lena Dunham's latest comedy series Too Much. The 10-episode series starring Megan Stalter premiered on July 10, so it is still in its early days. Its absence from the rankings suggest it pulled in around or under 2M views in its first few days on Netflix, given that was the tally for No. 10's Ms. Rachel. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About Amazon's 'Verity' Movie So Far 'Street Fighter' Cast: Who's Who In The Live-Action Arcade Film Adaption 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Emmys, Oscars, Grammys & More Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mail
20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Danny Dyer and Stephen Graham 'set to reunite for gritty new drama' to rival Netflix hit Adolescence
is reportedly teaming up with acting heavyweight Stephen Graham for a powerful new TV drama - and it's tipped to go head-to-head with 2025's biggest hit, Adolescence. The pair, who last worked together in the 2009 cult horror Doghouse, are in early talks to create a hard-hitting series tackling some of the toughest issues facing society today. A source told The Mirror: 'It's a gritty new drama. They are currently thrashing out what they want to do but it will be in the vein of Adolescence. Something unflinching and moving.' Adolescence, which starred Stephen and was co-created by him and writer Jack Thorne, has become Netflix 's most-watched series of the year. It sparked a national debate and was even discussed in Parliament over its depiction of teenage misogyny and online safety. The series, which follows a father whose teenage son is arrested for murder, hit No1 in 71 countries and clocked up a staggering 66.3 million views in just two weeks. Danny, 47, has publicly praised his friend's work, saying: 'It's such an important subject, Steve. You've got to roll me into something. I want a bit of this.' Away from the cameras, it is reported the duo are also planning to reunite on a more personal level, organising a double date with wives Joanne Mas and Hannah Walters. MailOnline has contacted Danny and Stephen's representatives. It comes after Danny recently revealed he left locals wide-eyed in shock when he ran through a council estate 'stark naked' while filming Mr. Bigstuff. After the success of its first series, the second instalment of the Sky comedy-drama is set to hit screens later this year. The show follows two estranged and rather contrasting brothers, Glen (Ryan Sampson) and Lee (Danny Dyer), as they discover that their father, who they thought was dead, is actually alive. But during filming for the show's second series, which has now finished, Danny was asked to do something not many actors have done before - run through a British council estate fully nude. He and his co-star Ryan told Amanda Holden and Jamie Theakston about the hilarious scene on Wednesday during an appearance on Heart Breakfast. As well as working on the production side of things for Adolescence, Hannah also had a camep role in the series as the teacher Mrs Bailey in episode two Ryan explained: 'So, series two, end of the first episode, it got quite a visceral... Shall we say a full-frontal moment?', before Danny revealed: 'Nudity.' Ryan continued: 'There's a full-frontal moment, and it's in a public place as well. And I wasn't sure whether Danny would to do it or whatever, but he's completely up for it.' 'It's a scene where I'm running through a council estate, yeah, stark naked,' Dyer quipped. 'I read it, I laughed. I thought you know, "it's got to be done". The first ep is about Lee, he's been emasculated. So he's just moping about all day, so irritated. 'He needs to find his mojo, I was going to say his plums!,' the former EastEnders actor laughed. 'Anyways, so there's this amazing scene at the end where I'm sort of chasing someone down the street, and I've got a towel, and I take the towel off, and I use it as some sort of lasso. 'I mean, you're sort of reading it going, "How on Earth are we going to do this?"' Ryan went onto describe the moment Danny whipped off the towel and sprinted through the estate, with a local even spotting him as he did so. 'Like, I thought we were going to shut the road down or something. Actually, nope. It's just a real suburban street! 'So, I'm stood at the other end of the street and he's running, and there's this man on his phone. Danny is running down, and this man goes - he's outside the house - and he goes on a phone, "Sorry babe, I'm going to have to get back to you, because there's a man running down the street naked, and I'm not being funny, he looks like Mick from EastEnders".' Danny played Mick, who owned the Queen Victoria pub in the popular BBC soap, for a nine-year period beginning in 2013.
Arab News
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Arab News
The best TV shows of the year so far
'Adolescence' This harrowing drama, created by actor Stephen Graham (who also stars) and writer Jack Thorne and directed by Philip Barantini, will surely clean up at the next round of major awards. The story of 13-year-old Jamie Miller, accused of the murder of a schoolmate, and his family was practically flawless in every aspect, from the excellent ensemble cast (including breakout star Owen Cooper, who plays Jamie) to the extraordinary technical skill (each of its four episodes was shot in a single take). 'The balletic production processes that must have been involved are simply staggering, but they suck the audience in and refuse to let them go, demanding we share in every uncomfortable second,' our reviewer wrote. ''Adolescence' may be one of the most upsetting shows released this year — at times, it's excruciating — but it is also a remarkable work of art.' 'Severance' S2 The wonderfully weird world of Apple's sci-fi comedy-drama was expanded far beyond the walls of the Lumon offices in season two, as Mark S (Adam Scott) and his team of data refiners dealt with the fallout from their successful, if brief, escape from their 'severed' floor — where work and out-of-work memories and personalities are controlled and delineated by a chip embedded in their brains — and alert the outside world to the cruelties of their working conditions. Season two had that same blend of surreal silliness and nightmarish anxiety that made the show so popular — as our reviewer said: 'Creator Dan Erickson and director Ben Stiller waste no time in rediscovering the subtle blend of tangible oddness and sinister dystopian creepiness that made the first season such an uncomfortable joy.' 'Severance' remains smart, thought-provoking, entertaining, and utterly absorbing. 'Mo' S2 The second season of Mo Amer's semi-autobiographical comedy drama — in which he plays Mo Najjar, a Kuwait-born Palestinian refugee living in Houston, Texas, with his mother Yusra (the superb Farah Bsieso), and his older brother Sameer (Omar Elba), who've been waiting more than two decades to have their asylum case heard — proved that the success of season one was no fluke. Amer, our reviewer wrote, continued to explore 'incredibly complex and divisive topics — family, religion, imbalance of power, exile, mental health, parenthood, multiculturalism and much more — with an artful lightness of touch, without ever taking them lightly.' The finale — in which the family finally head to Palestine for the first time in more than 20 years — was a triumph of storytelling. 'Black Mirror' S7 Charlie Brooker's near-future-set sci-fi anthology series — which has, since its inception, proven frighteningly prophetic — continued to explore familiar themes in its seventh season, most especially the terrifying potential technology has to reshape our existence. But it did so with a slightly softer touch that suggests Brooker's cynicism is mellowing just a little — and it was the richer for it. It doesn't hurt that some fine actors continue to line up to feature in the show — this season saw Rashida Jones, Awkwafina, Peter Capaldi, Paul Giamatti, Emma Corrin, Issa Rae, Patsy Ferran and many more on the roster. And, of course, there was that sequel — the first in the show's history — to a 'Black Mirror' classic: season four's 'USS Callister.' 'Andor' S2 It seems a shame that what was by far the strongest of the many TV spinoffs from 'Star Wars' was just two seasons long, but maybe that limitation was the reason why it was the strongest: it cut out the indulgent exposition. We already knew what was coming — at least, if you'd seen 'Rogue One' you did, and if you hadn't seen it then why on earth were you watching a 'Star Wars' spinoff? Its story of a population rising up against the erosion of their rights was both convincing and timely. 'With 'Andor,' (creator Tony) Gilroy and (star Diego) Luna have truly set the gold standard for what future 'Star Wars' can be,' our reviewer wrote. 'Not just a space opera, but real stories of transformation and beauty.' 'The Studio' Apple's star-studded comedy about a newly appointed Hollywood studio head (Matt Remick, played by Seth Grogan), who believes himself to be a supporter of great art, but quickly discovers that he'll have to park his principles and chase the money, was as sharp a satire as you could wish to see. 'Even though 'The Studio' is a TV show about the movie business, it still manages to skewer both industries,' our reviewer wrote. 'At every turn, Remick is confronted by the inherent silliness of the movie business, and we get to watch it in a series of episodic, bingeable installments, each bursting with cameos and a satirical swipe at everything from celebrity culture to pretentious auteurs.'
New York Times
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘Adolescence' Leads Limited Series Category With 13 Emmy Nods
'Adolescence,' the hit Netflix series turned water-cooler talker about Jamie Miller, a teenage boy who is accused of killing a girl from his school, received 13 Emmy nominations on Tuesday, including one for best limited series or anthology. Stephen Graham, who played the teen's father, Eddie, received a nod for best lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie, and Owen Cooper, who played the troubled teen, Jamie, was nominated in the outstanding supporting actor category alongside Ashley Walters, who played a detective. Cooper's nomination makes him the youngest ever nominee in that category, according to Deadline. Erin Doherty, who played a psychologist in the series, was nominated for outstanding supporting actress alongside Christine Tremarco, who played Jamie's mother, Manda. Philip Barantini received a directing nomination, and Graham and Jack Thorne, who created and wrote the series, picked up a nod for outstanding writing. The show was released in mid-March and resonated with audiences. It quickly became the most watched show on Netflix in dozens of countries, according to the streamer. 'Adolescence' and its themes inspired so much chatter that it reignited discussions in Britain on whether the government should restrict children's access to smartphones. (A major question in the series concerns the extent to which Jamie may have been radicalized by misogynistic ideas online.) Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the House of Commons that he had watched it with his two children and that action had to be taken to address the 'fatal consequences' of young men and boys viewing harmful content on the internet. In June, 'Adolescence' won three trophies at the second annual Gotham Television Awards, including one for breakthrough limited series. Graham won for best lead performance in a limited series and Cooper shared a win with Jenny Slate of 'Dying for Sex' for best supporting performance. Graham and Cooper's onscreen bond was a highlight for critics, and there was much discussion around the series's third episode, in which Doherty's psychologist interviews Jamie. Cooper told The New York Times in April that he had initially been uncomfortable with the script. 'Before every take, I just thought, 'I'm never, ever going to be able to do this again, so I'm just going to put my all into it,'' he said. In the same interview, Graham said that there were no plans for a sequel. 'It's a stand-alone thing,' he said. 'I'm not saying there will be, but if there's a possibility of a Series 2, we would follow something completely different.' The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on Sept. 14 in Los Angeles. CBS will broadcast the ceremony.
Telegraph
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Adolescence's Emmys triumph proves America is finally taking British TV seriously
It is with some irony that it took a show called Adolescence for American viewers to finally grow up, but Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham's unsparing social drama has triumphed in the States where many other superb British dramas have foundered. With 13 Emmy nominations, the remarkable thing about it is that Adolescence is the sort of gritty social realism that our American cousins have found difficult to digest. British television has always found favour in America, it's just they prefer something far more heightened to the reality of day-to-day UK life. They lap up the chocolate box (Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife), the fantastical (Sherlock, Luther), the quirky (Slow Horses, Fleabag), and tend to shun anything that resembles our proud tradition of kitchen-sink drama. Happy Valley, for instance, made barely a ripple on the other side of the Atlantic, while Thorne and Graham's other TV triumph, This Is England (86, 88 and 90), is no more than a curio. 'Jimmy McGovern' would be the answer to a supremely difficult pub quiz question in America. British television isn't reality in the US. It's toffs and knights and lords and ladies, it's charming working-class tinkers and jolly amateur bakers, it's quirky detectives and honourable spies. There is a reason that Game of Thrones was made with British accents – Britain is the land of fantasy. Or, at best, the land of history. Take a glance at the most popular shows on PBS Masterpiece and you'll find Grantchester, All Creatures Great and Small, Poldark and The Durrells. All completely charming; all, essentially, cartoons. Adolescence is a different breed entirely, a grim and grimy naturalistic drama about a young boy in a northern town whose life is bent tragically out of shape by the toxic influence of the online 'manosphere'. Even Baby Reindeer, which picked up 11 nominations last year, despite its hard-hitting topics of stalking and sexual abuse, was appealingly off-kilter and had the whiff of a cracking true-crime podcast. Adolescence gives the American viewer absolutely no sugar whatsoever. And if it has whetted the appetite stateside for gritty British drama, they have a treasure trove of a back catalogue to catch up on. Away from Adolescence, the nominations will have surprised no one. A mixture of Emmy beloveds (Hacks, The White Lotus, Severance, Andor, The Bear) and glossy newcomers with A-list stars (The Penguin, The Studio, The Pitt, Paradise). The Emmy voters seem not to care when a series has gone stale (The Bear) or when an actor they love is in a terrible show (Uzo Aduba in the already cancelled The Residence). They seem resistant to anything that smells of 'art' – no major nominations for Nathan Fielder's sensational The Rehearsal makes them look a little, well, a little Golden Globe-y. Let us hope that Adolescence sweeps the board – I am rooting for Owen Cooper, 15, to become the youngest ever Emmy acting winner, while seasoned British TV viewers will be utterly delighted by Christine Tremarco's (who played youngster Jamie's mother) nomination – and that it shows wider America that the British can do serious, grown-up television every bit as well as they can.
