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	The latest streaming and TV ratings, box office grosses, industry data — and narratives behind the numbers.Updated daily: Aug. 29, 2026Edited by Erik Hayden and Rick Porter














	↑ Netflix’s Ransom Canyon (816 million minutes) grew by about 9 percent the week after its season two premiere, and Prime Video’s Ride or Die (786 million) fell off by only 15 percent in its third week — fairly strong retention for a binge-release show.












	↑ The Devil Wears Prada 2 led the movies chart and finished second overall with 911 million viewing minutes for the week of its streaming premiere on Disney+ and Hulu. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie also had a solid start with 777 million minutes on Peacock. The previous week’s overall No. 1, Masters of the Universe, fell to fourth among movies with 588 million viewing minutes.












	↑  It was a rather quiet week for original series, led by Netflix’s true crime show The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare with 864 million minutes of watch time. That’s the lowest weekly total for the No. 1 show on the originals list in nearly two years.












	↑  Though it’s been one of the most streamed shows in the United States for the past three-plus years, The Big Bang Theory had never reached the top of the Nielsen charts until this week.












	↑ While an NFL preseason game between the Seahawks and Titans led the primetime rankings, the two most watched network shows of the week aired earlier in the day: ABC’s World News Tonight (8.25 million viewers) and the NBC’s Nightly News (6.46 million).




	What’s premiering on TV this week:




	Saturday, Aug. 297:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT: Saturday Night College Football (ABC)




	Sunday, Aug. 3011:30 p.m.: The Robot Chicken Adult Swim Special (Adult Swim)












	↑ Sony and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day surpassed 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home to become the No. 3 highest-grossing film ever at the domestic box office. This also puts Brand New Day as Sony’s highest-grossing domestic film after it set the record last weekend for the top global release in the studio’s history.




























	↑ With all attention on a rapidly consolidating media industry, a look at Nielsen’s latest Media Distributor Gauge is striking: Yes, YouTube is still dominating, but look at Paramount (which includes CBS and Paramount+) in this ranking just below Netflix in total TV use. “Netflix received a boost from acquired series La Brea, which was the second most-streamed title of the month with over 4 billion viewing minutes,” Nielsen noted. And that’s before Paramount CEO David Ellison will get to add in Warner Bros. Discovery’s 6 percent share if his $111 billion deal eventually closes. Another wild card, keep in mind that if Lachlan Murdoch has his way that 3 percent you see on The Roku Channel will be added in to Fox if his $22 billion deal closes.













	↑ Grosses for Moulin Rouge! jumped up by more than $1 million last week, reaching $2.2 million, as original cast member Aaron Tveit rejoined the cast for the end of the show’s run.