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Netflix’s two top film and TV executives said the streaming service still has plenty of room for progress with diversity, but predicted results in 2020 will likely show improvement over 2019 when all of the numbers are tallied. “I think we are definitely going to improve,” TV chief Bela Bajaria said. “If you think…

Bridgerton, which has become Netflix’s biggest series ever, continues to raise the bar as the series-turned-cultural phenomenon handed Julia Quinn and the Vitamin String Quartet boosts in book sales and streams, respectively. Netflix revealed that following the show’s explosive December debut, Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton…

Netflix’s offering of Criminal Minds was the most-viewed show on streaming platforms in the last week of January, according to Nielsen’s latest Top 10 list released Thursday. The popularity of Criminal Minds been the fuel for news just this week. Paramount+ confirmed yesterday it is rebooting the hit CBS procedural…

With Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page as host, evoking the hugely popular Netflix series on Saturday Night Live was inevitable. After Page channeled his Simon Basset character in the opening monologue while trying to convince viewers that “he’s just a normal guy” and nothing like the Duke, the British-Zimbabwean actor…

He’s daring, he’s dashing, he’s straight out of a bodice ripper par excellence. And now, he’s coming to Saturday Night Live this week. We’re talking, of course, about Rege’-Jean Page, who has stolen the nation’s hearts with his portrayal of the rugged Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, on the Netflix period drama Bridgert…

Henry Danger, a popular superhero show on Nickelodeon from 2014 to 2020, saw its first three seasons on Netflix land at No. 4 on Nielsen’s U.S. streaming rankings for January 18 to 24. Bridgerton repeated at No. 1, collecting 1.06 billion minutes of viewing during the week, its fifth consecutive week past the 1…

Regé-Jean Page is going from the Regency-era romance of Shonda Rhimes’s wildly popular Bridgerton on Netflix to the sword-wielding, role-playing action of Paramount’s forthcoming movie adaptation of Dungeons & Dragons. The actor has been cast in a leading role in the movie based on the iconic game franchise from…

EXCLUSIVE: Bridgerton has found its Kate. Simone Ashley (Sex Education, Because the Night) has been tapped as the female lead opposite Jonathan Bailey in Season 2 of Netflix and Shondaland’s hugely popular Regency-era period drama series based on Julia Quinn's romance novels. The second season will chronicle the…

Bridgerton jumped back in front of Cobra Kai to retake the top spot in Nielsen’s U.S. streaming rankings for the week of January 11 to 17, with sci-fi movie Outside the Wire helping Netflix sweep the top 10. The Shonda Rhimes-produced period romance drew just shy of 1.4 billion total minutes of viewing, outpacing Cobra…

Netflix swapped one major hit for another on Nielsen’s streaming chart for the week of January 4 to 10, with Cobra Kai unseating Bridgerton to take the crown. Initially launched by YouTube as a premium show, Cobra Kai switched to Netflix for its second season and saw its popularity continue to rise after a third…

Bridgerton led a heavy-viewing New Year’s week, while Soul and The Office topped separate movie and acquired-show rankings, respectively, in Nielsen’s first expanded weekly snapshot of U.S. streaming. With 2.648 total minutes of streaming from December 28 to January 3, the 8-episode Bridgerton solidified its position…

Shondaland’s giant Netflix hit Bridgerton has scored its first major awards recognition with two SAG Award nominations, Drama Series ensemble and Male Actor in a drama series for Season 1 star Regé-Jean Page. It was one of several series that were surprisingly shut out completely from the Golden Globe nominations…