Running Point
Running Point has had a phenomenal run on Netflix, a second season greenlit even as it still stood at #1 on the top 10 list where it has been indefinitely. Well, outside of a few occasions.
Once again, it’s Tuesday, and the #1 show on the service is WWE Monday Night RAW, where now on the Road to Wrestlemania and after the wild events of Elimination Chamber, it’s more popular than ever. For a few weeks, there were times where RAW was not the number one show the day after it aired, but now it seems like a sure thing given the state of the storylines and the time of the year. This episode specifically had a great match with CM Punk, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, where Reigns unexpectedly showed up and stampeded over everyone. You can watch the ending of that here.
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As for Running Point, I would expect it to regain its top spot tomorrow, given that it’s hard to see what might unseat it in the near future. My guess would be some sort of True Crime show, as that tends to happens without big scripted shows arriving, and I’m not seeing anything that significant in the coming weeks here.
The rest of the list has Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black at #3, which has returned for more episodes in its sprawling 16 episode season. Love is Blind is at #4 given that we are in wedding season, and a clip of a woman rejecting her fiancé at the altar is going viral, due to the fact that he was an anti-vaxxer (I believe she took him back later?).
Robert De Niro’s Zero Day is finally moving down the list after a solid run, but as a miniseries, is not looking for a season 2 pickup. What may be the most popular show internationally right now is Medusa, a Colombian telenovela that has arrived with 12 episodes and not exactly great reviews. The show I just finished, Formula 1: Drive to Survive, is down at #10, despite an exciting year, and I wonder if Netflix might be questioning if it’s worth continuing it as interest may be flagging. I bet they will though.
The biggest Netflix event of the week is not a show, but a movie, the Russo Bros’ Electric State starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, which has disastrous reviews (a 20% on Rotten Tomatoes) despite being apparently one of the most expensive movies ever made, raising questions about Netflix’s judgement and the future Avengers-directing Russos. We’ll see how that goes.
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