“The Last of Us” is a story about survival, and the show continues to stay very much alive at the top of the Samba TV Weekly Wrap streaming chart. The Max/HBO (soon to be HBO Max again) title has held the title for five consecutive weeks now. And, with its season two finale coming this Sunday, May 25, we haven’t seen the last of it either.
Week after week, challengers have tested “The Last of Us” but come up short in unseating the strong series. This week’s challenger for the top spot is “Nonnas,” the Netflix comedy that moved up one spot from last week. It’s trailed by “MobLand,” a star-studded Paramount+ drama that made the chart for the first time this week after premiering in March. With two episodes left in its debut season, “MobLand” is yet another example of a show that has grown sufficient buzz over the course of weekly episodes, while titles released in the binge model tend to fall down the chart quickly.
Case in point: The Netflix miniseries “The Four Seasons” held the second spot for two straight weeks but dropped to sixth this week.
Netflix places two real-life stories on the chart this week. First is the true crime documentary series “A Deadly American Marriage,” which rises two spots up to fourth. Fifth is the docu-series “American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden,” which outlines the hunt for the terrorist leader.
“Your Friends & Neighbors” remains a strong title for Apple TV+. The Jon Hamm-led series is in seventh this week, down two spots from last week.
The premiere season of the Netflix teen drama “Forever” is eighth this week, gaining significant steam after being added to the service on May 8. It’s followed by “Bad Thoughts,” another new Netflix title that describes itself as “a comedy series where intrusive thoughts win.”
Closing out the list is “The Handmaid’s Tale,” down three spots from last week.
Switching channels to linear, “American Idol” grabs the top two spots again, aided by its season 23 grand finale on May 18, where Jamal Roberts was crowned the winner.
NBC’s rival singing competition “The Voice” is third this week, poised to grab the top spot next when we have viewership for its two-night finale on May 19 and 20.
CBS’s “Tracker” concluded its second season last week, making “Chicago Med” the top scripted show this week. The NBC mainstay lands at fourth. “FBI” on CBS is fifth, “Chicago Fire” closes out the scripted fare in seventh.
SNL’s season finale with host Scarlett Johansson comes in sixth this week. “America’s Funniest Home Videos” is eighth, and “Wheel of Fortune” closes us out with the final two spots on the chart.
The Wrap Report provides an exclusive first look at the most-watched movies and TV series from the past week across both streaming and linear television, sourced from viewership trends collected from Samba TV’s panel of more than 3 million households, balanced to the U.S. Census.
