At NBCUniversal’s cocktail reception last Wednesday, the company’s executives were all touting the debut of the new Peacock special series All Her Fault starring Emmy-winning Succession alumna Sarah Snook. We have first official data, and it confirms a strong launch for the twisty thriller about the kidnaping of a child that tears a family apart.
All Her Fault, which was released Nov. 6, topped the weekly Luminate rankings for Nov. 7-13 with 33.6M hours watched. That is three times the viewing for the No.2 on the list, Netflix’s historical miniseries Death By Lightning, which garnered 11.7 hours watched over the same period after also debuting Nov. 6. Both were binge drops with a qualifier — All Her Fault consists of 8 episodes; Death by Lightning of 4. Luminate, which measures streaming ratings in the U.S., does not do views, which would make comparisons apples to apples. If they did, All Her Fault would still leading the list, just not by as much. (In a promising early sign, the UCP-produced thriller made Luminate’s leading 50 the previous week (10/31-11/6), ranking at #46 with 1.1M hours amassed in its first day of availability.)
This is believed to be the first time a Peacock original scripted series has been No. 1 since the Luminate weekly rankings were introduced; the streamer took the leading spot twice over the summer with reality banger Love Island.
In the case of All Her Fault, releasing all episodes at once helped the show score as the Luminate rankings are based on total viewing, which puts series that release episodes weekly, like Peacock’s Poker Face as well as Paramount+’s Taylor Sherdian dramas, at a disadvantage.
Sheridan’s Tulsa King, which is headed toward its season finale, was #3 for the week with 6.7M hours watched overall all Season 3 episodes available to date.
It was followed in #4 by Vince Gilligan’s new drama Pluribus, which logged 6.4M hours with just the first two episodes released Nov. 7. That is a strong showing amid reports of the Apple TV app crashing from high demand after the two episodes were put up on the platform. The post-apocalyptic science fiction drama, starring Rhea Seehorn, comes from Sony TV.
Hulu’s much talked about All’s Fair, which premiered 11/4 with three episodes as it also follows a weekly release pattern, was No.13 with respectable 3.9M hours.
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