‘Kaleidoscope’ Dethroned In Netflix’s Top 10 List By A New Show

The reign of Wednesday may finally be over, as instead of resurfacing to #1 again, it is slowly sliding down the Top 10 list on Netflix, currently at #4, though perhaps the news that season 2 has officially been greenlit may give it yet another boost.

For now, however, we have new champion. That would be the return of Ginny and Georgia, which has returned to unseat heist thriller Kaleidoscope at the #1 show, actually debuting at #1, which indicates a strong performance for the second season.

Ginny and Georgia is the type of show Netflix loves lately, low budget, no huge A-list stars to pay, high viewership. So even as Netflix becomes a graveyard of series, many of which focus on teen girls, Ginny and Georgia is an exception, and this strong debut may be an indicator of further renewal. But with Netflix, honestly, who knows.

As for Kaleidoscope, which has been bumped down to #2, it didn’t last all that long in the top spot, and reviews have not been great, with a 50% from critics and a similar 52% from fans, not that Netflix remotely cares about reviews at all. The series is pitched as a Limited offering, meaning in theory, there are no metrics to hit for a season 2 renewal. The core concept of “watch the episodes in any order” would be a hard one to replicate for another season. It feels like an experiment that didn’t really work for most people.

Elsewhere on the list, we have Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street, a four episode documentary about the Ponzi scheme overlord. I suppose it’s mildly better than another serial killer docuseries. I could see this one rising up a bit more. The rest of the list is mostly falling past champions like Emily in Paris and The Recruit. Interestingly, Alice in Borderland is still hanging on at #10, even in the US. I wonder how well that show has to do in order to secure a third season.

I expect Ginny and Georgia will stay on top for a while, though again, season 2 renewal may spark a fresh wave of interesting in Wednesday. Stay tuned.

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