{"id":873904,"date":"2026-08-28T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/873904\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T00:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T00:00:09","slug":"big-bang-theory-ride-or-die-streaming-ratings-july-27-aug-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/873904\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Big Bang Theory,&#8217; &#8216;Ride or Die&#8217;: Streaming Ratings July 27-Aug. 2, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThough it\u2019s been one of the most streamed shows in the United States for the past three-plus years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/big-bang-theory\/\" id=\"auto-tag_big-bang-theory_1\" data-tag=\"big-bang-theory\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Big Bang Theory<\/a> had never reached the top of the Nielsen charts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tEmphasis on had: The comedy took over the No. 1 overall spot in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/streaming-ratings\/\" id=\"auto-tag_streaming-ratings_1\" data-tag=\"streaming-ratings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">streaming ratings<\/a> for the week of July 27-Aug. 2 with 1.14 billion minutes of viewing time. The Big Bang Theory grew a little bit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/streaming-ratings-july-20-26-2026-1236678107\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">week to week<\/a> and was the only series or movie to record more than a billion viewing minutes \u2014\u00a0which it did for the third straight week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIt was a rather quiet week for original series, led by Netflix\u2019s true crime show The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare with 864 million minutes of watch time. That\u2019s the lowest weekly total for the No. 1 show on the originals list in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/streaming-ratings-aug-19-25-2024-1236007404\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nearly two years<\/a>. On the plus side for originals, Netflix\u2019s Ransom Canyon (816 million minutes) grew by about 9 percent the week after its season two premiere, and Prime Video\u2019s Ride or Die (786 million) fell off by only 15 percent in its third week \u2014 fairly strong retention for a binge-release show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/ted-lasso\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ted-lasso_1\" data-tag=\"ted-lasso\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ted Lasso<\/a> (446 milion minutes for Apple TV) returned to the top 10 a week before its fourth season premiered, and Hulu\u2019s Furious (372 million) \u2014\u00a0which was just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/furious-renewed-season-2-hulu-1236683341\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">renewed for a second season<\/a> \u2014\u00a0debuted in 10th place with its first four episodes. Will Ferrell\u2019s The Hawk plummeted in its third week, falling 59 percent to 383 million minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/the-devil-wears-prada-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-devil-wears-prada-2_1\" data-tag=\"the-devil-wears-prada-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/a> led the movies chart and finished second overall with 911 million viewing minutes for the week of its streaming premiere on Disney+ and Hulu. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie also had a solid start with 777 million minutes on Peacock. The previous week\u2019s overall No. 1, Masters of the Universe, fell to fourth among movies with 588 million viewing minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tNielsen\u2019s streaming ratings cover viewing on TV sets only and don\u2019t include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices. The ratings only measure U.S. audiences. The top streaming titles for July 27-Aug. 2, 2026, are below.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Though it\u2019s been one of the most streamed shows in the United States for the past three-plus years,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,5425,60683,23522,32043,348,2088],"class_list":["post-873904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-streaming-ratings","tag-ted-lasso","tag-the-big-bang-theory","tag-the-devil-wears-prada-2","tag-tv","tag-tv-ratings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}