At NBCUniversal’s cocktail reception last Wednesday, the company’s executives were all touting the debut of the buzzy new Peacock limited series All Her Fault starring Emmy-winning Succession alumna Sarah Snook. We have the 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 November 6, topped the weekly Luminate rankings for November 7-13 with 33.6 million hours watched. That is three times the viewing for the No. 2 series on the list, Netflix’s historical miniseries Death By Lightning, which garnered 11.7M hours watched over the same period after also debuting November 6. Both were binge drops with a qualifier — All Her Fault consists of eight episodes; Death by Lightning has four.
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 top the list, just not by as much. (In a promising early sign, the Carnival/Universal International Studios-produced thriller made Luminate’s Top 50 the previous week (October 31-November 6), ranking at No. 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 top spot twice over the summer with reality hit 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 No. 3 for the week with 6.7M hours watched over all Season 3 episodes available to date.
It was followed at No. 4 by Vince Gilligan’s new drama Pluribus, which logged 6.4M hours with just the first two episodes released November 7. That is a strong showing amid reports of the Apple TV app crashing from high demand after the episodes were put up on the platform. The post-apocalyptic science fiction drama from Sony TV stars Rhea Seehorn, making it a potent ratings delivery for two new series with a female lead in All Her Fault and Pluribus. Both have been well reviewed, with Pluribus scoring 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. (All Her Fault‘s average is 77%.)
Another (not so well reviewed) female-led new show, Hulu’s much talked about legal drama All’s Fair starring Kim Kardashian, premiered November 4 with three episodes and also follows a weekly release patter. It was No. 13 overall with a respectable 3.9M hours.