{"id":590011,"date":"2026-09-04T14:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/590011\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T14:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:08:14","slug":"tv-ratings-ted-lasso-season-4-opens-big-my-life-with-the-walter-boys-stronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/590011\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Ratings: Ted Lasso Season 4 Opens Big, My Life With The Walter Boys Stronger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                         &#13;<br \/>\n                                         &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Apple TV&#8217;s &#8220;Ted Lasso&#8221; returned in strong form on Nielsen&#8217;s streaming charts, racking up 866 million minutes viewed across 35 available episodes during the week of August 3\u20139, which included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvline.com\/2230366\/ted-lasso-season-4-episode-1-explained-jason-sudeikis-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Season 4 premiere on August 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Nielsen, the Season 4 opener\u00a0accounted for 36% of its total viewing.<\/p>\n<p>The comedy ranked No. 2 among streaming originals and No. 4 overall. Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;My Life With the Walter Boys,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvline.com\/2232940\/my-life-with-the-walter-boys-season-3-finale-ending-explained-jackie-cole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">which returned for Season 3 on August 6<\/a>, edged it out for the top spot among originals with 896 million minutes viewed across 30 available episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount+&#8217;s &#8220;Lioness,&#8221; which kicked off Season 3 on August 2, followed in third with 783 million minutes viewed across 18 episodes. Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;The Bombing of Pan Am 103&#8221; came in fourth with 562 million minutes viewed across six episodes during its second week (and first full week) of eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Video&#8217;s &#8220;Ride or Die,&#8221; which also stars &#8220;Ted Lasso&#8221; cast member Hannah Waddingham, rounded out the Top 5 with 506 million minutes viewed across eight episodes. Now in its fourth week of eligibility, the drama has remained among Nielsen&#8217;s Top 5 streaming originals for a full month. It has yet to be renewed for Season 2.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                Rounding Out the Top 10&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                                             &#13;<br \/>\n                                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rounding-out-the-top-10-1788526866.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvline.com\/2250967\/streaming-tv-ratings-ted-lasso-season-4-my-life-with-the-walter-boys-season-3\/\" data-post-id=\"2250967\" data-slide-num=\"1\" data-slide-title=\"Ratings: Ted Lasso Season 4 Starts Strong \u2014 But Which Streaming Original Came In At No. 1?: Rounding Out the Top 10...\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Nielsen Top 10 Originals Streaming - Week of August 3-9\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    Nielsen<\/p>\n<p>Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare&#8221; finished in sixth place with 451 million minutes viewed across three episodes, followed by Apple TV&#8217;s &#8220;Silo&#8221; at No. 7 with 437 million minutes viewed across 26 episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;Ransom Canyon,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvline.com\/2221474\/ransom-canyon-season-2-cast-exits-explained-davis-reid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">which returned for Season 2 on July 23<\/a>, fell from No. 2 to No. 8 three weeks after its sophomore premiere, drawing 410 million minutes viewed across 18 episodes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvline.com\/2240997\/sterling-point-renewed-season-2-prime-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Prime Video&#8217;s already-renewed &#8220;Sterling Point&#8221;<\/a> made its chart debut at No. 9 with 359 million minutes viewed across eight episodes, following its August 5 premiere.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;Ms. Rachel&#8221; closed out the Top 10 with 344 million minutes viewed across eight episodes.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                The Overall Top 10<\/p>\n<p>                                             &#13;<br \/>\n                                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/the-overall-top-10-1788526866.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvline.com\/2250967\/streaming-tv-ratings-ted-lasso-season-4-my-life-with-the-walter-boys-season-3\/\" data-post-id=\"2250967\" data-slide-num=\"2\" data-slide-title=\"Ratings: Ted Lasso Season 4 Starts Strong \u2014 But Which Streaming Original Came In At No. 1?: The Overall Top 10\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Nielsen Top 10 Overall Streaming - Week of August 3-9\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    Nielsen<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Big Bang Theory&#8221; topped the Overall chart with 1.06 billion minutes viewed across 281 episodes, followed by &#8220;House of the Dragon&#8221; at No. 2 with 940 million minutes viewed across 26 episodes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My Life With the Walter Boys&#8221; and &#8220;Ted Lasso&#8221; were the highest-ranking originals at Nos. 3 and 4, respectively, followed by Netflix movie &#8220;The Last House&#8221; at No. 5 with 838 million minutes viewed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bluey&#8221; came in sixth with 822 million minutes viewed, while &#8220;Grey&#8217;s Anatomy&#8221; followed closely behind at No. 7 with 816 million minutes. &#8220;Lioness&#8221; landed at No. 8, followed by &#8220;SpongeBob SquarePants&#8221; at No. 9.<\/p>\n<p>Fox&#8217;s &#8220;Best Medicine,&#8221; which made its Netflix debut on August 4 while remaining available on Hulu, rounded out the Overall Top 10 with 595 million minutes viewed across 13 episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Want the full breakdown? Scroll down to see how acquired series and movies ranked on their own charts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/it-V8bjw4-1788526747.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/it-V6z1VU-1788526736.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Apple TV&#8217;s &#8220;Ted Lasso&#8221; returned in strong form on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-590011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}