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Netflix binge drops viewership, HBO weekly wins growth

7/1/2026

Summary

Story summary

Netflix’s second-season viewership dropped, with Avatar down 59% to 8.7 million and Four Seasons down 63% to 4.4 million.
Beef fell 58% to 2.4 million while A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder lost 80% and A Man on the Inside missed the top-10.
Analysts say Netflix’s binge-release curtails week-long buzz that weekly releases on HBO generate.
HBO’s weekly-released The White Lotus grew 63% between seasons one and two and 57% for season three, illustrating the upside of that strategy.

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Story summary

Netflix’s second-season viewership dropped, with Avatar down 59% to 8.7 million and Four Seasons down 63% to 4.4 million.
Beef fell 58% to 2.4 million while A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder lost 80% and A Man on the Inside missed the top-10.
Analysts say Netflix’s binge-release curtails week-long buzz that weekly releases on HBO generate.
HBO’s weekly-released The White Lotus grew 63% between seasons one and two and 57% for season three, illustrating the upside of that strategy.