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5 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Fallout Season 2: Everything We Know About the Amazon Megahit's Return
More Fallout is coming. Eventually. More from TVLine Lester Holt Signs Off as NBC Nightly News Anchor - Will You Miss Him? What to Watch in June: Your Guide to 110+ Premieres Across Broadcast, Cable and Streaming Nicole Kidman Is Kay Scarpetta, Jamie Lee Curtis Her Sister in First Look at Patricia Cornwell Thriller Adaptation It has already been more than a year since Season 1 of the Prime Video series, based on the popular video game franchise, exploded onto our screens. But rest assured, there is much more to look forward to, as detailed below. Fallout — which with its freshman run delivered Prime Video's most-watched season globally since Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power — is set 200 years after the apocalypse, where Lucy (played by Ella Purnell), a denizen of a luxury fallout shelter/'vault,' found her peaceful nature tested when she was forced to the toxic (?) surface to locate her father (Twin Peaks' Kyle MacLachlan). Aaron Moten (NeXT) co-stars as Maximus, a young soldier rising in the ranks of the militaristic Brotherhood of Steel, while Walton Goggins (Justified) plays Western star Cooper Howard and his post-apocalyptic persona The Ghoul, a morally fluid bounty hunter. The three parties collided in Season 1 when chasing a researcher (Evil's Michael Emerson) who was in possession of an artifact with the potential to change the power dynamic in this dystopian hellscape. What all do we know about Season 2, and the hit series' future beyond that? Well…. Oh, it was big. Huge, really. Season 1 became one of Prime Video's top three most-watched titles ever, and it set multiple records along the way. In Nielsen's weekly U.S. rankings of streaming originals, Fallout 1) racked up the most minutes viewed for any Prime Video title, 2) became the first series outside of the Netflix platform to rack up 2 billion minutes viewed in consecutive weeks, and 3) was the first Prime Video series to top the Overall Top 10 chart three times in a row. What's more, Nielsen's 'Streaming Unwrapped' report for 2024 crowned Fallout the Top New Original Drama Series after it amassed 11.95 billion minutes streamed last year. Season 1 garnered 16 Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series, Lead Actor in a Drama (Walton Goggins), Special Visual Effects, Prosthetic Makeup, and Production Design. (It wound up grabbing Emmy gold once, for Outstanding Music Supervision.) Fallout's many kudos also include three Writers Guild of America Award nominations, Television Critics Association Award nods for Best Drama and Best New Program, and it won at the Art Directors Guild Awards for Excellence in Production Design for a One-Hour Fantasy Single-Camera Series. The new season will 'pick up in the aftermath of Season 1's epic finale and take audiences along for a journey through the wasteland of the Mojave to the post-apocalyptic city of New Vegas,' says Amazon. Said finale saw Lucy process a gut-punch of an epiphany — that her father, Hank, had a hands-on role in bombing Shady Sands — and in turn ally with the Ghoul to, among other things, go find his (meaning, Cooper Howard's) family. 'Will Lucy be able to hang on to her core?' in the wake of that bombshell and not devolve like The Ghoul, co-showrunner Graham Wagner asked in a THR Q&A. 'It's sort of a nature vs. nurture question. Has her time in a happy cozy vault steeled her against that? We will find out. What we're already into in Season 2 is exploring how far we want to push this character, how much do we want to see her hang onto to herself. It becomes the game of the show in its own way.' Goggins, meanwhile, told Deadline in February (see video below) that while he personally thought 'Season 1 was extraordinary,' the second season 'blows it out of the water, what these writers have done and the artisans that have come together to tell this story. It's really gonna be something. I can't wait for people to see it.' Walton Goggins teases #Fallout Season 2 : 'I thought Season 1 was extraordinary… This blows it out of the water' — Deadline (@DEADLINE) February 11, 2025 Returning cast members from Season 1 include, of course, Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets, Sweetpea), Walton Goggins (The White Lotus, The Righteous Gemstones) and Aaron Moten (Emancipation, Father Stu) — as Ella, The Ghoul/Cooper Howard and Maximus — as well as Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks) as Lucy's father Hank, Moisés Arias (The King of Staten Island) as Lucy's kid brother Norm, and Frances Turner (The Boys) as Cooper's wife/high-ranking Vault-Tec exec Barb Howard. The only reported cast addition for Season 2 is Macaulay Culkin in the recurring role of 'a crazy, genius-type character.' Culkin, of course, is best known for playing resourceful tyke Kevin McCallister in the 1990 holiday smash Home Alone and its 1992 sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. As a child actor, he also had memorable roles in My Girl and The Good Son. Culkin returned to acting as an adult, earning acclaim for his work in Party Monster and Saved!, among others. He more recently co-starred in Season 10 of FX's American Horror Story, dubbed Double Feature, and HBO's The Righteous Gemstones. If one looks closely once Season 2 arrives, you might detect that Fallout relocated its base of operations from New York to California (specifically, Santa Clarita aka NCIS-land) after receiving a $25 million tax credit. (Season 1 also filmed in New Jersey, Utah and, for the Wasteland scenes, Kolmanskop, Namibia.) As one result of the move to the West Coast, you might spy 'less gray skies,' co-showrunner Geneva Robertson-Dworet told THR. 'That was tricky about New York. We were shooting partially in the summer and partially in the middle of winter. And some of those exteriors, the gray skies, they're just not as beautiful.' Would you settle for a release month…? At Prime Video's Upfronts presentation on May 12, cast members Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten and Walton Goggins appeared onstage to announce that Season 2 will premiere this December, in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. That means some 20 months will have elapsed between seasons. TVLine will of course keep you posted on the precise release date for Season 2. In a way, there already is! At Amazon's annual Upfront presentation held May 12, it was also announced that Fallout has already been renewed for a third season. 'The holidays came a little early this year — we are thrilled to be ending the world all over again for a third season of Fallout,' said executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. 'On behalf of our brilliant cast and crew, our showrunners Geneva [Robertson-Dworet] and Graham [Wagner], and our partners at Bethesda, we're grateful to our incredible collaborators at Amazon MGM Studios and to the amazing fans as we continue our adventures in the wasteland together.' So, then, maybe the question is: Will there be a Season 4, and maybe more? 'Look, we've talked about three seasons and we've talked about five seasons…,' co-showrunner Graham Wagner told THR. 'Given the success of the show, five is suddenly feeling a little more appealing. But the industry is a temperamental thing and we kind of have to go into each season being like, 'This is our last.' Want scoop on , or for any other TV show? Shoot an email to InsideLine@ and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line! Best of TVLine Young Sheldon Easter Eggs: Every Nod to The Big Bang Theory (and Every Future Reveal) Across 7 Seasons Weirdest TV Crossovers: Always Sunny Meets Abbott, Family Guy vs. Simpsons, Nine-Nine Recruits New Girl and More ER Turns 30: See the Original County General Crew, Then and Now
Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Fallout Season 2: Everything We Know About the Amazon Megahit's Return
More Fallout is coming. Eventually. More from TVLine Lester Holt Signs Off as NBC Nightly News Anchor - Will You Miss Him? What to Watch in June: Your Guide to 110+ Premieres Across Broadcast, Cable and Streaming Nicole Kidman Is Kay Scarpetta, Jamie Lee Curtis Her Sister in First Look at Patricia Cornwell Thriller Adaptation It has already been more than a year since Season 1 of the Prime Video series, based on the popular video game franchise, exploded onto our screens. But rest assured, there is much more to look forward to, as detailed below. Fallout — which with its freshman run delivered Prime Video's most-watched season globally since Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power — is set 200 years after the apocalypse, where Lucy (played by Ella Purnell), a denizen of a luxury fallout shelter/'vault,' found her peaceful nature tested when she was forced to the toxic (?) surface to locate her father (Twin Peaks' Kyle MacLachlan). Aaron Moten (NeXT) co-stars as Maximus, a young soldier rising in the ranks of the militaristic Brotherhood of Steel, while Walton Goggins (Justified) plays Western star Cooper Howard and his post-apocalyptic persona The Ghoul, a morally fluid bounty hunter. The three parties collided in Season 1 when chasing a researcher (Evil's Michael Emerson) who was in possession of an artifact with the potential to change the power dynamic in this dystopian hellscape. What all do we know about Season 2, and the hit series' future beyond that? Well…. Oh, it was big. Huge, really. Season 1 became one of Prime Video's top three most-watched titles ever, and it set multiple records along the way. In Nielsen's weekly U.S. rankings of streaming originals, Fallout 1) racked up the most minutes viewed for any Prime Video title, 2) became the first series outside of the Netflix platform to rack up 2 billion minutes viewed in consecutive weeks, and 3) was the first Prime Video series to top the Overall Top 10 chart three times in a row. What's more, Nielsen's 'Streaming Unwrapped' report for 2024 crowned Fallout the Top New Original Drama Series after it amassed 11.95 billion minutes streamed last year. Season 1 garnered 16 Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series, Lead Actor in a Drama (Walton Goggins), Special Visual Effects, Prosthetic Makeup, and Production Design. (It wound up grabbing Emmy gold once, for Outstanding Music Supervision.) Fallout's many kudos also include three Writers Guild of America Award nominations, Television Critics Association Award nods for Best Drama and Best New Program, and it won at the Art Directors Guild Awards for Excellence in Production Design for a One-Hour Fantasy Single-Camera Series. The new season will 'pick up in the aftermath of Season 1's epic finale and take audiences along for a journey through the wasteland of the Mojave to the post-apocalyptic city of New Vegas,' says Amazon. Said finale saw Lucy process a gut-punch of an epiphany — that her father, Hank, had a hands-on role in bombing Shady Sands — and in turn ally with the Ghoul to, among other things, go find his (meaning, Cooper Howard's) family. 'Will Lucy be able to hang on to her core?' in the wake of that bombshell and not devolve like The Ghoul, co-showrunner Graham Wagner asked in a THR Q&A. 'It's sort of a nature vs. nurture question. Has her time in a happy cozy vault steeled her against that? We will find out. What we're already into in Season 2 is exploring how far we want to push this character, how much do we want to see her hang onto to herself. It becomes the game of the show in its own way.' Goggins, meanwhile, told Deadline in February (see video below) that while he personally thought 'Season 1 was extraordinary,' the second season 'blows it out of the water, what these writers have done and the artisans that have come together to tell this story. It's really gonna be something. I can't wait for people to see it.' Walton Goggins teases #Fallout Season 2 : 'I thought Season 1 was extraordinary… This blows it out of the water' — Deadline (@DEADLINE) February 11, 2025 Returning cast members from Season 1 include, of course, Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets, Sweetpea), Walton Goggins (The White Lotus, The Righteous Gemstones) and Aaron Moten (Emancipation, Father Stu) — as Ella, The Ghoul/Cooper Howard and Maximus — as well as Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks) as Lucy's father Hank, Moisés Arias (The King of Staten Island) as Lucy's kid brother Norm, and Frances Turner (The Boys) as Cooper's wife/high-ranking Vault-Tec exec Barb Howard. The only reported cast addition for Season 2 is Macaulay Culkin in the recurring role of 'a crazy, genius-type character.' Culkin, of course, is best known for playing resourceful tyke Kevin McCallister in the 1990 holiday smash Home Alone and its 1992 sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. As a child actor, he also had memorable roles in My Girl and The Good Son. Culkin returned to acting as an adult, earning acclaim for his work in Party Monster and Saved!, among others. He more recently co-starred in Season 10 of FX's American Horror Story, dubbed Double Feature, and HBO's The Righteous Gemstones. If one looks closely once Season 2 arrives, you might detect that Fallout relocated its base of operations from New York to California (specifically, Santa Clarita aka NCIS-land) after receiving a $25 million tax credit. (Season 1 also filmed in New Jersey, Utah and, for the Wasteland scenes, Kolmanskop, Namibia.) As one result of the move to the West Coast, you might spy 'less gray skies,' co-showrunner Geneva Robertson-Dworet told THR. 'That was tricky about New York. We were shooting partially in the summer and partially in the middle of winter. And some of those exteriors, the gray skies, they're just not as beautiful.' Would you settle for a release month…? At Prime Video's Upfronts presentation on May 12, cast members Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten and Walton Goggins appeared onstage to announce that Season 2 will premiere this December, in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. That means some 20 months will have elapsed between seasons. TVLine will of course keep you posted on the precise release date for Season 2. In a way, there already is! At Amazon's annual Upfront presentation held May 12, it was also announced that Fallout has already been renewed for a third season. 'The holidays came a little early this year — we are thrilled to be ending the world all over again for a third season of Fallout,' said executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. 'On behalf of our brilliant cast and crew, our showrunners Geneva [Robertson-Dworet] and Graham [Wagner], and our partners at Bethesda, we're grateful to our incredible collaborators at Amazon MGM Studios and to the amazing fans as we continue our adventures in the wasteland together.' So, then, maybe the question is: Will there be a Season 4, and maybe more? 'Look, we've talked about three seasons and we've talked about five seasons…,' co-showrunner Graham Wagner told THR. 'Given the success of the show, five is suddenly feeling a little more appealing. But the industry is a temperamental thing and we kind of have to go into each season being like, 'This is our last.' Want scoop on , or for any other TV show? Shoot an email to InsideLine@ and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line! Best of TVLine Young Sheldon Easter Eggs: Every Nod to The Big Bang Theory (and Every Future Reveal) Across 7 Seasons Weirdest TV Crossovers: Always Sunny Meets Abbott, Family Guy vs. Simpsons, Nine-Nine Recruits New Girl and More ER Turns 30: See the Original County General Crew, Then and Now
Euronews
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Euronews
What were the most-streamed shows of 2024-2025?
The most watched shows in the US have been revealed by ratings company Nielsen, and Netflix rules the top of the chart. To assert its clear dominance over TV viewing, precisely half of the Top 20 come from the streaming juggernaut. Nielsen, which historically charts broadcast viewership, has released multi-platform viewing figures for the first time for the 2024-25 TV season. Top of the list of 100, reported by Variety, is Netflix's Squid Game (27.1million viewers), closely followed by the streamer's British hit Adolescence (19million). Squid Game and Adolescence were also the top two shows among the Adult 18-49 demographic, considered the most important for broadcasters. CBS action-drama Tracker was the highest rated show from a traditional broadcaster, with 17.4million viewers. Here are Top 20 shows of 2024-25 (Total Viewers): 1. Squid Game (Netflix, 27.1million viewers) 2. Adolescence (Netflix, 19million) 3. Tracker (CBS, 17.4million) 4. Reacher (Prime Video, 17.4million) 5. High Potential (ABC, 16.1million) 6. Matlock (CBS, 16million) 7. Landman (Paramount+, 15.8million) 8. (Tied) Monsters: The Lyle And Eric Menendez Story (Netflix, 15.7million) 8. (Tied) Zero Day (Netflix, 15.7million) 10. Nobody Wants This (Netflix, 15.2million) 11. The Night Agent (Netflix, 14.8million) 12. American Primeval (Netflix, 13.8million) 13. Running Point (Netflix, 13.1million) 14. The Residence (Netflix, 12.8million) 15. A Man On The Inside (Netflix, 12.4million) 16. (Tied) George And Mandy's First Marriage (CBS, 12.1million) 16. (Tied) Ghosts (CBS, 12.1million) 16. (Tied) Yellowstone (Paramount Network/CBS, 12.1million) 19. 1923 (Paramount+, 11.9million) 20. The White Lotus (HBO, 11.6million)
Time of India
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'Squid Game' leads ranking as the list for the 100 most-watched TV series of 2024-25 drops
Nielsen's multiplatform ratings have officially been released, and they have brought forth some surprising results for fans of streaming, broadcast, and cable TV series. These ratings have brought forth a new way to draw comparisons on how much viewers love to watch on streaming or on broadcast or both and have also given new revelations, as the online streaming show 'Squid Game' season 2 has managed to top the list. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Multiplatform ratings released After the release of these multiplatform rankings that analyse shows from streaming and broadcast as well as cable, the top runners have come out. According to Variety reports, the show 'High Potential', along with 'Matlock', ranked the highest overall in broadcast. The third-most-watched show was 'Tracker'. All three almost made it to the mark; however, they were beaten by 'Squid Game' and 'Adolescence'. 'High Potential' had 8.2 million viewers on broadcast and 7.9 million on a streaming platform, making their overall total come to a whopping 16.1 million viewers. 'Matlock' also faced similar success as the broadcast of the show observed 10.5 million viewers and then another 5.5 million on a popular streaming platform. Most popular in online streaming As the comprehensive list looks over at viewing habits for 35 days, it was no surprise at all that online streaming shows made the top of the list. 'Squid Game' managed to top the overall charts with a total of 27.1 million viewers! Following closely behind was the show 'Adolescence', which garnered a total of 19 million in viewership. Comedy is a go-to genre According to the rankings, comedy as a genre also ruled the list. Popular comedy shows like 'Nobody Wants This', 'Running Point', 'A Man on the Inside', 'Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage', and 'Ghosts' all ranked well into the top 20 names of the list. Some of these shows are available for viewing on broadcast, while others are available for streaming, making the list a diverse section. Reality shows made it to the top as well Different kinds of variety shows also ended up topping the list as well. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Names like 'Survivor', 'The Voice', 'American Idol', 'Dancing With the Stars', 'The Amazing Race', 'The Floor', 'Is It Cake? 'Holiday', 'Beast Games', 'Love is Blind' and 'Love on the Spectrum U.S.' all managed to make the top list, showing their popularity amongst viewers both online and on broadcast and cable. Who all lost out this season? Where there are winners, there are losers. Some shows, regardless of their popularity and plot, did not manage to hit the viewership mark this season. Basic cable shows lost out the most this season, with the TV series 'Yellowstone' becoming the only cable show to make it within the top 100. While shows like 'FBI: Most Wanted', 'FBI: International', and 'Equaliser' all made it to the top 30 of the broadcasts only list, they did not manage to leave a major mark. All three of the shows have also been cancelled, citing various reasons like low budgets as well as viewership issues.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Andor Spies a New High on Nielsen Streaming Top 10, Daredevil: Born Again Has Still Yet to Chart
Netflix's YOU repeated atop Nielsen's U.S. ranking of streaming originals for the week of April 28, amassing nearly 1.8 billion minutes viewed across 50 total episodes. In its first week of eligibility, Netflix's The Four Seasons made its chart debut in the No. 2 spot with 1.3 billion minutes viewed/eight episodes, followed by Disney+'s Andor (with a new weekly high of 821 million minutes viewed across 18 available episodes), Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale (612 million minutes/62 available episodes), and Netflix's Ransom Canyon (504 million minutes viewed/10 episodes). More from TVLine The Chi Scores Its Most-Streamed Premiere Ever, 7 Seasons In Ratings: American Music Awards on CBS Delivers Best Audience Since 2019 YOU, Ransom Canyon, The Last of Us Lead Nielsen Streaming Top 10; Andor Returns With Series High Rounding out the Top 10 originals for the week of April 28 were Netflix's Black Mirror (482 million minutes viewed), Netflix's Battle Camp (473 million minutes), Netflix's The Eternaut (473 million minutes), Hulu's Good American Family (376 million minutes) and Paramount+'s MobLand (352 million minutes). Of note, Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again — now in the second week following the release of its ninth episode/Season 1 finale — still has yet to land on the Nielsen Top 10. Want SCOOP on any of the TV shows above? Email InsideLine@ and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line!
