Rick Porter

Staff Writer at The Hollywood Reporter

TV cover-er for The Hollywood Reporter, among other things. Not the crypto guy with the same name.

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Streaming Ratings: ‘Sirens’ Premieres at No. 1 Overall

1 week ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Rick Porter

Netflix’s Sirens had a splashy premiere, claiming the top overall spot on Nielsen’s streaming charts for its debut week. The series starring Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock and Julianne Moore was the only title to clock more than a billion minutes of viewing time for the week of May 19-25, coming in at 1.36 billion minutes. Sirens also recorded the highest weekly viewing time since You’s 1.78 billion minutes from April 28-May 4. A pair of Hulu series showed improvement week to week.
Streaming Ratings: ‘Sirens’ Premieres at No. 1 Overall

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Rick Porter

Generate Key TakeawaysNetflix’s Sirens had a splashy premiere, claiming the top overall spot on Nielsen’s streaming charts for its debut week. The series starring Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock and Julianne Moore was the only title to clock more than a billion minutes of viewing time for the week of May 19-25, coming in at 1.36 billion minutes. Sirens also recorded the highest weekly viewing time since You’s 1.78 billion minutes from April 28-May 4.
‘Phineas and Ferb’ Creators Discuss the Show’s Lasting Footprint — and How It Led to New Episodes

1 week ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Rick Porter

The way the creators of Phineas and Ferb tell it, there wasn’t much to restarting the beloved animated series. “Disney called and said, ‘Do you want to?’,” co-creator Jeff “Swampy” Marsh says with a laugh. Co-creator Dan Povenmire fills in a few more details: “[The show has] maintained a popularity in reruns for a long time. Then with Disney+, people told us over and over again that Phineas is always in the top five things on Disney+.
‘Land of the Lost’ Reboot in Early Development at Netflix

1 week ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Rick Porter

Netflix is considering a return to the Land of the Lost. The streamer is in the first stages of development on a reboot of the 1970s series, about a father and his two kids who, after “the greatest earthquake ever known,” are transported to a world where dinosaurs still exist and other fantastic creatures abound. Legendary Television and Sid and Marty Krofft, who produced the original show, are behind the new project. Netflix declined comment. More to come.
The Long Tail: The Network Series That Keep Viewers Tuning in Days — and Weeks — Later

1 week ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Rick Porter

Long-tail TV ratings data has trickled out here and there for several years, usually when a network (or occasionally a streamer) wanted to tout the success of individual shows. It wasn’t until the just-ended 2024-25 TV season, however, that Nielsen began releasing more comprehensive, comparative numbers for viewing over five weeks’ time.
Streaming Hits a Milestone, Overtaking Cable and Broadcast Combined in TV Use

1 week ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Rick Porter

Streaming platforms have led Nielsen’s Gauge rankings of TV use for most of the monthly snapshot’s four-year existence. It had yet to eclipse the combined total usage for cable and broadcast outlets, though — emphasis on had. The Gauge for May shows that streaming captured 44.8 percent of viewing time in the United States for May, beating the combined tally of 44.2 percent for cable (24.1 percent) and broadcast (20.1 percent).
Paramount Acquisitions Chief Barbara Zaneri Departing After 25 Years

1 week ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Rick Porter

Long-time Paramount executive Barbara Zaneri is departing the company after 25 years. Zaneri, chief program acquisitions officer at the company, is stepping down to focus full time on a nonprofit group she founded, the Gold Star Services Network. As she departs, Virginia Lazalde-McPherson will take on new duties at Paramount, becoming chief acquisitions officers for Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios.
Final ‘Squid Game’ Trailer Promises to “Put an End to It”

2 weeks ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Rick Porter

Netflix is making sure that people know the final season of Squid Game is imminent. Two weeks after releasing a trailer for the coming season at its Tudum fan event, the streamer followed up Friday with a second trailer. The third and final season of the Korean hit — Netflix’s most watched series to date, regardless of language — is due to premiere June 27.
Dad TV: NBA Playoffs, ‘The Last of Us’ and … ‘Bluey’? (Exclusive)

2 weeks ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Rick Porter

The nation’s fathers spent a lot of time watching the NBA playoffs in May, along with several other dad-coded shows like The Last of Us, Andor, NCIS and The Rookie. They also watched a ton of Bluey and SpongeBob SquarePants — because as any parent (regardless of gender) knows, the TV is not always under adult control. Just ahead of Father’s Day, Nielsen has revealed data on the programming dads spent the most time watching in May.
Dad TV: NBA Playoffs, ‘The Last of Us’ and … ‘Bluey’? (Exclusive)

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Rick Porter

The nation’s fathers spent a lot of time watching the NBA playoffs in May, along with shows like The Last of Us, Andor, NCIS and The Rookie that seem to fit the profile of Dad Television. They also watched a ton of Bluey and SpongeBob SquarePants — because as any parent (regardless of gender) knows, the TV is not always under adult control. More from The Hollywood Reporter'The Last of Us' Ratings Declined During Season 2. But Why?