The final season of Manifest has come and gone, and now it’s been replaced in Netflix’s Top 10 list by a new final season of a different show, Never Have I Ever.
That’s been the switcharound in the list this weekend with Never Have I Ever debuting on top for its fourth and final season, the rare Netflix production that A) runs that long and B) ends on its own terms before it is either cancelled on a cliffhanger or overstays its welcome. It’s probably one of Netflix’s most low-key successes, even if it’s not putting up blockbuster numbers.
Manifest, meanwhile, brings to an end the wild saga of a show that was cancelled on broadcast TV, but fans wanted more content and overall answers so bad they made the show trend at #1 on Netflix for weeks, until Netflix realized they could monetize that passion for another final season of the show. Now, the last episodes of that have arrived and people can rest easy that the show has an actual ending this time. I’ve heard this show is like LOST but much goofier, and four seasons does seem like a lot to catch up on. Maybe I’ll get to it someday.
My favorite part of the list this week is two different Arnold Schwarzenegger projects being #3 and #4 respectively. At #3 is Arnold, a docuseries chronically the actor’s history as a bodybuilder who broke into Hollywood, later became governor and then FUBAR, his new action-comedy Netflix series. I wonder if he was like “alright I’ll do a Netflix show if you make a cool documentary about me.” Probably not, but I do wonder what sort of deal they locked in with him. It’s unclear if FUBAR will get a second season, but it did perform pretty well.
Licensed shows All American and SWAT are falling further down the list, as is the hilariously named “Fake Profile,” the sexy Columbian series. The Ultimatum’s queer season did about as well as any other season of that show I’ve seen, though it’s moving down the list as well. One series that keeps hanging on to the last spot is The Days, a documentary about the Fukushima nuclear disaster that’s eight whole episodes that are 45-60 minutes each, a really surprising length for a documentary. But that’s definitely one I want to watch.
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