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I will make this very quick. Luminate updated their charts with data from the last seven days earlier today (their cutoff date is always on Thursday at 11:59 pm). Which means Skeleton Crew episode 4 was added. And the show did not make the charts yet again.

Skeleton Crew could be the first Star Wars series never to make the Luminate streaming charts (however, since Luminate is still pretty new only Acolyte was ever on the Luminate charts). We will have to wait for Nielsen and what they are saying, but if Nielsen shows the same trend (and the show would never be on the Nielsen top 10 streaming charts) then Skeleton Crew will become the least watched Star Wars live action series ever and the first to never once break into the top 10 most watched original shows. Even though it is currently the #1 show on Disney+.

The #10 entry on the Luminate charts has 307.3 million minutes. Around this time The Acolyte had a very bad 262 million minutes on the Luminate charts. So in theory, Skeleton Crew could have more than The Acolyte at this point of course, as long as it’s less than 307.3 million minutes. But since Skeleton Crew underperformed The Acolyte in the previous two weeks that seems unlikely.

Lucasfilm is in dire need of some deep soul searching and honest in-depth analysis of the state of Star Wars in 2024 after Kathleen Kennedy burned one too many bridges. It may very well be that The Acolyte finally broke the camel’s back. Also, maybe don’t try to be Stranger Things in space again, even if it’s fun. Why not make something that is, well, Star Wars? What it is known for? Well executed of course. And that’s the crux with almost all of the Disney+ Star Wars series.

The Luminate Streaming Charts

Jude Law surrenders

While we still have to wait a while for Nielsen to include Skeleton Crew on their streaming charts newcomer Luminate (the company behind the US billboard charts) have updated their streaming charts with data from last week only yesterday, which means episode 3 of Skeleton Crew is included in the dataset.

And it does not look good for the latest Star Wars series. Click through for more!

Jude Law learns about the viewership numbers for Skeleton Crew

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While Nielsen is still the gold standard when it comes to streaming charts, based on their long history of providing industry standard ratings for classic network tv, there are several new players who also have their own charts. There is Samba TV, who only gather data from users who use their app, then there’s Luminate, a somewhat more serious player, who, like Nielsen, try to gauge overall viewership by analyzing various sources, not just any one app.

And while Nielsen always have a four week delay, so the first results for Skeleton Crew should come very late December, Luminate release their charts in a much more timely fashion, i.e. usually on late Friday/early Saturday with the data for the previous 7 days. Which means Luminate already has data for the Skeleton Crew debut from earlier this week.

And it does not look all too good for the new Star Wars show. Click through for more.

Can he attract an audience next week?

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I’ll make it quick. Because at this point it really is beating a dead horse. The Acolyte with episode 6 (the Qimir bathing episode) failed to enter the Nielsen charts. Which comes as no surprise, since the show dropped out of the charts after its third episode (week 2). This corroborates Luminate’s all new streaming charts where The Acolyte also dropped out.

House of the Dragon meanwhile has 1,296 million minutes and Amazon’s The Boys is listed with 1,125 million minutes as the #2 original series. Disney has only one real highlight, but it’s not even a Disney+ show, the FX series (for Hulu) The Bear is #1 on the original shows charts (all episodes were released on the same day), this is the second success story for FX/Hulu this year after Shogun. Disney+ proper only has three entries, the usual suspects: Bluey (again, not even a Disney IP), Moana and because of the successful sequel also Inside Out.

It will be interesting to see what subscriber numbers Disney will report for its streaming service in the upcoming earnings report next week.

The Nielsen Streaming Charts

Dead as a doornail

UPDATE: Luminate have already released their numbers for week 7 of The Acolyte, i.e. for the series finale. And episode 8 also failed to enter the top 10 Luminate original series like the previous two episodes. The #10 entry on the Luminate charts has 228.5 million minutes viewed (Sausage Party: Foodtopia, which is a sequel series to the movie) which is just embarrassing. The Acolyte must have had less then 228 million minutes watched, maybe even less than 200 million. According to Luminate the finale was watched by maybe as few as 4.4 million people (or even fewer)! In the update I also discuss some statements made by Headland in a Collider interview that reveal she literally considers Qimir aka Smilo Ren as somewhat of a self insert. You find the Luminate update and the interview quotes at the end of the original article!

Well, that escalated rather quickly… while The Acolyte remained in the top 10 Luminate Original Series charts until week 4 and episode 5 and only dropped out when episode 6 was released in week 5, The Acolyte has already dropped out of the top 10 Nielsen original series charts in week 3 with episode 4! The #10 show has 298 million minutes on the Nielsen charts. The Acolyte must have less than that. According to Luminate The Acolyte had 262 million minutes in week 3 (episode 4). Click through for a short commentary.

The Acolyte is as dead as this wookiee

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This week you’ll get yet another pretty short article. Because The Acolyte failed to make the top ten original series Luminate streaming charts for a second week in a row, this time with episode 7, that other flashback episode. Last time the series was on the Luminate charts it had around 220 million viewing minutes, by far the lowest figure for any Star Wars live action series ever – if the numbers will be reflected on the Nielsen charts in a few weeks from now we will know for sure. But week 2 figures agreed very well between the two charts. So it is not unreasonable to assume that we may see very similar trends in upcoming Nielsen streaming charts. Click through for a few comments about this embarrassing performance on the Luminate charts.

No wonder hardly anyone is watching this

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Nielsen have a somewhat erratic release schedule currently, they released their early June numbers earlier this week… and on Friday they already followed up with the numbers for the next week. Whatever… Nielsen have therefore now added The Acolyte episode 3 (the flashback episode about the power of maaaaannyyyyyyyyyy) to their charts. And we can finally compare one full week of The Acolyte on the Luminate Streaming charts to one full week on the Nielsen charts. How do the numbers compare? It’s very interesting! Click through for all the details!

The power of… none…

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Nielsen have finally released their numbers for early June, which means we now have numbers for The Acolyte. Luminate have their own streaming charts so it will be interesting to see how the two compare. What does Nielsen say about The Acolyte? Click through to find out!

This show is wearing no clothes!

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This week it will be a very short article. Because The Acolyte has, as expected, dropped out of the Luminate Streaming Charts, it was already a very close call last week. It is no longer among the top 10 most watched original streaming shows.

Other websites may try to run interference for Lucasfilm and claim what a raging success it is and how the fans are the issue, not the show, but the cold hard fact is that The Acolyte is a ratings failure on Disney+. And while we still have to wait for Nielsen chances are that they will also confirm that this is the least watched Star Wars live action series yet. Now, in all fairness, Andor also dropped out of the top 10 Nielsen charts for original shows exactly once. So maybe The Acolyte will manage a comeback like Andor did. But Andor dropped out of the charts during the middle of the season, not close to the season finale. It seems naked Manny Jacinto did nothing for the ratings.

And no, it is not istophobes who refuse to watch it. The show is just not good, it’s horribly written, in parts horribly acted and outright nonsensical when it comes to the character arc and motivations of its main characters Mae and Osha. In addition to that it aims to deconstruct the Jedi and portray them as shady people with terrible secrets who feel so guilty they commit suicide and who act as overbearing space cops in the High Republic. Maybe most just do not like this version of Star Wars. Almost certainly so. And to think Lucasfilm spent $180 million on this…

The Luminate Streaming Charts on Variety, without The Acolyte.

Star Wars in 2024

While we still have to wait another 1 1/2 weeks for Nielsen to finally release their streaming numbers for early June and thus finally including The Acolyte, new player in town Luminate releases their numbers in a much more timely fashion. So we already know the numbers for last week (Friday – Thursday) for The Acolyte. And not to mince any words here… the numbers are BAD. Click through for more!

Few people care

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The new Luminate Streaming Charts were released earlier today on Variety. While we still have to wait about two weeks until Nielsen will finally release their numbers for the premiere of The Acolyte, Luminate releases numbers in a much more timely fashion, these are the charts for the June 13th – June 20th period, which includes the release of last week’s episode. And how did The Acolyte do? Well…

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Spoiler!

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Nielsen is no longer the only game in town when it comes to streaming charts. Luminate is a new player on the market and they cooperate with Variety, who post the weekly Luminate streaming charts. Luminate themselves are not posting any charts on their website, this is a paid service. They are aiming at industry pros and analysts. Anyway, so what does Luminate say about The Acolyte? Click through to find out more!

The power of…. not so many

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