You’re wasting Netflix if you aren’t watching these 10 shows – including a 13,100,000 view hit

For those who love nothing more than planning their weekend TV list, stop what you’re doing right now.

Netflix has just released its latest batch of figures, revealing the top 10 TV shows from the past seven days. From the new season of a beloved Regency-era drama to an epic nature documentary series, there is quite literally something for everyone.

All that’s needed now is to jump into your comfiest pyjamas and get your favourite takeaway ordered!

Read on to find whether One Piece can keep hold of the top spot, or if another show is leading the way this week…

10. Bridgerton: Season 4 — 3,200,000 views

It’s been exactly one month since the second instalment of Bridgerton season 4 dropped, and in that time, fans have binged — and loved — the brand new episodes.

But for those who have yet to catch it (where have you been, hiding under a period drama rock?), this season follows the love story of Benedict Bridgerton and Sophie Baek, who fall in love at a masquerade ball.

However, with Sophie coming from a working-class background and Benedict hailing from the highest of society, how will their relationship fare?

9. The Dinosaurs: Season 1 — 3,400,000 views

From the creators of Our Planet, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, and narrated by Morgan Freeman, The Dinosaurs explores the history of the ancient reptiles, from their appearance in the Triassic period until their demise in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.

The four-parter — which reimagines what life was like for these magnificent beasts — follows the ‘rise and fall of the dinosaurs’ over a 170 million-year period.

8. Radioactive Emergency: Season 1 — 3,800,000 views

In this new drama, physicists and doctors race against time to contain a huge radiological disaster and save thousands of lives.

It’s actually based on the 1987 Goiânia radiation accident, which was one of the most severe radiological incidents in Brazilian history.

The incident was unintentionally caused by two scrap collectors who dismantled a medical radiotherapy device in an abandoned clinic containing caesium-137 — a radioactive fission product that poses severe health risks — which spread throughout the neighbourhood and exposed scores of people.

The episodes spotlight the response of the emergency services, while also looking at the personal stories of those affected.

7. That Night: Limited Series — 4,400,000 views

That Night is a Spanish-language drama – based on the novel by British author Gillian McAllister – which follows the lives of three sisters. When the youngest — who is also a single mother — accidentally kills a man with her car in the Dominican Republic, her older siblings face a moral crisis.

Do they try to save their sister from jail and spare her daughter from growing up without a mother? Or do they tell the truth? Whichever they decide, they only make things worse.

6. One Piece: Season 1 — 4,400,000 views

The first season of One Piece, Netflix’s adventure series, was released in its entirety on Netflix on August 31, 2023. Almost three years later, fans have been treated to a second series. So, it’s no surprise season one is in the charts, as people scramble to recap the first instalment.

For those who want a quick synopsis, it follows Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew, as they search for treasure across a ‘fantastical’ world of exotic islands and vast oceans in a bid to become the next Pirate King.

5. STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: 1st STAGE — 4,700,000 views

If you’re in the market for some Japanese anime, it’s clearly all about STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: 1st STAGE.

The show is set in the US in 1890, and Johnny Joestar, a genius jockey now paralysed from the waist down, is tasked with chasing outlaw Gyro Zeppeli in a high-stakes cross-continent horse race.

4. Beauty in Black: Season 2 — 5,300,000 views

Beauty in Black is a drama created, directed and executive produced by Tyler Perry. During its first season, viewers met Kimmie, a struggling stripper who becomes entangled with a wealthy family running a cosmetics empire as a front for a dark sex trafficking scheme.

In the second series, Kimmie is now a member of the Bellarie family and empire through marriage and enters the underworld as the new matriarch.

3. Virgin River: Season 7 — 7,700,000 views

Virgin River has quietly been entertaining fans since 2019. The overall synopsis spotlights Melinda (Mel) Monroe, a nurse practitioner who moves from Los Angeles to a remote town in Northern California to start a new life.

However, she soon learns that small-town living is not quite as simple as she expected — thanks to what and who she finds in the quaint Virgin River. The show is based on the novels of the same name by Robyn Carr.

As for season 7 (and without giving away too many spoilers), Mel and Jack adopt a baby, while new parents Lizzie and Denny navigate postpartum anxiety.

2. One Piece: Season 2 — 11,100,000 views

One Piece is back with a bang for season 2, as Luffy and his crew set sail for the Grand Line, a ‘legendary stretch of sea where danger and wonder await at every turn.’

According to Netflix’s official synopsis, as they ‘journey through this unpredictable realm in search of the world’s greatest treasure, they’ll encounter bizarre islands and a host of formidable new enemies.’

Get locked in, people. It looks to be fast-paced and full of adventure.

1. BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG — 13,100,000 views

Slamming straight in at number one is BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE. The iconic K-pop boyband makes their monumental return to the stage, performing their latest (and sixth) studio album, Arirang, from Seoul’s historic Gwanghwamun Square.

Filmed especially for Netflix, the concert marks the group’s first performance together in nearly four years, after they were forced to take a break to complete their mandatory military service.

In between songs from their homecoming show, each member reflects on their time away and shares what being back on stage means to them.