{"id":127039,"date":"2016-06-17T19:30:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T17:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=127039"},"modified":"2016-06-17T16:42:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T14:42:07","slug":"the-best-watched-shows-on-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/127039\/the-best-watched-shows-on-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"The best watched shows on Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-intro\">\n<p class=\"subhead-field\">Netflix, a provider of streaming films and television series, has revealed the shows its customers enjoy the most, and how these shows are consumed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead-field\">The company, which launched its service in South Africa in January, unveiled The Binge Scale, revealing which shows we &#8216;devour&#8217; and which we &#8216;savor&#8217;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-text\">\n<p>Instead of one episode per week, Netflix members choose to binge watch their way through a series &#8211; that is, on average, finishing an entire season in one week.<\/p>\n<p>Though binge watching is clearly the new normal, not all series are enjoyed the same way.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix said it examined global viewing of more than 100 serialized TV series across more than 190 countries and found when members are focused on finishing a series, they watch a little over two hours a day to complete a season.<\/p>\n<p>When organising series in relation to this benchmark, interesting patterns emerge, ranging from high energy narratives that are devoured to thought-provoking dramas that are savored.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d2ygrtdi28m8fp.cloudfront.net\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-08-at-6.47.39-AM.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Savor<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Irreverent Comedies:\n<ul>\n<li>Arrested Development, BoJack Horseman, Club de Cuervos, F is for Family, Love, Summer Heights High, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Wet Hot American Summer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Political Dramas\n<ul>\n<li>Homeland, House of Cards, Occupied, The Good Wife, The West Wing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Historical Dramas\n<ul>\n<li>Mad Men, Narcos, Peaky Blinders, The Americans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Superhero Drama\n<ul>\n<li>Gotham, Marvel\u2019s Daredevil, Marvel\u2019s Jessica Jones, The Flash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Crime Dramas\n<ul>\n<li>Better Call Saul, Bloodline, Fargo, The Blacklist, The Bridge, Twin Peaks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Dramatic Comedies\n<ul>\n<li>Flaked, Grace &amp; Frankie, Nurse Jackie, Orange is the New Black, Parenthood, Rescue Me, Weeds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Action &amp; Adventure\n<ul>\n<li>24, Arrow, La Reina del Sur, Marco Polo, Outlander, Prison Break, The Last Kingdom, Turn, Vikings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Sci-Fi\n<ul>\n<li>Ascension, Between, Heroes, Orphan Black, Sense8, The 100, The 4400, Under the Dome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Horror\n<ul>\n<li>American Horror Story, Hemlock Grove, Penny Dreadful, Scream, The Walking Dead, Z Nation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Thriller\n<ul>\n<li>Bates Motel, Breaking Bad, Dexter, Sons of Anarchy, The Fall, The Following, The Killing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Devour<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Netflix<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/118482\/netflix-south-africa-content-vs-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Netflix South Africa content vs the world<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/109043\/netflix-will-block-viewers-watching-outside-their-home-country\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Netflix will block viewers watching outside their home country<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/108245\/netflix-launches-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Netflix launches in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix, a provider of streaming films and television series, has revealed the shows its customers enjoy the most, and how these shows are consumed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":56133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127039"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127259,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127039\/revisions\/127259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}