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Judge weighs whether California can count up to 20,000 disputed ballots
The hearing Tuesday comes as mail-in voting is underway, a week before the Nov. 3 conclusion of midterm elections
Scientists warn of worsening climate indicators in new report led by Oregon State University
Tiger Woods expected to play in TGL season-opener in December, his first competition since rollover crash and arrest
Chadron entrepreneur grows her business inside Chadron Open Art gallery
Rylee Greiman, owner of The Wandering Lilac, started her business in 2023 to fill a gap in Chadron’s local food scene.
“You matter.” Woman uses mental health journey to support others
"You matter." Hear Misty Patel's journey with mental health in the latest Hear me. See me. podcast at wibw.com/hearmeseeme.
Choices, Hope and Science: Stroke treatments give new hope
Like many stroke survivors, Dr. Jennifer Milner learned to adapt.
Choices, Hope and Science: Stroke treatments give new hope
The emergency room physician from Wamego, Kansas, suffered a stroke while facing one of the busiest and most challenging periods of her life.
Caesars Entertainment to offer free self-parking at properties through Christmas
Free parking at 8 Las Vegas properties plus discounts on dining, spa and shows.
Washburn students share how seasonal change impacts mental health
We’re just five days away from falling back an hour, marking the end of daylight saving time.
Political ads flood airwaves in Vermont, New York and New Hampshire
Campaigns in Vermont, New York and New Hampshire are airing a flood of political ads. Why one expert says Vermont sees fewer negative ones.
Rise of Palestinian parties in Knesset will redraw Israel’s political landscape
Exit polls indicate opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot will have to work with Arab-Israeli leaders to have a hope of governing
Prince George's approves funding plan to build Sphere Entertainment
Sleep experts warn of health effects of changing clocks twice a year
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MSU hockey to face North Dakota on Great Lakes Sports Network 47.2 Saturday night
The Spartans and Fighting Hawks will face off in the 2026 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game in Austin, Texas.
Exclusive | How Meghan Markle is protecting her mental health amid dad's child porn allegations
SiouxFalls.Business: Updates coming to Skate City, new Mexican restaurant opens in SF
Jodi Schwan with SiouxFalls.Business visited Dakota News Now to discuss updates coming to Sioux Falls’ Skate City and a new restaurant opening in the old Casa del Ray location!
Animals Starves while the Kardashians Miss the Charts Again
(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Before we get going, I’d like to offer congratulations to Jonathan Funke, whose suggestion “midflicks” won the poll for what I should call straight-to-streaming films which aren’t big or cinematic enough to go to theaters but seem too expensive for a TV movie. It’s so useful a term, I just used it last week! Now I just need to add this term to my data dictionary! Okay, on to this week’s issue. We’re starting out looking at Netflix/Ben Affleck’s latest crime thriller, Animals. I’ll also look at Disclosure Day heading to Peacock (it did better than you’d remember in theaters...) and a new movie based on toys. Plus, a long-time streaming flop returns for its eighth season...will it finally chart? (No.) Will anyone at Disney care? Probably not. All that, plus another look at new shows landing on streaming on 1-Oct from Reelgood, what streamer hasn’t had a film make the Luminate charts since August, Reacher’s long run on the charts, M_onster: The Lizzie Borden Story’s_ short run, the top shows in 2026 according to Samba TV, all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. And I mean that last part: putting this week’s issue together, I assembled OVER 25 images, most of which are bespoke looks I made just for this report. Really, publishing articles like this takes the work of writing two articles: one is the narrative and the other is making charts/graphs. Let’s dive right in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the week of October 5th to October 11th, 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Film - Netflix’s Latest Star-Studded Thriller Goes For Glory The tempting angle for anyone writing about streaming film this month, like yours truly, is to ask, “Is this why Dan Lin lost his job at Netflix?” Take Animals, the Ben Affleck-starring-and-directing, Artists Equity-produced crime thriller that opened on 9-Oct. (Kerry Washington and Gillian Anderson are also in it.) If it did really well, then one could argue that Lin has another success on his resume. If it underperformed, then it’s another example of a Netflix underperformance this year. So where did Animals fall? Kinda in the middle, but that means it’s more “not a hit” than “big hit”. On Nielsen, it opened to 12.0 million hours, and here’s how that stacks up for 2026 films so far this year: Obviously, that’s not great. It’s both under my 15 million opening bar for “fine” for a Netflix film and 20 million bar for “great” opening. It did a bit better on Samba TV, getting to first place. That’s very, very good, though again, looking at the Nielsen data, it probably means that it was a light week overall. Luminate’s data is a bit closer to Samba TV’s, tied for 17th all time for single weeks since May of 2024: To top it off, no one seemed to like it. It has a 33 on Metacritic and only a 5.7 on IMDb. Both of these numbers could have been impacted by the stories about Affleck’s comments about using AI to make the film. Given the controversy, the film might not have been as bad as the ratings suggest, but it’s also not a bullish sign. All to say…yeah, on net this film isn’t a point in Dan Lin’s favor. At this point, Netflix’s slide has been long enough—going on since February—that I’m almost tempted to lower the bar for what a “hit” is on streaming. Post-February of 2026 or so, it seems like straight-to-streaming films just haven’t hit the same heights as they did from 2022 to 2025. Before we head onto the “Quick Hits” for film, I want to shout out a fellow newsletter whose articles I’ve been loving this year, LA Material, a new LA-based news outlet. For just a highlight of my favorite articles since July... I loved this article on Ghost Town, a group on Venice that clears homeless encampments. As a Los Angeleno, obviously I adore their articles on LA parking issues. Their article on illegal parking tickets got the City Council to address the issue! Also check out their article on people parking in medians. Check out their deep dive on what went wrong with the LA Jazz Festival and how it fell apart, or what’s wrong with USC’s finances. Finally, they wrote up a voter guide on voter guides for the LA General Election. So meta! In search of a city? L.A. Material is an independent news outlet covering the people, politics, culture and glorious chaos shaping Los Angeles. L.A. Material brings you intel on the city you can’t get anywhere else. From exploring how Reddit short stories became Hollywood’s hottest commodity to reporting on the survival jobs keeping entertainment workers afloat. And answering, once and for all, why the AMC Burbank escalator is always broken. Through their newsletters, podcast, videos, events, and member community, L.A. Material is designed to help Angelenos connect to Los Angeles and each other. Sign up now for the free weekday newsletter. Quick Notes on Film Steven Spielberg’s latest film, Disclosure Day, came to Peacock on 9-Oct, and I’ll admit that, after pulling its stats, I did a pinch of a double take. As I wrote throughout my deep, deep, deep dive on summer box office/Obsession/Backrooms/IP/superheroes, oftentimes the film media discusses films as “flops” or “misses” or “hits” without clarifying what they specifically mean. Since Disclosure Day didn’t make $250 million in the US or $500 million globally, it was definitely a disappointment by Spielbergian standards, who is the highest-grossing director of all time, and arguably even more ahead in adjusted grosses. But it did make $245 million globally on a $115 million budget, so it isn’t as big of a miss as I remember. That’s still probably not enough to break even in the theatrical window, when you factor in marketing costs…but it’s close. And it grossed a lot more even in the US than some titles with about ten times more coverage. Anyways, lots of preamble to say this one only did 4.5 million hours according to Nielsen, so it did make the charts, but on the low end. Here’s how it stacks up to other Peacock titles: Apple TV (née +) followed up their “success for them” Mayday with Matchbox The Movie. This one doesn’t look like a success even for them, but at least it’s not a miss. Apple/Skydance clearly tried to take advantage of the success of Barbie at the box office—let’s greenlight all the toy properties!!!—but of course, this didn’t make it to theaters. And it stars John Cena, who, as I argued earlier this summer, NEEDS to get his movies back in theaters. Anyways, this one has mixed-to-bad numbers. It missed the Samba TV and Nielsen charts in its first week, but did make Luminate with 7.1 million hours. That’s just enough to not be an outright miss, and about half what Mayday did earlier this summer. Speaking of Apple Studio’s Mayday, it ended up lasting five weeks on Luminate, which isn’t bad for Apple TV. On Nielsen, it had a three-week run, racking up 13.5 million hours total. Again, like Matchbox, the issue is the budget; I doubt that this viewership earned enough to justify that budget. Also, to be clear, neither of these films are “midflicks”; both should have gone to theaters. Toy Story 5 is not hanging around on the streaming charts on Disney+, so it’s not as leggy as either Zootopia 2 or Moana 2, and definitely not in the same class as Encanto. (It did make all the money at the box office, so Disney is going to be fine…) The Breadwinner on Netflix (from Sony) is down to 3.9 million hours in its third week. It only lasted for one week on the Samba TV charts. Netflix’s Doing Life had a smaller-than-normal binge release curve bounce, only going to 7.1 million hours from 6.0 to start, but it made Samba TV at fifth place in its second week. The Netflix documentary, The Widower: Til’ Death Do Us Part, also had a small binge release curve bounce to 6.5 million hours, but did make a second week on Samba TV. Meanwhile, Netflix’s Unabomber fell off after two weeks on Nielsen—which is not great at all—and Demon Slayer fell off after just one week. Over on Luminate, the two smaller titles The Swan: Behind the Mirror and Kill. Bury. Print both fell out of the Luminate top ten charts. The story of library film at the first of the month is the arrival of the Ice Age films on Netflix. Now, here’s a small example of optimizing your library that even Netflix could do better. Say you want to rent/license a new film series from Disney**.** A streamer could pay a big paycheck and then drop each Ice Age film on the exact same day of the month, the fourth of October. That’s one choice. In contrast, the streamer could have released each film one week apart, and make each one a mini-event for folks watching Ice Age films. Or even roll them out monthly. Netflix opted for the former strategy, and as a result, only three of the films made the Nielsen charts this week. The “Miss of the Week” goes to Tubi’s YA-ish horror film_, R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead 2_, which didn’t even make the Luminate charts like Tubi films usually do, or, should I say, “used to”? Tubi films, most of which are straight-to-streaming, used to reliably make the Luminate film charts (which only covers straight-to-streaming films), but a Tubi film hasn’t made it since August. The first Pumpkinhead got 1.4 million hours last year according to Luminate. As I wrote about this film before, it seems to be a bit muddled in terms of age: too scary for young kids but probably not scary enough for older kids. Speaking of Luminate, Netflix’s latest doc about a comic (expect more docs about comedians all month), Who Is Martin Mull?, flopped, getting just 200K and 700K hours according to Luminate. Three other film/special misses belonged to Hulu, including a standup special, Jamie Foxx: Take Care of Yourself, Neon’s latest horror film, Hokum, which made $17 million in the US, and a Family Guy Halloween special. (That last one was only 22 minutes, so it’s not a surprise it missed.) Finally, another Netflix standup special missed the charts, Mojo Brookzz: I Know You Lying missed too. I can confirm last week’s misses, most notably Paramount+’s Jackass: Best and Last, MUBI’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and HBO Max’s Evil Dead Burn. Television - I Can’t Visualize Nothing: The Kardashians Story Normally, in the mini-dive essays that open the Streaming Ratings Report, I focus on shows that do well or, at the very least, make the charts. Why? Because as I’ve said time and again, I can’t visualize nothing like, say, the Kardashians’ TV shows. Here’s the TV debuts chart for this week with a missing spot for The Kardashians, whose eighth season just landed on Hulu:
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How are political campaign ads influencing Michigan voters? Expert weighs in.
World Series brings travelers, hotel business to Tampa Bay area
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Neighbors, businesses cry foul over trees removed near Independence Boulevard billboard
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Clerk says ‘business as usual’ as election monitors visit Fayette County
Federal election monitors to observe Election Day in Fayette County
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Arena-auditorium complex set to keep James Brown name
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Free Field Trips to The MAX Offered to Eligible Schools Through Mississippi Power Foundation
Mississippi Power Foundation partnership offers free 2026-2027 school year field trips to The MAX in Meridian, with transportation reimbursement available for out-of-county schools.
Augusta Entertainment Complex to be named for James Brown
The Augusta Entertainment Complex will become the James Brown Entertainment Complex under a unanimous vote by the Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority.
New York investor snaps up large industrial site in Ravenna
Diamond Properties followed up its September acquisition of a site in Brunswick with an even larger purchase of a nearly fully occupied site near State Route 14 in Portage County.
NWH Community Collaborative Annual Assembly showcases the power of unity in community health
The Newton-Wellesley Hospital Community Collaborative’s 2026 Annual Assembly brought together health leaders, clinicians and community partners to reflect on efforts to improve community health.
Far right’s breakthrough year in Germany
Panelists at the Center for European Studies weigh what AfD’s rise means for German politics
O’Hare’s massive restaurant and retail shake-up nears decision time
The retail and food and beverage contracts add up to the largest domestic concession opportunity ever put out for bid by a U.S. airport.
High Caliber Karting & Entertainment to add roller rink to arsenal
High Caliber Karting and Entertainment is adding a roller rink to its business. The skating rink floor was repurposed from the now-closed Spare Time.
Whole Foods plans small-format store in Logan Square
The Amazon-owned grocer has signed a 10,000-square-foot lease at the site of a shuttered discount store.
Kansas megachurch pastor rejects anti-trans politics
Democrat Adam Hamilton, who is challenging Sen. Roger Marshall, says his faith calls him to love transgender neighbors — and rejects turning them into campaign targets.
The booming business of Indiana football
The first-ever top-five football clash at Memorial Stadium underscored a reality that speaks to Indiana's improbable rise in football: No one had planned for any of this.
Pentagon creates advisory council on human performance, health
After creating a new directorate on warfighter optimization within the Department of Defense, the Pentagon announced it will form a federal advisory committee to weigh in on issues affecting troop performance and health.
Franklin Primary Health Center hosts Pink for Prevention health fair
Event at Franklin Medical Mall focuses on early detection during Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Opinion: Imagination infusion can help both philanthropy and nonprofits they support
Grant structures aren't always consistent with helping grantees deliver on their missions.
Political candidate charged with child molestation days before election
A Republican candidate in Georgia running for the state House of Representatives has been arrested on charges of public indecency.
Political candidate charged with child molestation days before election
A Republican candidate in Georgia running for the state House of Representatives has been arrested on charges of public indecency.
Political candidate charged with child molestation days before election
A Republican candidate in Georgia running for the state House of Representatives has been arrested on charges of public indecency.
Oregon voter turnout up slightly a week before midterm election
Oregon’s top election official is encouraging voters to turn in their ballot by the end of the day Tuesday, and to vote via a secure drop box after that.
Santa arrives at The Gardens Mall for festive celebrations
Santa Claus is coming to town, and he's bringing a sleigh full of holiday magic to The Gardens Mall.
Olmsted County to build ‘International Clubhouse’ with mental health resources
Olmsted County has announced plans to build an “International Clubhouse” for adults with mental health conditions.
FACT FOCUS: Kennedy's 'Arabs don't produce science' claim meets a Nobel Prize reality check
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s broad assertions about Arab contributions to humanity's scientific and literary discoveries at a Republican campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, have drawn criticism just days before midterm elections.
Health and estate planning for metro Atlanta seniors
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Shouting match erupts at UN as Cuban foreign minister moves toward US ambassador's podium: 'Back up!'
UN ambassador Mike Waltz told Cuba's foreign minister to "back up" after he approached the podium as Waltz was making his address.
The Political Calculus Behind Newsom’s Opposition to California’s Billionaire Tax
As the governor weighs a presidential run, is he also looking ahead to how it might play nationally?
Northern Nevada Public Health holds ‘House of Horrors’ food safety bootcamp
Free event covered how to inspect your own establishment and avoid common violations
Canadian firm buys discounted Evanston office building
A venture of Amcor Holdings paid $11.5 million for the 10-story building, a 64% markdown from its sale price eight years ago.
Prestigious science prize honors three innovators, including two with Philly ties
The John Scott Award recognized three scientists with Pennsylvania roots: Penn State professor Nina Jablonski, Temple professor Magid Abou-Gharbia, and Eli Lilly executive Daniel Skovronsky.
Patients on NC’s State Health Plan won’t pay more if they use Atrium Health in 2027
The state says the new deal moves Atrium facilities into the plan’s access tier.
‘Nocturne’ review: Series with strong cast weighed down by plot choices
The degree to which you enjoy “Nocturne” may depend significantly on your ability to suspend disbelief. Debuting with the first two of its 10 episodes this week on Apple TV,
Alton Brown brings food, science, humor to the Washington Pavilion for one night
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A week after health episode, Ben Kindel returns to practice with Penguins
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As Cleveland’s grocery stores continue to close, this city official steps up to ensure food access
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Watch the newest commercials from Ninja, Meta Muse, AT&T Business and more
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BUSINESS NEWS: Wisconsin DOJ Sues Dollar General
BUSINESS NEWS: Wisconsin DOJ Sues Dollar General
Former UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis joins TNT Sports college basketball coverage
Davis, who was fired in April, will be part of the network’s game and studio coverage this season.
An early-warning system for child health in West Africa
Researchers created a system to predict birthweights in food-stressed West Africa, using climate and socioeconomic data
Pedigree Entertainment to host 2nd Annual Halloween Sip & Paint in Mishawaka
The Oct. 31 event features live singers, comedian, DJ, 50+ canvases and costume contests at Holiday Inn Mishawaka.
Pedigree Entertainment to host 2nd Annual Halloween Sip & Paint in Mishawaka
The Oct. 31 event features live singers, comedian, DJ, 50+ canvases and costume contests at Holiday Inn Mishawaka.
Small business owners challenge incumbent to represent Ohio District 4
Voters are slated to decide this November who will represent Ohio’s 4th Congressional District for the next two years.
Opinion: As Illinois patients struggle to afford care, hospitals profit
A little-known program allows hospitals to purchase drugs for as little as a penny and then resell them for thousands, inflating Illinoisans’ pharmacy bills and insurance premiums.
GM leaving NYSE for Nasdaq; Rimac on landing BMW’s battery business
General Motors is moving its stock listing to Nasdaq. Mazda ends the CX-70 with plans to roll customers over to the CX-90. Plus, Bugatti Rimac CEO Mate Rimac describes winning BMW’s battery business.
Report: Seahawks Land Quenton Nelson Ahead of Trade Deadline
The Colts are reportedly sending eight-time Pro Bowler Quenton Nelson to Seattle, and the price was small. #NFL