{"id":378199,"date":"2026-09-17T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=378199"},"modified":"2026-09-17T09:20:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:20:01","slug":"whats-happening-with-the-viewership-for-the-gentlemen-after-a-terrible-first-week-its-shot-through-the-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whats-happening-with-the-viewership-for-the-gentlemen-after-a-terrible-first-week-its-shot-through-the-roof\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s happening with the viewership for \u2018The Gentlemen\u2019? After a terrible first week, it&#8217;s shot through the roof"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, everyone in the industry was worried about <a href=\"https:\/\/netflix.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix<\/a>&#8216;s mistreatment of its second seasons, which is leading to one absurdity after another in the ratings. But, suddenly, something unexpected has happened: after a dreadful first week, The Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie&#8217;s series, has had an unexpected surge. And <strong>in the world of streaming, where only opening weekends seem to matter<\/strong> it&#8217;s, at the very least, worth commenting on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Netflix\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/bb71af8a-96bf-11e6-8279-00163ec9f5fa\/2746888568\/netflix-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Netflix<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/netflix.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/netflix.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Better the second time around<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first week for the new season of The Gentlemen was a horror show, losing almost half the viewers it had in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-gentlemen-season-2-is-now-on-netflix-a-rotten-tomatoes-record-for-the-franchise\" rel=\"noopener\">season 1<\/a>. However, to everyone&#8217;s surprise\u2026 in its second weekend it has become the number 1 English-language series, with 9.9 million viewers. <strong>For comparison, in its first few days it debuted in the top 3 with just 6.7 million<\/strong>, proving that, sometimes, you simply have to give viewers time.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fantastic word of mouth has helped, with some comparing it to The Godfather, although, truth be told, it still hasn&#8217;t reached the numbers it posted in 2024, when it went past 12.2 million views in its first 3 days. Even so, it doesn&#8217;t seem like Netflix are too worried, because <strong>season 1 has also returned to the global charts, placing in the top 3<\/strong>. In short, even if it hasn&#8217;t been quite as powerful, a third season is guaranteed.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If everything keeps going like this, The Gentlemen should stay in Netflix&#8217;s top 10 much longer than its series normally do (let&#8217;s admit it, they&#8217;re considered disposable). And <strong>it&#8217;s proof that even in a predictable world like streaming services there can still be surprises<\/strong>\u2026 and make its critics eat our words.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, everyone in the industry was worried about Netflix&#8216;s mistreatment of its second seasons, which is leading to one absurdity after another in the ratings. But, suddenly, something unexpected has happened: after a dreadful first week, The Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie&#8217;s series, has had an unexpected surge. And in the world of streaming, where only &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whats-happening-with-the-viewership-for-the-gentlemen-after-a-terrible-first-week-its-shot-through-the-roof\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What&#8217;s happening with the viewership for \u2018The Gentlemen\u2019? After a terrible first week, it&#8217;s shot through the roof&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":378198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-378199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378200,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378199\/revisions\/378200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378199"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=378199"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=378199"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=378199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}