Disappointing Netflix Viewership Regardless of High Spot

No person Needs This returned for a second season lower than per week in the past, however the rankings up to now will not be reaching the identical heights as the primary season. The Netflix collection, which first premiered in 2024, stars Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Justine Lupe, Timothy Simons and Jackie Tohn.

No person Needs This season 2 is presently the primary present on Netflix.

Rounding out the High 10 for the week of October 20 are The Diplomat season 3, Boots season 1, Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Mob Struggle: Philadelphia vs. the Mafia season 1, Uncooked: 2025, Wayward, The Diplomat season 1, No person Needs This season 1 and Child Shark Hospital Play season 1.

Regardless of claiming the highest spot on Netflix throughout its debut week, the viewership for No person Needs This tells a special story. Up to now, the second season, which was launched on October 23, has 8.6 million views and 38.1 million hours considered.

These numbers are down from the primary season, which acquired 10.3 million views and 45.7 million hours considered throughout its first week on the streaming platform.

No person Needs This stars Bell and Brody as Joanne and Noah, a pair attempting to determine their relationship amid differing spiritual beliefs, with Joanne being agnostic and Noah a rabbi. All through all of this, Joanne hosts a podcast together with her sister.

No person Needs This has earned a number of award nominations, together with Excellent Comedy Collection, Excellent Lead Actor in a Comedy Collection (Brody) and Excellent Lead Actress in a Comedy Collection (Bell) on the 2025 Emmys. Brody received Finest Actor in a Comedy Collection on the 2025 Critics’ Selection Awards.

When the collection first premiered, it acquired overwhelmingly optimistic critiques and a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics and different reviewers claimed that No person Needs This did a fantastic job representing the realities of an interfaith relationship, and famous the apparent chemistry between stars Bell and Brody.

Nevertheless, No person Needs This season 2’s Rotten Tomatoes rating dropped to 78%. Whereas that also means most critics gave the season a optimistic ranking, it’s a important drop from the primary season and aligns with the decrease viewership numbers.

Not serving to the state of affairs is the truth that, amid the brand new season’s launch, Bell acquired backlash on social media for an Instagram publish she shared that celebrated her twelfth anniversary with husband Dax Shepard.

The caption included a remark that Shepard apparently made to her at one level, through which he stated he would not kill her, despite the fact that “a variety of males” have killed their wives.

The publish was thought-about insensitive and tone-deaf because it was shared in October, which is Home Violence Consciousness Month. It appears unlikely that Bell was even conscious of this when she posted what was meant to be a humorous message.

It is unclear if Bell’s scandal has prompted viewers to tune out of the brand new season of No person Needs This. Both method, early viewership numbers are essential to any present’s future on the streamer. Solely time will inform if the rankings are excessive sufficient for Netflix to offer Bell and Brody a 3rd season.