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Exclusive: Canada’s CBC is stocking its streaming service with dramas from Scandinavia and the UK.

CBC Gem will launch British comedy-drama Cheaters, Scandi co-pro comedy All and Eva and Danish drama Families Like Ours in coming weeks. All and Eva will lead off on Friday, November 1, followed by Cheaters amon November 8 and Families Like Ours on November 22.

All and Eva, from Warner Bros. International Television Sweden for Viaplay, is a six-part series in which a woman’s journey to discover her sperm donor and their unexpected relationship, despite his ignorance of his impending fatherhood. Viaplay Content Distribution shops it internationally.

It is created, written and directed by Johanna Runevard and stars Tuva Novotny, Joachim Fjelstrup, Sanna Sundqvist and Bengt Braskered.

The show has been gaining...

Pictured: Berlin and Pokemon Concierge

Welcome to your weekly rundown of the biggest stories from Netflix’s top 10 hourly figures drop for the week ending December 31st, 2023. This week, we’ll cover Berlin, Pokémon Concierge, Rebel Moon, international films, Ricky Gervais, Dave Chappelle and another deep dive into Netflix Engagement Report.

Every Tuesday, Netflix updates its top 10 stats page with 40 new hourly figures of the top movies and shows of the past seven days.

Note: In this report of Netflix’s hours viewed from December 26th, 2023 to December 31st, 2023, we’ll use “Complete Viewings Equivalent,” or Cve, expressed in millions. That means we divide the hours viewed announced by Netflix by the runtime of films or series. It allows for better comparisons between films and series, but it’s not an audience metric. It is the minimum number of viewings if they were all complete from the first second to...

Pictured: Tacoma Fd, Berlin and Elvis

Happy Christmas one and all, and welcome to your rundown on what new movies, series, and anything else that’s coming to Netflix over the festive period for the next seven days.

If you want to look beyond next week, we’re still getting word of lots of new movies and series scheduled for release throughout January 2024 here and if you want a more birdseye view of the year, we’ve got our full 2024 Netflix schedule here.

Now let’s get into some highlights of what’s on the way this week:

Most Anticipated New Releases This Week Berlin (Season 1)

Coming to Netflix: Friday

The mothership series Money Heist may have ended not even a couple of years ago, but we’ve slowly seen the expansion of the IP since then, with the biggest of all set to be the new spin-off that lands...

It’s a good month for movies on Netflix in December, as The Super Mario Bros. Movie lands on the streamer for those Nintendo fans who have either been waiting to check it out, or who can’t wait to watch it again.

Netflix’s critically acclaimed new film May December also debuts this month. Directed by Todd Haynes (Dark Waters) and starring Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, the film focuses on a couple whose relationship once hit the tabloids due to their large age gap. When an actress comes to their home in a bid to research their story for a role, things quickly spiral. Expect the best kind of drama from this one!

Also coming to Netflix in December is the highly anticipated epic biopic Maestro, which chronicles the lifelong relationship between legendary composer Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Carey Mulligan). Cooper directed and co-wrote the film,...