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You know a streaming platform has changed when wrestling episodes start getting the same treatment as thrillers. Prove us wrong, if you will! A few years back, Netflix audiences mostly wanted murder mysteries and slow thrillers. Now? People are experimenting with all sorts of formats because who imagined a live roast ruling the charts?

That’s right, The Roast of Kevin Hart has turned into way more than just a comedy special now. He just did Funny AF, and now this, but little do people know about the backstage drama. First came reports that Michael Che pulled out before the roast aired, then everybody online started arguing over Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes because, of course, they did. That’s the thing with these Netflix live events … half the entertainment comes after the show ends. Also, kudos to Hart because the man sat there getting verbally destroyed for hours and barely cracked. At this point, he is probably immune to public humiliation.

Then you’ve got the second season of Worst Ex Ever, which feels like a warning from the universe. Every single episode starts off looking super normal. Nice relationship, lovely partner. Sweet little story. Then suddenly… nope. Absolute nightmare. And viewers cannot stop watching it because the stories get darker the longer the season goes on. What’s made this season scarier, though, is the amount of real footage and personal recordings involved. A lot of the victims documented parts of these relationships themselves, so when things start falling apart, it feels frighteningly real.

Now Nemesis… whew. The audience spotted Courtney A. Kemp’s name attached and immediately turned up expecting betrayal and people making terrible life choices every episode. And fair enough because the show is exactly about that. Detective Isiah Stiles spends most of the series trying to track down Coltrane Wilder while corruption spreads around basically everybody involved. Every episode has viewers side-eyeing different characters because trust lasts for barely a few minutes in this series before somebody ruins it.

And can we please talk about Raw because wrestling fans have fully adopted Netflix now? The May 11 episode exploded online after Jacob Fatu finally snapped during Roman Reigns’ “Acknowledgement Ceremony” and flattened half the Bloodline by the end of the night. Honestly, WWE fans had been predicting Fatu would turn for weeks after Backlash 2026, so when it finally happened, social media completely lost its head.

The rest of the episode was a huge mess too. Joe Hendry teamed with The Street Profits against Logan Paul, Bron Breakker and Austin Theory, and surprisingly, Hendry’s mocking of Logan Paul became one of the biggest talking points afterwards.

Then there’s Man on Fire, which has dragged loads of viewers back into their old-school action-thriller obsession again. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II takes over the John Creasy role this time, and people have been comparing him to Denzel Washington nonstop since the show dropped. But what’s helped the series stand out is that it spends more time digging into Creasy’s past and the criminal world around him instead of running to follow the story, just like the film did.

Further down the chart, La Brea is still in the chart and has found a whole new audience after coming to Netflix US. Giant sinkholes and people trapped in another world underneath Los Angeles sound completely ridiculous on paper… and yet viewers have been bingeing episodes all week.

Meanwhile, anime fans have kept Devil May Cry season two at number seven because Dante slicing demons apart apparently never gets old. Then you’ve got Danny Go! The new obsession of the US kids is because children across America have apparently decided to move on from Ms Rachel.

And finally, Perfect Match season four and Legends are pulling in completely different crowds for completely different reasons. And that sums up the Top 10 series chart of Netflix US this week.

The 10 most popular series on Netflix US this week

• The Roast of Kevin Hart
• Worst Ex Ever: Season 2
• Nemesis: Season 1
• Raw: 2026 – May 11, 2026
• Man on Fire: Season 1
• La Brea: Season 1
• Devil May Cry: Season 2
• Danny Go!: Season 1
• Perfect Match: Season 4
• Legends: Season 1