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New Netflix show stacks up astonishing 81,000,000 hours viewed in just one week-Pierra Willix and Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro
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Netflix viewers have thrown their support behind the new series 3 Body Problem despite it receiving mixed reviews from critics.
And they’re clearly all hooked, as new data has revealed it’s stacked up an astonishing 81,000,000 viewing hours in just one week.
The science fiction series was created by Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss alongside Alexander Woo and is based on the Chinese novel The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.
Spanning several decades – from the Chinese Cultural Revolution in the 1960s to the present day – the story explores a mysterious extraterrestrial force that is killing scientists around the world and stars Benedict Wong, Jess Hong, Jovan Adepo and Eiza González.
The novel was previously considered ‘unfilmable’ and ‘unadaptable’ due to its mind-bending and complex plots, with some critics saying an adaptation shouldn’t have been attempted.
But many viewers have said they are impressed by how the novel has been translated to screen, and it’s clear to see just how popular the show is as the weekly top 10 list of the most-watched TV shows in English have put it at the number two spot with 11,000,000 views and 81,7000,000 hours viewed.
Netflix fans have praised the new Netflix series 3 Body Problem (Picture: Netflix)
It’s actually The Gentlemen that takes the top spot though with 11,700,000 views (and 78,000,000 hours viewed) while Fool Me Once and One Day also appear on the list.
3 Body Problem also made it to top 10 in TV in 93 countries, while The Gentlemen made it to Top 10 in 91.
Netflix’s 10 most-watched TV shows in English globally in the last week:
3 Body Problem: Season 1, watched 11,000,000 times with 81,700,000 hours viewed
Homicide: New York, watched 6,600,000 times with 29,700,000 hours viewed
Avatar The Last Airbender: Season 1, watched 3,400,000 times with 24,600,000 hours viewed
Hot Wheels Let’s Race: Season 1, watched 2,400,000 times with 9,500,000 hours viewed
Monk: Season 1, watched 2,000,000 times with 18,400,000 hours viewed
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War: Season 1, watched 1,300,000 times with 13,700,000 hours viewed
The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping: Limited Series, watched 1,300,000 times with 4,100,000 hours viewed
Fool Me Once: Limited Series, watched 1,300,000 times with 8,100,000 hours viewed
One Day: Limited Series, watched 1,300,000 times with 8,400,000 hours viewed
This comes after viewers gushed over the new hit, with X user John writing: ‘Brilliant, it does the book justice, BUT, I imagine those that didn’t read the books will be mightily confused now, but stick with it and prepare for your mind to be blown.’
‘I enjoyed reading 3 Body Problem more than a decade ago. The Netflix version is actually better than I remember the book,’ AbbottMaverick shared.
Many others said they were ‘obsessed’ and had watched all eight episodes in one sitting.
Meanwhile fan Tong begged: ‘I finished watching in one go, some changes were made and really short for the 1st book but overall, I like it. I hope I can see next season… Netflix, you’re not going to cancel it right???’
Viewers have watched an astonishing number of hours this week alone (Picture: ED MILLER/NETFLIX)
Many fans labelled the series ‘mind-blowing’ (Picture: X)
Another said the first episode had them hooked (Picture: X)
Some even said they preferred the show to the book (Picture: X)
The series will cover the entirety of Cuxin’s three books – known in full as the Remembrance of the Earth’s Past trilogy and consisting of 3 Body Problem, The Dark Forest and Death’s End.
Where the novels are set mainly in China, the TV adaptation has widened the scope and scale somewhat – spanning several continents in uncovering its central mystery.
Following the backlash to the final season of Game of Thrones, Benioff and Weiss said they also saw 3 Body Problem as a ‘daunting project’.
The novel it is based on was previously labelled ‘unadaptable’ (Picture: Netflix)
However Woo said that writers adapting novels for TV have to ‘block out some noise’ in order to focus on telling the story, like athletes in a stadium.
‘Do you think about the fans when you’re in the middle of the game? Well, on some level you hear cheering, but you have to concentrate on what you’re doing,’ he told GQ.
‘Your job is to make the shot or catch the pass. On some level, I understand the existence of the fans, and not everyone is going to like everything that you do, but at the same time, I’m trying to do the best job I can in putting the scene together.’
3 Body Problem is now streaming on Netflix.
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