Exploring the thousands of titles on Netflix can be both exciting and overwhelming. Content of all types abounds, from dramas and comedies to reality shows and documentaries. It’s a good thing there’s a list to help narrow your decision by letting you see the most popular Netflix shows. That’s right, every week, Netflix releases its list of the 10 most-watched TV shows over a recent seven-day period.
For the first time in 2024, no new show cracked the top five. The Gentleman is now in the top spot, while The Program slides back to No. 2. However, the four new shows this week – Steve Treviño: Simple Man, Bandidos, Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War, and Blow Away – occupied four of the final five spots in the top 10. Below, we have listed the top 10 shows in the U.S. from March 11 to March 17, along with general information about each show, including genre, rating, cast, and synopsis.
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10. Blown Away season 4 (2019)
Step inside the world of glass-blowing in Blown Away. In this Canadian reality series, some of the best artisans gather in North America’s largest hot shop for a glass-blowing competition. Ten contestants compete in a series of competitions that will test their creativity, ingenuity, and originality.
Hosted by Hunter March and judged by Katherine Gray, Blown Away contestants will battle to win three prestigious prizes: $100,000, a residency at the Corning Museum of Glass, and a residency in Venice, Italy, with famous glass artist Adriano Berengo.
9. Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War season 1 (2024)
As one of the experts proclaims in the Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War trailer, “The Cold War was the first war in history that held the possibility of ending in apocalypse.” The history of the decades-long conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union plays out in the nine-part documentary series by director Brian Knappenberger.
From the threat of nuclear war after the development of the atomic bomb by J. Robert Oppenheimer to the collapse of the Soviet Union, Turning Point examines the circumstances surrounding the Cold War and what led to its end. The series also spotlights the present-day conflict between Russia and Ukraine and features an exclusive interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
8. Hot Wheels Let's Race season 1 (2024)
If your kids love to play with Hot Wheels, they’ll certainly love Hot Wheels Let’s Race, the TV series inspired by the popular Mattel product. The action comedy series follows a new crop of racers: Axle, Brights, Coop, Mac, Sidecar, and Spark. The six racers head to racing camp to experience awesome challenges, extreme stunt contests, and out-of-this-world races.
Helping to capture the speed and ferocity of the series will be music from Patrick Stump of the Grammy-winning band Fall Out Boy. Hot Wheels Let’s Race is intended to be watched by the whole family, so sit back, relax, and get ready to go fast.
7. Bandidos season 1 (2024)
It’s Money Heist meets Outer Banks in Bandidos, a new crime adventure series on Netflix. When the famous archaeologist Juan Morales (Bruno Bichir) is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, his son Miguel (Alfonso Dosal) takes it upon himself to help the family financially. However, Miguel is broke and in desperate need of money. Miguel’s luck changes when he finds a map of Snake King’s treasure, the biggest score in history.
No one has ever found the treasure, which doesn’t stop Miguel from trying. Miguel will need some help and recruits an unlikely group of bandits – scam artist Lilí (Expósito), hacker Lucas (Juan Pablo Fuentes), and Miguel’s counterfeiter uncle (Juan Pablo Medina) – to join him on this dangerous mission throughout the Caribbean.
6. Steve Treviño: Simple Man (2024)
Steve Treviño is trying to get by as a simple man, which is the name of his latest Netflix stand-up comedy special. Filmed at The Tobin Center in San Antonio, Texas, Simple Man is a showcase for Treviño to riff on what it’s like to be a husband, father, and son. The upbeat comedian jokes about what it’s like living with a “Type-A Virgo wife,” his dad’s spaghetti sandwiches, and pizza parties.
Treviño is not a raunchy comedian. Instead, he likes to use his wife, Renae, as a muse for his bits. Simple Man marks Treviño’s first Netflix special since 2014’s Relatable. His most recent special, I Speak Wife, was self-financed and released on YouTube in 2022.
5. Avatar: The Last Airbender season 1 (2024)
After years in development, Avatar: The Last Airbender, the long-awaited live-action adaptation of the famous Nickelodeon animated series, has finally arrived on Netflix. In The Last Airbender, four elements – Water, Earth, Fire, and Air – make up the four nations, which used to live in harmony.
After the Fire Nation destroyed the Air Nomads, the Firebenders set out to conquer the world. In the Air Nation, Aang, a 12-year-old boy, discovers he is the Avatar capable of bending all four elements. With the help of his friends, Aang embarks on an adventure to save the world from destruction.
4. The Signal (2024)
Scientist and astronaut Paula (Baumeister) is heading home. After months in space, Paula finally returns to Earth. The day before going home, Paula’s flight home mysteriously vanishes. Where it went, nobody knows. Paula’s husband, Sven (Florian David Fitz), is in disbelief, refusing to believe his wife’ has simply vanished. Sven even shields his daughter, Charlie (Yuna Bennett), from the news.
When all hope seems lost, Sven gets a clue: Paula left him a riddle that could solve her disappearance. At first, Sven believes the clues do not lead to Paula’s location. However, these signals might be warnings of a disaster heading his way. How far is Sven willing to go to discover the truth?
3. Love Is Blind season 6 (2020)
Love is Blind is back for season 6. Netflix’s dating experiment welcomes 30 new singles to the pods as they search for love. The singles try to form relationships by talking to each other through a speaker. When the daters make a connection, they can extend a marriage proposal.
If a marriage proposal is accepted, the contestants can finally meet each other face-to-face. After a couples retreat and a multiweek stint living together, it all comes down to the wedding. Will the couple go through with the marriage or end the engagement? New episodes will be released every Wednesday for the remainder of February before the finale on March 6.
2. The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping (2024)
In Ogdensburg, New York, there was a behavior modification facility call the Academy at Ivy Ridge. Advertised as a boarding school, the Academy was designed to advise troubled teens and work on their issues before they went to college. However, the students didn’t realize they were entering a facility that didn’t care about how they were treated. Human decency was thrown out the door in favor of rampant abuse.
The kids’ freedoms – talking, smiling, and contact with the outside world – were taken away upon arrival. One of the students was Katherine Kubler, who struggled to cope with the trauma she experienced after leaving the Academy. Kubler documents her experiences in The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping, a harrowing look into how a behavior facility became a breeding ground for abusers.
1. The Gentlemen season 1 (2024)
In his first television series, Guy Ritchie brings his expertise in the comedy/crime caper genre to The Gentlemen, which is based on his film of the same name. While Matthew McConaughey led the movie, Theo James headlines the series as Eddie Horniman, a former soldier who becomes the Duke of Halstead when he inherits his father’s estate.
When he tries to sell the estate, Eddie meets Susie Glass (Kaya Scodelario), who informs the Duke that a sale can’t happen. Below the estate is a massive cannabis farm, which is part of a criminal empire owned by Bobby Glass (Ray Winstone). Susie, Bobby’s daughter, runs the day-to-day operations. Thrust into a new livelihood, Eddie must adapt fast if he wants to continue in the family business.
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