After topping both Digital Original charts last week, the second season of Ted Lasso has hit the number one spot on both Australian charts this week.
In the show, American Ted Lasso is a coach of college-level American soccer team. He finds himself recruited to coach an English Premier League team, AFC Richmond, despite having absolutely no experience in that level of the game.
The show is relentlessly positive, making for a joyful distraction from real world headlines – which are decidedly less positive and usually include far less Jason Sudeikis.
Ted Lasso came in at 25.75 points above market average in Australia this week, and 16.86 in New Zealand.
Topping the charts in New Zealand is Nine Perfect Strangers, coming off the back of its opening as biggest series launch of 2021 for Amazon Prime Video.
Set at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation, nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this ten-day retreat is the resort’s director Masha (Nicole Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.
Speaking about the show, Mediaweek’s Andrew Marcado said: “Nicole Kidman drips with passive aggression and mysterious malevolence and I can’t wait to see what happens next.”
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Nine Perfect Strangers came in at 23.62 points above market average in Australia this week, and 18.25 in New Zealand.
Having topped the overall Australian chart last week, Brooklyn Nine-Nine has dropped to fourth overall this week. The iconic cop comedy has launched its eighth and final season on SBS, and the response has been immediate and positive.
As the show wraps up, it has made headlines for tackling issues such as police brutality and white supremacy head on.
This week it came in at 23.83 points above market average in Australia, and 16.11 points above market average in New Zealand – where it came second on the overall chart.
