↑ Netflix’s Newfoundland-set thriller Below, in which Josh Hartnett battles a sea creature, led the way overall on Nielsen’s latest streaming ratings snapshot, while Prime Video’s Carrie adaptation had another strong week at over 1 billion minutes viewed.

↑ Ben Affleck’s Animals (756 million minutes) stayed on top of the movie chart for a second week. Hocus Pocus (209 million) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (173 million), both on Disney+, ranked fifth and seventh among films.

↑ The first two games of the World Series averaged 11.56 million viewers on Fox and other outlets. That’s down from the past two years (but ahead of the 2020-23 series at the same point) — not unexpected given the two smaller-market teams involved, the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays.

What’s premiering on TV this week:

Sunday, Nov. 1
OJ’s Accomplice (Peacock)
9 p.m.: The Gilded Age (HBO/HBO Max)

Monday, Nov. 2
8 p.m.: St. Denis Medical (NBC)
8:30 p.m.: The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (NBC)

Tuesday, Nov. 3
Bass x Machina (Netflix)

Wednesday, Nov. 4
The Greatest (Prime Video)
All’s Fair (Hulu)
Stick (Apple TV)

↑ Hamilton, with original cast member Christopher Jackson back on stage, remained the highest grossing show last week bringing in $2.5 million, followed by Other Desert Cities, with $2.3 million. The play, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Allison Janney and Joe Keery, retained the highest average ticket price on Broadway, at $290, and played to 100 percent capacity.

↑ ReelShort’s The Triplets’ Final Regret, a vampire soap, hits No. 1 for the third time as the most-watched microdrama across paid platforms, per Owl & Co.’s latest Vertical Index snapshot. AI-generated microdramas have flooded the zone and are regularly among the most consumed titles.

↑ Clayface made its mark in its opening weekend at the box office as the Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything continued to build on its momentum with an impressive sophomore frame.

↑ The fall is still holding strong at the box office. This weekend was a pleasing one across the board, but the positive vibes won’t last forever, as the studios avoid new releases next weekend with Halloween falling on a Saturday. After that, such options as The Cat in the Hat, Godzilla Minus Zero and Wild Horse Nine are waiting in the wings for a Nov. 6 release.

↑ In Nielsen’s latest snapshot of the big picture race for overall TV viewing, the ever-growing YouTube reigned among all media giants in August. But, if you add together Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, which now are housed under David Ellison’s Skydance, there’s a new No. 2 in the battle of the goliaths. For comparison, the Skydance brands together now outrank both Disney and Netflix for the month in total TV usage.