Netflix has officially released its viewership data for the first half of 2025. The four-part limited series Adolescence is the most-watched show from January to June 2025. The chilling drama series even beat Squid Game season 2, which was released in late December 2024, by a pretty wide margin.

Read on for our major takeaways from this year’s list. The 76th Emmy Awards, hosted by Nate Bargatze, take place September 14. HBO Max earned bragging rights with its 142 total nominations for shows like The Penguin,

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The Warner Bros. Discovery network scored 142 Emmy nominations, compared to 121 for Netflix. This marks the most Emmy nominations HBO has ever received in a single year, beating its previous total of 140 in 2022. Last year, it received 91 and was behind Netflix and FX.

“The White Lotus,” with 24 nominations, was the most-watched drama nominee so far this year, ranking as the No. 16 most-watched streaming program with 11.46 billion minutes viewed, according to Nielsen.

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"It may be time for the Emmy Awards to implement a new rule," Alan Pergament writes. "One program should receive a maximum number of nominations for its actors – say, four – to allow more people in other worthy series to be celebrated,