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Months after Stranger Things wrapped up, another fantastic sci-fi gem produced by **The Duffer Brothers **has become an instant hit on streaming, with millions of views over the past week. Created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, The Boroughs premiered on Netflix on May 21, 2026, to rave reviews, including a laudable 96% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes. The series is set in an eponymous, picturesque retirement community where a group of retirees bands together to stop an otherworldly being from stealing the one thing they don’t have — time.
Despite being a hit with both critics and viewers, that unfortunately wasn’t enough to propel the series to the No. 1 spot on Netflix last week. Claiming that position instead was the 92% Rotten Tomatoes crime drama, which has often been described as a worthy replacement for NBC’s The Blacklist. Co-created by Power’s very own Courtney A. Kemp and Tani Marole, Nemesis premiered on May 14, 2026, to a positive global reception. In it, viewers see a relentless LAPD cop become obsessed with taking down the master thief behind a string of daring heists, with only one able to come out on top.
Last week, Nemesis continued gaining traction on Netflix, surging nearly 61% from its debut to rack up 11.4 million views between May 18 and 24, according to new reports. It easily topped the streamer’s weekly English TV charts, outperforming competitors that included The Boroughs. The sci-fi drama landed in second place with a modest 5.6 million views, a figure many would consider underwhelming for its debut weekend.
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
Elsewhere in TV, Worst Ex Ever, executive-produced by Jason Blum, snagged the No. 3 spot with 3.6 million views. The true-crime docuseries, which is a spin-off of Worst Roommate Ever, returned for a second season on May 6, 2026, two years after its August 28, 2024, debut on Netflix. As for the other rankings, The Roast of Kevin Hart came in fourth with 3.1 million views, while the global streaming sensation Man on Fire, starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, remained at No. 5, rounding out the top of the list with 3 million views; that’s down from 5.5 million views the week prior.
The Boroughs and Nemesis stream on Netflix.
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Jeffrey Addiss, Will Matthews