Willy Wonka has delivered for Netflix.
The streamer has landed a bona fide reality ratings hit with Wonka’s The Golden Ticket after the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-themed competition series debuted at number two on its English-language TV chart.
The series scored 4.6M views in its opening week, becoming one of Netflix’s biggest unscripted launches in recent years
This is in line with the latest season of Love Is Blind – season ten set in Ohio – which also scored 4.6M in its opening week. The Kinetic Content show is considered one of Netflix’s biggest unscripted hits (its premiere came before Netflix changed the way it calculates viewers).
The numbers bode well for a renewal of the Eureka-produced show. Age of Attraction, Velvet Hammer’s dating reality series that launched earlier this year, premiered with 3.8M viewers in its first week and was handed a quick renewal, although admittedly The Golden Ticket is a more expensive show to produce.
Shot in Australia, the series sees 12 lucky golden ticket winners entering the Chocolate Factory to compete for a sweet prize: a lifetime supply of money. As the winners and their partners step through the factory gates, they face a series of series of challenges. There are games, tests and temptations designed to test the competitors physically, mentally, and morally before one walks away with the prize.
A two-part finale for The Golden Ticket will premiere on September 30.
Wonka’s The Golden Ticket was only bested on the list by Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, which was number one with 14.5M views in its second week. This comes after it received 12.5M views in its first four days on the service. Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story also ranked in the Top 10 list in 92 countries, up from 89 in its first week.
Crew Girl was at number three with 4.5M views.
Elsewhere, A Different World, the sequel series to the classic sitcom from 1987, debuted at number four with 4.2M views. This was followed by the second season of The Gentlemen, Gabby’s Dollhouse, WWE’s Raw, the first season of The Gentlemen, The Great British Baking Show and Danny Go!.
