‘The Watcher’, Ryan Murphy’s latest miniseries has been in less than 15 days Netflix and accumulates 273.2 million hours viewed (125 during the first week and more than 148 in the second), which makes it the most watched series on the platform. The thriller tells of the hell of a family that moves into the house of their dreams and begins to receive anonymous letters from someone called ‘El Vigilante’ who turns their life into hell. A fiction that is inspired by a true story that took place in New Jersey.
It is also created by Ryan Murphy and is also based on true crime events. ‘Dahmer’, the series that preceded ‘The Watcher’ in first place on the podium, occupying it for 21 days. The fiction about the history of the Milwaukee monster is still in second place in the list of most watched series that the platform updates every week. Also, yesu recently released movie ‘Mr. Harrigan’s Telephone’ is also among the most watched with more than 60 million hours viewed in three weeks.
Ryan Murphy moves with ease in the thriller and ‘true crime’ genre and seems to have found a perfect formula to succeed on the Reed Hastings platform combining true events, intrigue and cast. We cannot forget that Murphy is the creator of hits like ‘American Horror Story’, ‘American Horror Stories’ and ‘American Crime Story’ or ‘Ratched’ and that he is also behind titles like ‘Halston’, ‘Pose’ or ‘ Hollywood’.
In the case of ‘The Watcher’, Murphy forms a creative partnership with Ian Brennan and they also work as producers. The cast is led by Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale playing the couple who buys the house and with them too we find Jennifer Coolidge giving life to the real estate agent who sells them the mansion. Additionally, the cast includes Mia Farrow, Terry Kinney, Richard Kind, Margo Martindale, Joe Mantello, Noma Dumezweni, Christopher McDonald, Michael Nouri, Isabel Gravitt, Henry Hunter Hall, and Luke David Blumm.
