"Dahmer" hits new milestone / Netflix joins BARB, moves to Jersey / Amazon's Italian "Citadel" kickoff

Plus today's calendar, Apple grabs "The Gorge," "The Crown" Diana shoot, HBO's Nikki Finke series, and more

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According to Netflix's internal numbers, the scripted true-crime series "Dahmer: Monster – The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" now ranks as its second-most-popular Engish-language series of all time. In its third week on the streamer, the Ryan Murphy-produced series racked up another 205.33 million hours viewed. More: That brings "Dahmer" to 701.73 million hours viewed overall in its first three weeks. Netflix's most popular English-language TV series to date remains the fourth season of "Stranger Things," which debuted earlier this year and was viewed for 1.35 billion hours in its first month. Producer Murphy has another current hit on Netflix: the Stephen King movie adaptation "Mr. Harrigan's Phone," which is currently #2 on Netflix's Top 10 English-language films list. Evan Peters stars in the series as serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer; Niecy Nash, Richard Jenkins, and Molly Ringwald co-star. DEADLINE

Netflix joined the Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB), an industry-owned organization in the UK that measures the audience sizes for broadcast and streaming programming. According to BARB, they're the first industry-owned group of their kind that Netflix has joined. More: BARB's numbers are only available to its broadcaster clients and are not published. The group has been reporting on Disney+ numbers in the UK for some time; Amazon does not currently work in coordination with the group. Starting on November 1, BARB will begin reporting on Netflix viewing as part of its daily messaging, alongside 300 broadcast channels, and video-on-demand services. This will be the first time Netflix numbers are reported in the UK alongside ratings for broadcasters such as BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Sky in an apples-to-apples way. VARIETY

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DAILY CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 THE WINCHESTERS: Debut dark fantasy drama series serving as a prequel to "Supernatural," following the courtship and early adventures of John Winchester (Drake Rodger) and Mary Campbell (Meg Donnelly) in the 1970s. Jensen Ackles reprises his role as Dean Winchester to narrate the new series; "Supernatural" vet Robbie Thompson created and produces. [CW] PROFESSIONALS: Action drama series from South Africa, starring Tom Welling as a security operative who's hired by a tech billionaire (Brendan Fraser) to investigate after his cutting-edge new satellite explodes on launch. Elena Anaya, Jazzara Jaslyn, and Ken Duken co-star. [CW] BIG SHOT: The sports comedy-drama series stars John Stamos as a disgraced college basketball coach who loses his dream job, and is forced to take a new position at an elite all-girls school. All 10 Season 2 episodes hit Disney+ today for easy binging. [Disney+] ULTRA VIOLET & BLACK SCORPION: The live-action Disney Channel action-comedy series centers on 13-year-old Violet Rodriguez (Scarlett Estevez), who transforms into the superhero Ultra Violent when donning a magical Luchador mask. Six additional Season 1 episodes come to Disney+ today. [Disney+] I LOVE YOU, YOU HATE ME: Two-part original documentary looking back at the rise and fall of kids' TV character Barney the Dinosaur, who was designed to teach kids about kindness and inclusion but ultimately inspired a mocking, angry, and even violent backlash from many members of the public. The film features insights from Barney creator Sheryl Leach and voice actor Bob West, along with TV personality Bill Nye and others. [Peacock] EASY-BAKE BATTLE: THE HOME COOKING COMPETITION: First-year culinary competition series, hosted and produced by "Queer Eye" food expert Antoni Porowski. Experienced home cooks will be forced to use all of their ingenuity while preparing delicious, savory dishes using only the Hasbro Easy-Bake Oven children's toy. Each episode's winners get $25,000, and a shot at a $100,000 grand prize. [Netflix] WILD CROC TERRITORY: Debut nature reality series from animal wrangler and conservationist Matt Wright, in which he and his team catch and relocate ferocious crocodiles and other deadly reptiles throughout Australia's Outback. [Netflix]  BLACKOUT: 2022 action thriller starring Josh Duhamel as a man who wakes up in a locked-down Mexican hospital with no memory, and soon finds that he's being pursued by violent cartel assassins. Abbie Cornish, Nick Nolte, and Lou Ferrigno Jr. co-star. [Netflix] BELASCOARÁN, PI: Debut Spanish-language crime comedy series starring Luis Gerardo Méndez ("The Resort") as Héctor Belascoarán, who quits his dull corporate job and leaves his marriage to become an independent private investigator in '70s Mexico City. Paulina Gaitan and Irene Azuela co-star. [Netflix] THE NUTTY BOY (MENINO MALUQUINHO): Animated children's series from Brazil, based on author Ziraldo's classic '80s book of the same title, which has previously inspired a variety of spinoff shows and films. The stories center around the unpredictable 12-year-old Maluquinho, who famously wears a pan on his head. [Netflix] YO! MTV MAPS: Five-episode docuseries -- originally produced for YouTube in 2021 -- in which iconic music video director and VJ Ralph McDaniels takes viewers on a tour of New York, with an eye on key locations and moments in hip-hop history. (Each episode takes a deep dive into a different borough.) Interview subjects include Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Fabolous, Roxanne Shanté, A$AP Ferg, and others. [Paramount+]

Netflix's plans to construct a large production facility in New Jersey took another step forward this week. The streamer is now the top bidder on a plot of land in New Jersey, about 50 miles south of New York City, that was previously occupied by the Army's Fort Monmouth base. More: Terms of the deal are not yet final and Netflix will have several regulatory hurdles to overcome before being approved. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has been a major supporter of the deal, as part of an overall plan to bring Hollywood productions back to the state. Netflix has not disclosed the actual price of its bid; the parcel was recently appraised at around $54 million but some developers have offered up to $100 million in the past for the land. The Fort Monmouth site would become Netflix's second-largest production facility in the US, after its New Mexico studios. NEW YORK TIMES

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De Angelis Production kicked off in Italy on the Amazon event series "Citadel," from creators Joe and Anthony Russo ("The Gray Man"). The spy thriller series will consist of chapters set in various locations around the globe, including installments from the US, Italy, India, and Mexico, each helmed by local filmmakers and creative teams. More: The Italian leg of the series was written by Alessandro Fabbri ("The Trial") and directed by Arnaldo Catinari ("Suburra: Blood on Rome"); Matilda De Angelis ("The Undoing") stars. The US "Citadel" series -- starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Richard Madden, and Stanley Tucci -- will debut first, though no release date has yet been set. Each international chapter will tell its own self-contained story, but set within the larger "Citadel" universe. VARIETY

Apple will distribute the Skydance action-romance feature "The Gorge," starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller. "Sinister" and "The Black Phone" vet Scott Derrickson is attached to direct the film, which is based on a spec script by writer Zach Dean ("The Tomorrow War").  More: No plot details have been released but the script is described as a "high-action, genre-bending love story." Skydance and Apple have collaborated on a number of recent and upcoming film projects, including the Vietnam War comedy-drama "The Greatest Beer Run Ever"; the romantic action-adventure "Ghosted"; and the Mark Wahlberg action-comedy "The Family Plan." This will be Teller's official follow-up to his leading role in the global blockbuster "Top Gun: Maverick." DEADLINE

Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki in "The Crown" Deadline reported that a number of members of "The Crown" creative team are "on edge" as the show prepares to recreate the circumstances surrounding Princess Diana's 1997 death. Most of the scenes relating to the car crash that took Diana's life will be shot in about two weeks. More: Elizabeth Debicki portrays Diana in the sixth season of "The Crown," which will feature the storyline about Diana's death. "The Crown" creator and showrunner Peter Morgan has stated before that the car crash itself will not be filmed or recreated, which was re-confirmed by Deadline this week. In August of 1997, Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed were killed while riding in a Mercedes-Benz in Paris, after fleeing paparazzi outside the city's Ritz hotel. "The Crown" Season 5 will hit Netflix this November; no release date has been announced for Season 6, but it will likely debut in late 2023. DEADLINE

QUICK HITS Get the best practices from 7 successful influencer campaigns and the brands who created them.* Diane Keaton had once been set to star in the HBO comedy-drama series "Tilda" as a Hollywood gossip blogger based on the late reporter Nikki Finke; co-creators Bill Condon and Cynthia Mort reminisced about the project on the occasion of Finke's passing this week for The Hollywood Reporter. Hulu's live-action "The Hardy Boys" series adaptation will come to a close after its upcoming eight-episode third season. During remarks at a New York media conference on Tuesday, Apple services chief Eddy Cue described the company's new $2.5 billion deal with Major League Soccer (MLS) as a "huge global opportunity" for the TV+ streaming service. Netflix dropped a new trailer for the mystery-comedy sequel "Enola Holmes 2," arriving on November 4. Disney announced the feature documentary "Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage?," a profile of the "Frozen" singer and Broadway star that will also include footage from her performance at Madison Square Garden, the culmination of her most recent nationwide tour; the film hits Disney+ on December 9. Peacock is developing the supernatural mystery-drama series "St. Donatus," from "Ringer" and "The Perfection" collaborators Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder; the series centers on a family from Brooklyn that moves to a small Iowa town with a dark secret. A set of AI-generated fake posters for an alleged Netflix series adaptation of the "Legend of Zelda" video game franchise -- featuring supposed stars Tom Holland, Idris Elba, and Emma Watson -- went viral on social media this week; creator Dan Leveille produced the posters using the photo-generating Midjourney software. Amazon released a trailer for the six-episode UK drama series "Riches," about wealthy siblings battling over control of their beauty company after the death of their father (Hugh Quarshie); the series debuts first on ITVX in Britain before coming to the US on Prime Video in December. Netflix acquired the international streaming rights to the Malayalam-language film "Declaration," a festival hit from filmmaker Mahesh Narayanan, starring Kunchacko Boban and Divya Prabha as a couple working at a medical glove factory during the COVID-19 lockdowns. *This is sponsored content

Lon Harris is the writer and editor of Inside Streaming and was the very first person to ever write an Inside newsletter. He lives in Los Angeles, California, and also writes about TV and film for Fandom, Screen Junkies, Rotten Tomatoes, Gamma Ray and others. Plus he has a Game of Thrones podcast called "Casterly Talk" and competes on The Movie Trivia Schmoedown as "The Professor." Editor Eduardo Garcia is a writer and editor based in New York. He is the author of "Things You Can Do," an illustrated book about climate action. Bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Scientific American, and others. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade.

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