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Disney Franchise Content Struggles to Make the Nielsen Top 10

Disney Franchise Content Struggles to Make the Nielsen Top 10

The latest Nielsen streaming rankings for April 20–26, 2026 paint a troubling picture for Disney franchise content. While Disney+ remains the home of Marvel and Star Wars, rival streaming services dominated nearly every category. Where Disney+ and Hulu did appear on Nielsen’s Top 10 charts, much of that success came from legacy Fox content and the BBC’s Bluey.

‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 Will Reportedly See a Time Jump According to Marvel Executive

‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 Will Reportedly See a Time Jump According to Marvel Executive

With the start of Season 3, Daredevil: Born Again may get another creative reset through a time jump. Despite a significant drop in viewership, the Disney+ MCU series is still expected to return in 2027. Speaking to ScreenRant, Brad Winderbaum, Marvel’s head of streaming, television, and animation, said Season 3 will take place “a year or so” after the Season 2 finale.

Marvel’s ‘VisionQuest’ Set to Release on Disney+ Ahead of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

Marvel’s ‘VisionQuest’ Set to Release on Disney+ Ahead of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

At the recent Disney Upfront presentation, it was announced that Marvel’s Visionquest will release on Disney+ before Avengers: Doomsday arrives in theaters. It remains unclear if the events of the show will connect to the broader structure of Marvel’s Phase Six, as many audiences have grown weary of doing “homework” before each new film.

‘Wonder Man’ Added to Hulu and YouTube After Disney+ Nielsen Ratings Bomb

‘Wonder Man’ Added to Hulu and YouTube After Disney+ Nielsen Ratings Bomb

Wonder Man has been added to Hulu for a limited time. The latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) dropped all eight half-hour episodes on Disney+ at the end of January. By its second week, the series had dropped out of Nielsen’s top ten. According to Cosmic Book News, the No. 10 show that week logged 332 million minutes watched, meaning Wonder Man fell short of that.

Loki Season 2 Budget Exceeded $170 Million, Per Disney Financial Reports

Loki Season 2 Budget Exceeded $170 Million, Per Disney Financial Reports

Following her report on the true cost of the Willow series on DIsney+, Caroline Reid of Forbes shared on October 30th that the second season of Lokihad a budget of over $170 million, citing filings from the Walt Disney company. The analyst says this total had inflated by $9.7 million last year, but it never surpassed the “agreed budget.”

Marvel’s ‘VisionQuest’ Set to Release on Disney+ Ahead of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

There’s Finally a Marvel Studios VisionQuest Trailer, and You Can’t See It… Yet

At this year’s New York Comic Con (NYCC), Marvel Studios delivered one of the most buzzed-about moments of the event: the unveiling of the first trailer for their upcoming streaming series VisionQuest. But for all the excitement generated in the Javits Center, one thing remains glaringly absent — the trailer hasn’t yet been released publicly.