Netflix’s 5 most-seen TV shows at the moment as more than 13,500,000 watch Kevin Hart roast

A lot of people will tell you that, despite global events seeming scary, humans have never had it so good.

We’ve never been safer, richer or healthier. It may not seem like it, but it’s true. That doesn’t mean that life is entirely easy, though. We still have issues. We’ve got dilemmas. We all need to work out what to watch on Netflix most evenings, for starters.

There are thousands upon thousands of TV shows up on there. But who has the time to trawl through them all?

If you’re happy to let the global hive mind help you decide your next binge-watch, then you could do a lot worse than take inspiration from what the most-watched content is right now.

Here’s the top five TV shows the world’s into at the moment…

5. Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine – 6,200,000 views last week

We kick off the top five with the list’s only non-English language title, an eight-part crime series with a somewhat clumsy title.

Don’t let the weird moniker put you off, however. There’s a reason this Spanish thriller is popular… It’s the second season of the Money Heist prequel.

Obviously set before the events of the original series, it follows Berlin and a ragtag gang of thieves attempting to pull off a spectacular art heist in Seville.

Money Heist fans are into it, of course. One commented on social media, ‘because I binge-watched Berlin and The Lady with an Ermine last night, I didn’t sleep.’ Another says, ‘the best thing Netflix has ever done in its life is releasing the Berlin miniseries.’

Critics also seem to dig the prequel follow-up. Joel Keller of Decider said this of it: ‘Berlin And The Lady With An Ermine has lost none of the Berlin series’ charm or joie de vivre. It’s still a show that’s more fun than thought-provoking, which is exactly what it’s intended to be.’

4. Legends – 6,600,000 views

The Gold’s Neil Forsyth is the expert writer behind this latest crime blockbuster series over on Netflix.

Telling the mostly true tale of a small but dedicated team of UK Customs officers tasked with bringing down a giant interwoven drug-importing network, it skates the line between fact and fiction perfectly. This is well-made drama, but also a lot of fun.

Steve Coogan takes top billing as the task force boss, but it’s Strike’s Tom Burke and Adult Material’s Hayley Squires that are the real stand-out performers here.

Viewers are enjoying it too; the six-part series has racked up a very respectable 85% audience approval rating over on Rotten Tomatoes. And critics are even more in favour, with a near-perfect 96% of reviews being positive.

3. Nemesis – 7,100,000 views

When it comes to cat ‘n’ mouse tales (tails?), fans of crime thrillers look to the cinematic masterpiece that is Heat as the very pinnacle of the genre. Michael Mann’s 1995 story of an obsessive detective chasing down an elite bank robber and his crew is the benchmark. But even lesser versions can be worthy of your time.

Courtney A. Kemp and Tani Marole’s Nemesis doesn’t shirk from its influences. How could it?

Like Heat, it’s about a determined LAPD robbery-homicide detective – Isaiah Stiles (Matthew Law) chasing down a classy and controlled master thief – Y’lan Noel’s Coltrane Wilder.

Viewers are lapping it up and, with a 92% score over on RT, critics are happy to talk it up too. The Guardian’s Jack Seale wrote: ‘The occasional moments of comedy show that Nemesis knows how absurd it needs to be. And because it judges its own chaos levels perfectly, it’s ridiculously entertaining.’

2. Worst Ex Ever: Season 2 – 8,100,000 views

There’s something uniquely grim about realising that the person you’re dating might also be the sort of person who not only attracts you but also police tape and grainy courtroom sketches. Unfortunately for everybody involved in Worst Ex Ever, that’s pretty much the running theme.

The Netflix true crime series is back for a second season with four more stories about relationships that went catastrophically wrong, featuring everything from kidnappings and hostage situations to a cold case breakthrough more than a decade later.

One episode even centres on a killer who happens to share a name with a Marvel superhero, which probably isn’t ideal for the comic book company for SEO reasons.

As before, the series leans heavily on survivor testimony, with victims explaining what life was actually like behind the smiling photos and aggressively normal-looking social media posts.

There’s also body cam footage, police interviews and animated re-enactments helping piece together the sort of warning signs and red flags that most people would hope they’d spot a mile off (but don’t always manage).

Karina Adelgaard from Heaven of Horror said of it: ‘All four episodes are as terrifying as they are fascinating.’

‘What I especially appreciate about this true crime docuseries anthology from Netflix is that it interviews the victims. We hear from people who knew first-hand just how brutal and scary these people acted when they were involved with them.’

1. The Roast of Kevin Hart – 13,500,000 views

Taking top spot for Netflix’s most-watched TV show of the past week isn’t a series so much as a comedy event. Ludicrously long, fairly crass, pretty controversial and yet frequently hilarious – it’s The Roast of Kevin Hart.

The diminutive US comedian faced a barrage of harsh gags about his stature and film role choices all night. All, seemingly, to his amusement.

The thing landed on Netflix as part of the 2026 Netflix Is A Joke Festival, with Tires’ Shane Gillis hosting and a line-up that included the likes of Chelsea Handler, Pete Davidson, Regina Hall, Sheryl Underwood, Jeff Ross and even a few special guests like Tom Brady, Katt Williams and, of course, Dwayne Johnson.

The whole thing was, in all honesty, pretty chaotic. Even by the usually unpredictable standards of the TV comedy roast. Reviews were mixed-leaning-to-brutal, with critics arguing Netflix was trying to recreate the lightning-in-a-bottle success of the Brady roast and not quite managing it.

Decider said the nearly three-hour special ‘came up short’, praising a handful of performances but criticising the pacing and structure. With good reason – the thing lasts almost three hours.

GQ was even harsher, calling the special proof that celebrity roasts are basically ‘cooked’ as a format now, arguing the Hart event felt corporate, mean-spirited and oddly joyless rather than sharp or playful.

That said, a few individual sets got strong reactions. Katt Williams was widely singled out online as one of the funniest performers of the night, while Brady apparently managed the rare achievement of turning up at somebody else’s roast and accidentally stealing the show.

The special also sparked backlash over some of the darker jokes. Chelsea Handler later blasted Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe over material she described as racist and sexist, saying parts of the event crossed the line from edgy into ugly.

Kevin didn’t seem to mind however, appearing to revel in all the various gags, barbs, digs and outright insults. He’s a small man with thick skin.