As the new season of high profile, store big budget reality shows hit the screens, pharmacy a new poll has revealed which reality show is the most popular with viewers. And its good news for Strictly Come Dancing and its dancers. Perhaps recent reports of dwindling audience numbers on Simon Cowells reality singing show are true, because according to this new survey viewers in Liverpool have voted Strictly as more popular than its X-Factor rival.
And as the nights draw in, new research has also revealed which shows we are likely curl up on the sofa and binge watch, with the most popular boxsets also announced, and it appears that British productions are still riding high with Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey sitting pretty, followed by Breaking Bad, Sex and the City and the classic wartime drama Band of Brothers. And it seems that while the vast majority of us spend at least one hour a week glued to our favourite shows, a third (33%) of us now devote anywhere between three and ten hours every week on our boxset obsessions.
The Top 10 Best Box Set Series of All Time, in order of popularity, according to Very’s poll of 2,000 people
– Game of Thrones
– Downton Abbey
– Breaking Bad
– Sex and the City
– Band of Brothers
– Dexter
– The Sopranos
– The Wire
– House of Cards
– Orange is the New Black
But if you’re one of the 59% of people who haven’t yet watched some of these major dramas and feel like you’re missing out, the digital retailer has also ranked the greatest TV series we’ve never watched together with a handy duration guide so you can plan your telly fest this autumn.
1. Game of Thrones – 60 episodes. Total back to back series duration: 2.5 days
2. Breaking Bad. 62 episodes. Total back to back series duration: 2 days
3. House of Cards. 52 episodes. Total back to back series duration: 2 days
4. Orange is the New Black. 52 episodes. Total back to back series duration: 2 days
5. Peaky Blinders. 18 episodes. Total back to back series duration: 18 hours
6. The Walking Dead. 83 episodes. Total back to back series duration: 3 days and 12 hours
7. Downtown Abbey. 52 episodes. Total back to back series duration: 2 days and 8 hours
8. The Wire. 60 episodes. Total back to back series duration: 2 days and 9 hours
9. The Night Manager. 6 episodes. Total back to back series duration: 6 hours
10. Making a Murderer. 10 episodes. Total back