It’s time again for our look back at the past month and what you deemed most watchable on Clicker. While summer movie season continued to disappoint (or at least it’s disappointing Clicker’s resident movie expert, Kurt), TV took up the slack with a few big premieres of its own in June. True Blood’s cast of vampires rose from the grave for Season 3 and, how could we possibly forget, the blaring noise of thousands of vuvuzela horns sounding off around the globe for the first game of the World Cup.
In the Web world, the June heat must have reminded a lot of you that it’s bathing suit season because BodyRock.tv’s workout Web series jumped onto and up the charts as one of the most searched for Web series and some of the most watched episodes. Movie review shows /Filmcast Live and Stupid For Movies also made a strong showing in June, while the original web series Blue Movies was the most searched original.
Now, let’s get to it. Below, you can check out the most searched and watched shows, episodes and movies for June. As always, for show titles (like LOST, etc.), this means rankings in terms of search volume, for individual episodes, it means click-throughs to actually view the program.
Most Searched Broadcast Shows:
1. FIFA World Cup (FIFA)
2. Family Guy (FOX)
3. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
4. LOST (ABC)
5. South Park (Comedy Central)
6. Seinfeld (TBS)
7. House (FOX)
8. The Simpsons (FOX)
9. NOVA (PBS)
10. True Blood (HBO)
11. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (FX)
12. The Office (NBC; episodes also available on TBS)
13. Avatar: The Last Airbender (Nickelodeon)
14. Fringe (FOX)
15. Modern Family (ABC)
16. Futurama (Comedy Central)
17. Hogan’s Heroes (TV Land)
18. Dexter (Showtime)
19. Chuck (NBC; episodes also available on The WB)
20. How I Met Your Mother (CBS; episodes are currently available on Lifetime)
** GOOOAAAALLL, the World Cup was the most searched for television show on Clicker. Family Guy maintained the #2 spot for June, while The Daily Show with Jon Stewart bumped House out of the #3 spot. All the while, you LOST diehards continued to reminisce, keeping the show in the top 5. Hogan’s Hero’s miraculously jumped three spots on the list this month.
Most Watched TV Episodes:
1. Something, Something, Something Dark Side, Family Guy
2. Judge Me Tender, The Simpsons
3. Help Me, House
4. Living the Dream, Dexter
5. Quagmire’s Dad, Family Guy
6. The Splendid Source, Family Guy
7. Beyond Here Lies Nothin’, True Blood
8. You Have 0 Friends, South Park
9. Spies Reminiscent of Us, Family Guy
10. The Bob Next Door, The Simpsons
11. Dances With Smurfs, South Park
12. Resist the Power! Saudi Arabia, True Life
13. June 24, 2010 – Adam Sandler & Chris Rock, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
14. June 10, 2010 – Tim Pawlenty, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
15. Keep On Loving You, Degrassi: The Next Generation
16. Wedding Special, Tough Love Couples
17. Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S., Codename: Kids Next Door
18. June 7, 2010 – John C. Reilly, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
19. June 16, 2010 – Louis C.K., The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
20. June 22, 2010 – Cameron Diaz, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
** Daily Show with Jon Stewart was the big winner this month with the most watched episodes for June (5 episodes out of the top 20!). True Blood made a strong debut coming in at #7. South Park, Family Guy and The Simpsons continued their reign: Family Guy held 4 of the top 10 spots, while The Simpsons and South Park each held two spots on the top 20 list.
Most Searched Web Originals:
1. Blue Movies
2. Hot Hot Los Angeles
3. TED Talks
4. National Geographic
5. Google Tech Talks
6. @katiecouric
7. BodyRock.TV
8. /Filmcast Live
9. Zero Punctuation
10. Stupid For Movies
11. Midwest Teen Sex Show
12. The Game Show
13. The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
14. The Crew (Sci-Fi)
15. Super Why!
16. The Guild
17. The Pigeon: Impossible Podcast
18. This Week In Startups
19. Venice: The Series
20. A Good Knight’s Quest
** Blue Movies and Hot Hot Los Angeles, both absent from May’s most searched for Web Originals, took the #1 and #2 spots. Noticeably missing from June’s list are the LOST Web shows like LOST: Untangled and LOST: Missing Pieces. The good news: there were lots of newcomers on this month’s list including Katie Couric’s Web show, @katiecouric, making a strong debut at #6. Other newcomers include /Filmcast Live, BodyRock.tv, Stupid For Movies and Midwest Teen Sex Show (guess those Summer hormones are ragin’, huh?).
Most Watched Web Episodes:
1. PHP Twitter Tamagotchi and ROFLcon, Hak5
2. Booty Dance!!, Ray William Johnson
3. The World’s Reaction to Landon Donovan’s Game Winning Goal, Clicker Picks – The Top Viral Videos
4. Pigeon: Impossible, The Pigeon: Impossible Podcast
5. Hollywood Wasteland, Hollywood Wasteland
6. Dad Discovers That Shots Really Do Hurt, Dad Labs
7. Fitness – Hot Booty Firm Up Workout, BodyRock.TV
8. Al-Qaeda Calls Off Attack On Nation’s Capitol To Spare Life Of ‘Twilight’ Author, The Onion
9. The First Time, Blue Movies
10. Fitness – Suicide Sweat Workout, BodyRock.TV
11. 30-Mar-06, Diggnation
12. ToyWire, Clicker Picks – The Top Viral Videos
13. It Starts With A Bet, Squatters
14. Venice The Series – Season 1 – Episode 1, Venice: The Series
15. Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything, TED Talks
16. Fitness – Hottie Body Workout, BodyRock.TV
17. Fitness – Epic Abs Workout, BodyRock.TV
18. Expansion Time, The Guild
19. Eric & Pam, True Blood Minisodes
20. Fitness – OMG Sexy Body Workout, BodyRock.TV
** Hak5, a tech show focused on computer hacks, debuted on the most watched list with an episode recapping the ROFLcon conference and an interview with Revision3 CEO Jim Lounderback. Some of our favorite picks for the month, which we highlighted in Clicker Picks, also made the list (we’re glad you liked them!): The World’s Reaction to Landon Donovan’s Game Winning Goal (at #3) and ToyWire (at #12). As you might have noticed, BodyRock.TV’s workout series not only debuted on the list, it made a killing with 5 episodes in the top 20.
Most Searched Movies:
1. Avatar
2. Mujeres Infieles
3. The Hunt For Gollum
4. Star Wars: Revelations
5. Johnny Mnemonic
6. Stan Lee Presents: Lightspeed
7. The Hurt Locker
8. Kate’s Addiction
9. The Last Warrior
10. Jackie Chan’s The Myth
11. Commune
12. Battle in Heaven
13. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
14. Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married?
15. My Faraway Bride
16. Shiri
17. Producing Adults
18. The Sex Monster
19. Playgirls and the Vampire
20. Twentynine Palms
** For movies, Avatar swapped its May spot at #7 with The Hurt Locker to take #1. The Simpsons Movie dropped off the list while new additions, including My Faraway Bride, Producing Adults, The Sex Monster, and Playgirls and the Vampire, a 1960’s Italian horror movie playing on AMC, debuted on the list.
That’s it for June – check back in a month for July’s What You Were Watching. As always, feedback is appreciated so tweet @clicker or leave comments below.
