Top 10 Trending TV Shows Worldwide on TMDB — Week of Aug 31–Sep 6, 2026
The late-summer TV charts for Aug 31–Sep 6, 2026 tell a story of momentum split between three forces: brand-new premieres, deep libraries getting rediscovered, and prestige originals that refuse to fade. Topping the week is Lanterns, the August 16 debut that posted a 255.7 popularity score from just 217 votes, suggesting the show is generating conversation density that hasn't yet translated into a large voter base. Behind it sits Silo, the Apple TV+ adaptation whose 2527 votes and 339.7 popularity score show a show three years past release still pulling weekly traction. The chart is unusually nostalgic: Bleach, the 2004 anime, cracks the top three with 2251 votes, a reminder that global anime catalog keeps discovering new English-language audiences decades later. Newer entries like Mousetrap and Furious also crack the list on debut-week buzz. The data, sourced from TMDB's trending TV feed, blends recency weighting with engagement signals, which is why a one-month-old premiere can outrank a show with ten times its vote count.
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Current Rankings
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Lanterns, the August 16 release, takes #1 on the strength of a 255.7 popularity score driven by concentrated early buzz, with only 217 votes cast so far — a sign that hype is outpacing the voter base in its first three weeks.
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Silo lands at #2 with a 339.7 popularity score backed by 2527 votes, the kind of sustained engagement usually reserved for shows still in active release windows, not ones three years past their debut.
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Bleach cracks the top three with 2251 votes and a 132.7 popularity score, a striking result for a 2004 anime whose streaming resurgence continues to attract new Western audiences twenty-two years after first airing.
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Dark Matter holds #4 with 740 votes and a 99.3 popularity score, making it the quietest performer in the top half — a sci-fi series still earning steady two-year-later traction without a viral moment.
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Reacher commands #5 with the highest vote count on the entire chart (3178) and a 556.5 popularity score, confirming the action series as the most consistently engaged-with title in the weekly sample.
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Lioness lands at #6 on a 344.7 popularity score and 1443 votes, the kind of mid-chart stability that signals an established audience tuning in well after its 2023 premiere.
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Ted Lasso sits at #7 with 2605 votes and a 236.7 popularity score, an unusually durable six-year-old comedy whose vote base still rivals active 2026 releases.
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Mousetrap debuts at #8 just nine days after its August 28 release, riding a 111.1 popularity score from a thin 17-vote base — pure early-cycle buzz with no settled audience yet.
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Furious slots at #9 with a 60.6 popularity score and only 64 votes, the lowest engagement on the chart, suggesting a recent July 27 release that broke through on attention but has not yet converted viewers into raters.
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Futurama rounds out the list at #10 with the largest vote count in the top 10 (3877) but a modest 102.8 popularity score, a classic case of a beloved catalog title that retains a huge fan base without spiking the trending algorithm.
Trend Analysis
The top 10 splits cleanly into three camps. Fresh premieres (Lanterns at #1, Mousetrap at #8, Furious at #9) claim three slots on the strength of debut-week momentum, despite all three having fewer than 250 votes each. Established prestige and action originals (Silo, Dark Matter, Reacher, Lioness) hold the middle, anchored by massive vote counts — Reacher alone carries 3178 votes and a 556.5 popularity score, the highest engagement figure on the chart. The most surprising presence is catalog animation: Bleach at #3 and Futurama at #10 prove that two- to three-decade-old franchises can still trend when a nostalgia cycle or new streaming window hits. Anime specifically punches above its weight, occupying 20% of the list. The chart captures a transitional TV moment — late summer, post-Emmys lull, where viewers sample riskier new launches while revisiting comfort catalog titles. Expect Lanterns to either consolidate or collapse in week two depending on word-of-mouth velocity.
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