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‘Below’ Attracts Record Debut For A Netflix Canadian Series

Release · 14 Oct 2026

Netflix's supernatural thriller Below has become the most-watched debut ever for a Canadian Netflix title, drawing 17 million views in its first four days on the service.

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Release date

Below premiered on Netflix on October 8, 2026, and all six episodes are available to stream now. The limited series carries a TV-MA rating.

According to Netflix's Global Top 10 for English-language TV shows, the show topped the weekly chart for October 5–11, 2026 with 17 million views — the most-viewed debut ever for a Canadian Netflix title — and ranked inside the Top 10 in nearly 90 countries and territories worldwide.

What it is

Set in a small Newfoundland town, the six-part miniseries follows a fisherman whose life is upended when a mysterious deep-sea creature begins terrorizing his remote community. He teams up with a marine biologist to protect his family and preserve the town's way of life.

  • Josh Hartnett plays the fisherman; Mackenzie Davis plays the marine biologist.
  • Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things), Ruby Stokes, Rohan Campbell and Kaleb Horn also star, with Natasha Henstridge, Shawn Doyle, Joshua Close and Mary Walsh in supporting roles.
  • The series was created and showrun by Jesse McKeown, who wrote four episodes and executive produces alongside Hartnett and Jessica Rhoades. Allison White served as producer.
  • At the time of writing it holds an 84% Tomatometer score and a 60% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

How it ranks

In its debut week, Below finished ahead of East of Eden (12.6 million views) and Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 1 (4.1 million views) on Netflix's global English TV chart.

Where to get it

All six episodes of Below are streaming on Netflix. Availability can vary by region.

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