A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
Secrets will be revealed, one unfortunate event at a time.
The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents' death.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 13 January 2017 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 1 January 2019 |
| Genre | Action & Adventure, Family, Comedy, Mystery |
| Created by | Barry Sonnenfeld and Daniel Handler |
| Starring | Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes and Presley Smith |
| Seasons | 3 seasons, 25 episodes |
| Episode length | about 52 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 22 hours |
| Rated | TV-PG |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.4/10 |
Where to watch A Series of Unfortunate Events
A Series of Unfortunate Events is streaming on Netflix ($19.99 a month) in the US. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Netflix, or $19.99 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
The Baudelaires are orphans, and the narrator is deadpan. That is the entire tonal engine. Created by Barry Sonnenfeld and Daniel Handler, the series leans into the melancholy of Lemony Snicket’s voice, turning every disaster into a dry lecture on why things go wrong. It is a mystery wrapped in a coat of soot, where the villain is an actor and the guardians are mostly incompetent. The hook is not the action, but the exhaustion of surviving it. At 22 hours of viewing, it demands a long sit. You will not find joy here, but you will find a rhythm. It is for those who prefer their tragedy with a straight face.
How it did with audiences
Netflix did not reveal subscriber viewership numbers for the series, so the numbers we have come from a third-party tracker. Symphony Technology Group measured viewership by detecting the show's audio on devices. They reported 3.755 million viewers aged 18–49 in the United States watched an episode during the average minute of its first weekend. On TMDB, users rate it 7.4 out of 10. It is rare to get a clear audience signal from Netflix, and this is as close as we get.
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Sources
- A Series of Unfortunate Events on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q25340369 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Where to watch and prices: Binge Boss, from TMDB watch-provider data (powered by JustWatch) and our own provider list
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