Your Friends & Neighbors, Jon Hamm’s new dark comedy, is climbing up the streaming charts. The series premiered this April on Apple TV+.
Per FlixPatrol, Your Friends & Neighbors has moved up one spot and is now in the Top 5 on Apple’s Top 10 TV Shows in the United States on July 6. The series is performing similarly well all around the world, with a global average ranking of 6.1. Other shows occupying the Top 5 include Owen Wilson’s sports comedy Stick (#1), Taron Egerton’s crime mystery Smoke (#2), the Alexander Skarsgard-led sci-fi series Murderbot (#3), and the hit Apple TV+ comedy Ted Lasso at #4. Your Friends & Neighbors sees Hamm starring as an unemployed hedge fund manager who uses criminal methods to maintain his upscale lifestyle.
Your Friends & Neighbors premiered on Apple TV+ this past April. The first season ran for nine episodes, with the season finale airing on May 30 and a second season already confirmed to be on the way. In addition to Hamm, the show features Amanda Peet as Mel, Coop’s (Hamm) ex-wife, Olivia Munn as Mel’s friend Sam, Hoon Lee as Coop’s friend and business manager and Lena Hall as Ali, Coop’s younger sister who struggles with mental illness.
The first season of Your Friends & Neighbors has been well-received by critics and audiences, with it currently being Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 78%. The general consensus of the first season reads, «Your Friends & Neighbors‘ class commentary occasionally stumbles but has an endlessly watchable avatar in star Jon Hamm.»
In CBR’s review of the first season, Brittany Frederick similarly praised Hamm’s acting in the new Apple TV+ series. «Hamm’s reactions are what’s most effective. Viewers see Coop’s anger, his bewilderment, and most importantly his insecurity all over his face, which makes him funnier and keeps him feeling relatable,» she writes.
Your Friends & Neighbors Star Praises Show's Class Commentary
As Jon Hamm’s character struggles to maintain his lavish lifestyle in Your Friends & Neighbors, the new Apple TV+ series is able to present viewers with an interesting commentary on the upper class and the things that many are willing to do to keep up appearances. In a recent interview with CBR, Olivia Munn discussed her character on the show and how the story mirrors reality. «I love that my character is someone who will scheme and plot and do really anything she needs to to keep her place in this social society,» Munn shared.
«I just think it’s really fascinating to have to to care about something so superficial and in the long term, very silly,» she continued. «Like, go find another world to live in. But for some reason, these people, and a lot of people in these 1% kind of neighborhoods, it’s just so incestuous. They just have to stay in these groups. And it’s their entire world.»
Your Friends & Neighbors is now streaming on Apple TV+.
