Kevin Hart Roast Hits 13.5M Views, Trails Brady's 13.8M
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- 'The Roast of Kevin Hart' hit 13.5 million views on Netflix during the May 11-17 viewing window, making it the streamer's most-watched TV title of the week and was livestreamed during the third-ever Netflix Is a Joke Festival.
- Kevin Hart's roast reached a slightly smaller audience than Tom Brady's 2024 special, which debuted with 2 million views in one night and reached 13.8 million views in its first full week — a 2% decrease for Hart on a comparable week basis.
- The Hart roast premiered on the last day of the prior May 4-10 window and didn't chart that night, since the No. 10 title that week had 2.1 million views — meaning even a Brady-matching 2 million premiere night wouldn't have made the chart.
- 'Worst Ex Ever' was the No. 2 TV title with 8.1 million views in its second week, followed by 'Nemesis' debuting at No. 3 with 7.1 million views and 'Legends' at No. 4 with 6.5 million in its second week.
- 'Man on Fire' held No. 5 with 5.5 million views in its third week, while 'Devil May Cry' debuted at No. 6 with 4.1 million views, and the bottom of the chart (under 3 million views) included 'Raw: 2026', 'Should I Marry a Murderer?', 'Perfect Match' Season 4 and 'Danny Go!'.
Why it matters: Back-to-back Netflix roasts drawing 13+ million views in their debut weeks validate the streamer's live comedy event model, but the 2% Hart-to-Brady dip suggests the format has a ceiling tied to subject star power rather than the roast concept itself. For Netflix, the takeaway is that the roast template is repeatable and reliably lands a top weekly title without sports rights costs.
