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Netflix’s Below reaches 38.2 million views as Newfoundland weighs its success — and a possible Season 2
Netflix’s Newfoundland-set thriller Below has spent two consecutive weeks atop Netflix’s global English-language television chart, generating a reported 38.2 million equivalent full-series views between October 8 and 18. Its 21.2 million views in the second chart week set a new single-week record for a Canadian Netflix original title, according to the streamer.
Below Episode 6 finale recap: “The Unfathering Deep” brings Calvin back to the sea
After everything that happened at Little Pot Rock, Calvin and Wade are back on a boat together, surrounded by blue water beneath a blue sky.
Below Episode 5 recap: “Little Pot Rock” reveals the cost of staying behind
Below opens on a beautiful, peaceful sunrise, with Calvin Penney apparently waking from a dream about being underwater.
Who Actually Owns a Canadian TV Show?
An independent Canadian television production company may own copyright in a finished series even when a broadcaster commissions it and a streaming service carries it overseas.
Why Do Canadian TV Shows Disappear From Streaming Services?
Canadian television series disappear from streaming services when licensing agreements expire, distribution rights change hands or broadcasters decide to keep programs for their own platforms.
What is Natasha Henstridge doing now? Her latest movies and TV shows
Natasha Henstridge is still acting regularly, with current work spanning Netflix, Prime Video, independent film and a new Christmas movie.
Is Snooks Arm in Netflix’s BELOW real? What happened to Newfoundland’s Snook’s Arm
Snooks Arm in Netflix’s BELOW is fictional. There is, however, a real Newfoundland community usually written Snook’s Arm in Statistics Canada and provincial records, and its relocation history overlaps with the broader resettlement history creator Jesse McKeown has drawn on for the series.
Who is in the cast of Netflix’s BELOW? Josh Hartnett, Mackenzie Davis and the Penney family
Netflix’s Below centres on fisherman Calvin Penney and his family in the Newfoundland community of Snooks Arm.
Where was Netflix’s BELOW filmed? The Newfoundland locations behind Snooks Arm
Netflix’s Below was filmed in Newfoundland in 2025. The strongest records support St. John’s and the surrounding metro area, Brigus South and Pouch Cove as production locations, while provincial documents tie the production more specifically to Brigus South Harbour and planned filming at Marine Park in Pouch Cove
Why Netflix Is Putting Canada On Screen
Cat Cahill’s Gilbert Girls romance novels take place in a Colorado mountain valley, where young women find work along a newly built railroad and at the fictional Crest Stone Hotel.
From Ice Cove to Snooks Arm: Netflix’s New Canadian Screen Geography
Ice Cove doesn't exist, although much of what viewers see around it does. North of North is set in a fictional Nunavut community, but the Netflix comedy was filmed in Iqaluit, where local residents appeared on screen, worked with the production and took part in a mentorship program that provided experience in television production.
Canadian creature features: Why Below is interesting
In Netflix’s Below, fisherman Calvin Penney lives in Snooks Arm, Newfoundland, where the local way of life is changing and an unidentified creature has begun terrorizing the community from the water.
Megan Follows joins Netflix’s This Summer Will Be Different, another P.E.I. story four decades after Anne of Green Gables
Four decades after Megan Follows starred as Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables, Netflix has cast her in another screen story tied to Prince Edward Island.
The Newfoundland connections behind Netflix’s Below
Perry Chafe grew up in Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, a small fishing community.
Natasha Henstridge went from Newfoundland to Hollywood. Now she's back in creature territory.
Natasha Henstridge was born in Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador, in 1974, and lived with her family in nearby South Brook before they moved west to Fort McMurray when she was five.
Below on Netflix: Release date, cast, episodes and everything we know
Netflix is heading to Newfoundland for Below, a six-episode creature thriller starring Josh Hartnett, Mackenzie Davis and Charlie Heaton.
Netflix’s Below brings a sea monster to Newfoundland
A house is being towed across the water at the beginning of Below, Netflix’s new six-episode creature thriller set in Newfoundland. Jesse McKeown, the series’ creator and showrunner, has connected that image directly to Newfoundland and Labrador’s history of resettlement, when residents left small and isolated communities for larger centres.
Quebec audiovisual technicians ratify first AQTIS agreement with Netflix
Quebec audiovisual technicians represented by AQTIS 514 IATSE have ratified the union’s first term agreement with Netflix, creating a four-year framework for productions the streaming company shoots in the province.