But humming along in the background, Cobra Kai has proven to be the little engine that could. The acquisition of the series from the long departed Youtube Red proved to be incredibly shrewd, as its per episode budget is probably less than your average CW episode.
Strike hard, strike fast: Season 5 of 'Cobra Kai' has a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. From left to right: William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence, Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso, Yuji Okumoto as Chozen Toguchi in Cobra Kai. The hit series' new season premiered Friday and already has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
One of the most successful in Netflix history
The great success of Cobra Kai lies in the fact that it revisits the original characters and actors from the Karate Kid movies and shows them in the current era, along with a young cast with whom the stories have blended seamlessly to make it a phenomenon.
Cobra Kai Season 5 – 100% critics, 96% audience
Arcane season 1 is tied with Cobra Kai season 5 with its 100%/96% split. Cobra Kai has been a remarkably consistent yearly win for Netflix since the show's purchase from YouTube.
Netflix. After the series moved to Netflix in August 2020, season 1 and season 2 of Cobra Kai became the most-watched series on the platform.
But on balance, Cobra Kai does right by its Latinx characters, allowing us to laugh and play along with them. Sadly, Cobra Kai Season 5 feels like it's smashed right into a creative brick wall as it's lost its balance relying heavily on poor comedy and incredibly superficial character plot lines.
Of course, what really makes Cobra Kai work as a binge-worthy dramedy is how it's managed to bottle up '80s-era cheese and repackage it for the 21st century.
Cobra Kai capitalized on that broad audience appeal by creating two distinct character groups 1) grown-up versions of the original Karate Kid characters, like Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence, and 2) a new generation of teenagers who call Daniel and Johnny sensei.
Season 5: 7 spoken F words, 4 in English and 4 in Spanish, (displayed in subtitles), and 1 written on a note that is clearly seen and zoomed on using the prefix "mother". Various milder language throughout.
Netflix's Cobra Kai has claimed the top overall spot on the latest streaming charts. According to The Nielsen SVOD charts for September 5-11, the Karate Kid sequel series' fifth season drew 1.74 billion minutes of total viewing time across its 50 episodes, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Look, let's get one thing out of the way: Cobra Kai isn't by any means a boring show. The Karate Kid sequel series is funny, emotional, and full of amazing fights and captivating characters.
Overall, Cobra Kai was the fourth most-watched original streaming series of 2022, and it seems that the show's distributor, Netflix, dominated the top of the list. Ahead of the Karate Kid-inspired series was Stranger Things (no surprise there), which took the top spot with over 52 billion minutes viewed.
The dojos have mojo: “Cobra Kai” Season 5, the latest installment in the popular “Karate Kid” sequel TV series on Netflix, currently has a perfect 100% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Cobra Kai was renewed for its sixth season, and the creative team soon released a letter to fans explaining that the next season would be the show's last. Here's what they had to say: While this may be a bittersweet day for the fandom, the Miyagiverse has never been stronger.
Debuting on Friday, Cobra Kai: Season 5 generated 106.7 million hours of streaming on Netflix's global platform in its first three days, which led all films and TV shows on the world's biggest SVOD service for the week of Sept.
Extensive displays of underage drinking, excessive references to sex, sexual situations, racial inuendoes, and strong language make this totally inappropriate for children under 16. There's no nudity so that keeps me from going for 17+.
Although Cobra Kai is rated TV-14 on Netflix, I would rate it as TV-MA, because of the sexual content, especially Season 1. Kids may want to watch the show if they're fans of Karate Kid since some of the original stars are in it, but Cobra Kai is not appropriate for kids under 16, in my opinion.
1965: First use of the f– word on TV is on 13 November 1965 by literary agent Kenneth Tynan (UK) during a satirical discussion show entitled BBC3.
Cobra Kai: series creator Jon Hurwitz says it was the writers' decision to end the show after the upcoming season.
George : Therefore, we, the All Valley Committee of 1985, issue a lifetime ban on Cobra Kai for the unethical and unsportsmanlike conduct shown by Senseis Terry Silver, John Kreese, and their student, Mike Barnes.
Because of his unsportsmanlike behavior, Barnes and the entirety of the Cobra Kai dojo are banned from participating in the All-Valley tournament.
Extensive displays of underage drinking, excessive references to sex, sexual situations, racial inuendoes, and strong language make this totally inappropriate for children under 16.