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Widow's Bay

Widow's Bay

active Television DramaMysteryComedy
55.65

The mayor of a New England town resolves to turn it into the next tourist hot spot, despite local warnings that it's cursed.

2026-04-28 8.3/10 (120 votes) 1 season Apple TV Returning Series
Created by: Katie Dippold

Cast

Matthew Rhys
Matthew Rhys

Mayor Tom Loftis

Stephen Root

Stephen Root

Wyck

Kate O'Flynn
Kevin Carroll

Kevin Carroll

Sheriff Bechir

Dale Dickey

Dale Dickey

Rosemary

Kingston Rumi Southwick

Kingston Rumi Southwick

Evan Loftis

Forecast

Trajectory

declining

Predicted Peak

6/7/2026

Confidence

65%

The trend shows high volatility with a notable peak of 81.13 on June 2nd, followed by erratic fluctuations. Despite a recent uptick to 55.65 on June 8th, the overall pattern suggests declining momentum from the peak, with multiple significant drops (75.94→48.36→56.56→24.19→9.09). The extreme volatility and the sharp drop to 9.09 on June 7th indicate waning sustained interest, typical of television content after initial buzz periods.

Score History

AI Context

Category

Television

Keywords

islandsupernaturalnew englandfolk horrorsupernatural horrorhorrorcomedy horror

Source Signals 22 signals

Streaming Charts

Widow's Bay — #3 on Apple Tv Plus

1h ago vol: 8 #3
Rotten Tomatoes

Widow's Bay — TV — Tomatometer: 97%

1h ago vol: 97 #40
Google Trends Rss

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8h ago vol: 1,500 link
Bluesky

The wait is over, and Widow's Bay is finally here. Don't miss out on this game-changing horror film #LAMayoralRace #TonyAwards

15h ago
Bluesky

Widow's Bay is more than just a horror film - it's an experience. Find out what makes it so special and join the conversation #Schmigadoon #Birds

15h ago
Bluesky

Widow's Bay isn't "horror coded," it's fucking horror. I have never seen a paragraph that so perfectly exposes "elevated horror" as a term that only means "horror I like, actually" or maybe more specifically "horror I feel I don't get judged for liking."

2 days ago vol: 5
Streaming Charts

Widow's Bay — #2 on Apple Tv Plus

2 days ago vol: 9 #2
Reddit

Widow's Bay: one thing I like about this show is that there's multiple resolutions of multiple plot points along the way, instead of one big mystery box where the resolution just keeps getting put off and put off until the end of the series Take a show like severance for instance. There's the big mystery of what the Hell's going on in that building, there's the mystery of whether or not the people are going to get reintegrated, then there's all kinds of different weirdo, strange, minor mysteries they keep getting introducing along the way, and it just feels like nothing's getting resolved. It really gives you emotional blue balls. Whereas in widow's bay, there are multiple plot points that come up that get resolved in multiple dif

3 days ago vol: 51

310

Total Signals

-0.4

Acceleration

4/28/2026

First Seen

6/8/2026

Last Seen