Gervais' 'Alley Cats' tops Netflix charts despite 39% Metacritic score

Ricky Gervais' R-rated animated series 'Alley Cats' topped Netflix's internal charts and trended on X over its 9–10 August opening weekend, per Deadline. Metacritic sits at 39%; The Telegraph gave zero stars. John Cleese posted on X: "quite wonderful." The audience-critic split mirrors Gervais' 'After Life' and 'Derek.' Netflix has not disclosed viewership figures.