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WHAT WENT WRONG

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Today: #5 in TV & Film on our combined chart.

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Latest daily rankings: Oct 21. New rankings will appear after the next update.

Position on the TV & Film combined chart over the last 7 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.

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Date	Combined Rank	Apple Podcasts	Spotify	Pocket Casts	Castbox
Oct 21	#5	#6	#7	#5	#6
Oct 20	#5	#6	#8	#7	#7
Oct 19	#6	#9	#8	#9	#9
Oct 18	#5	#8	#9	#9	#9
Oct 17	#6	#9	#9	#8	#9
Oct 16	#6	#8	#6	#8	#8
Oct 15	#5	#8	#6	#8	#8

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About the show

What Went Wrong covers Hollywood’s most notoriously disastrous movie productions, digging into the behind-the-scenes insanity of everything from massive flops to record-breaking blockbusters. In each episode, hosts Lizzie Bassett and Chris Winterbauer dive into a new film to explore the mind-blowing (and sometimes numbing) reasons why making a movie is nearly impossible (especially a good one). Produced by David Boman. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Patreon for monthly bonus episodes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.