As someone who writes about TV for a living, I have already consumed a lot of shows on the 2026 TV schedule. However, it is not typical for me to engage in couch rot and watch an entire TV series in one sitting. I was so engaged in Elle, however, I stayed up until midnight on Friday doing just that. So, when Elle hit No. 1 on Amazon Prime over the weekend, I was unsurprised, but I was touched by Reese Witherspoon’s message about the phenomenon.
This week Elle is sitting pretty in that No. 1 slot on Amazon Prime, beating out the likes of the recently added and star-stuffed Project Hail Mary and Sheep Detectives, as well as the very popular and much spicier Off Campus. In comparison, the Legally Blonde prequel is full of a bunch of relative unknowns, but it had enough franchise recognition going in people have given it a chance.
