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Calculated Shard: 115 (from laksa197)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa115.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/chernobyl-top-rated-tv-show-all-time-1203233833/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/chernobyl-top-rated-tv-show-all-time-1203233833/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/variety.com\/2019\/digital\/news\/chernobyl-top-rated-tv-show-all-time-1203233833\/","crawl_time":1776181861,"first_indexed_time":1559756430,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,variety!\/2019\/digital\/news\/chernobyl-top-rated-tv-show-all-time-1203233833\/ s443","src_root_hash":"6137995448256228915","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"'Chernobyl' Is Top-Rated TV Show of All Time on IMDb","meta_descriptions":["\"Chernobyl,\" HBO's retelling of the worst nuclear disaster in history, jumped to the No. 1 spot on IMDb's TV show rankings."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Home\nDigital\nNews\nHBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Is Now the Top-Rated TV Show on IMDb\nCourtesy HBO\n“\nChernobyl\n,”\nHBO\n‘s gritty and horrifying retelling of the worst nuclear disaster in history, has jumped to the No. 1 spot on\nIMDb\n‘s all-time TV rankings just days after the limited series concluded.\nAs of Tuesday, “Chernobyl” had a 9.7-star (out of 10) average rating from about 140,000 users on the Amazon-owned IMDb site. The five-episode limited series finished its run on HBO Sunday, June 3.\nFor now, that puts the critically acclaimed “Chernobyl” ahead of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” (9.5), BBC’s “Planet Earth II” (9.5), HBO’s “Band of Brothers” (9.5), the original “Planet Earth” (9.4), HBO’s “Game of Thrones” (9.3) and HBO’s “The Wire” (9.3), according to IMDb’s ranking of TV shows. (Fandango’s Rotten Tomatoes currently doesn’t provide an Audience Score for “Chernobyl.”)\nVariety\nTV critic Caroline Framke, in her\nreview of the show\n, wrote, “Rather than bursting into shocking twists, writer Craig Mazin and director Johan Renck build a steadily creeping unease, allowing the scale of the atrocity to sink in with terrible, fitting gravity.”\n“Chernobyl” dramatizes the story of the April 26, 1986, massive explosion of the nuclear power plant in the Ukraine that released radioactive material across Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and as far as Scandinavia and western Europe. The limited series was shot on location in Ukraine and\nin a partly decommissioned nuclear power plant in Lithuania\n.\n“Chernobyl” is created, written and executive produced by Craig Mazin (“The Huntsman: Winter’s War”) and directed by Johan Renck (“Breaking Bad”). It’s produced by Sister Pictures and the Mighty Mint as an HBO\/Sky co-production, with executive producers Carolyn Strauss and Jane Featherstone and Renck and Chris Fry co-executive producing. Sanne Wohlenberg (“Black Mirror”) also produces.\nThe series stars Jared Harris as Valery Legasov, a leading Soviet nuclear physicist; Stellan Skarsgård as Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina, who is assigned by the Kremlin to lead the government commission on Chernobyl after the accident; and Emily Watson, who portrays Ulana Khomyuk, a Soviet nuclear physicist committed to solving the mystery of what caused the Chernobyl explosion.\nHBO Home Entertainment will release “Chernobyl” on digital on June 24, which will include the companion bonus content piece “Pivotal Moment — The Trial” in which the show’s climactic trial scene is discussed in interviews with Renck, Mazin, Watson and Harris.","attrs_markdown":"![an image, when javascript is unavailable](https:\/\/sb.scorecardresearch.com\/p?c1=2&c2=6035310&c4=&cv=3.9&cj=1)\n\n- [Plus Icon Film](https:\/\/variety.com\/v\/film\/)\n- [Plus Icon TV](https:\/\/variety.com\/v\/tv\/)\n- [Plus Icon What To Watch](https:\/\/variety.com\/what-to-watch-streaming-movies-shows-online\/)\n- [Plus Icon Music](https:\/\/variety.com\/v\/music\/)\n- [Plus Icon Docs](https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/documentaries-to-watch\/)\n- [Plus Icon Digital & Gaming](https:\/\/variety.com\/v\/digital\/)\n- [Plus Icon Global](https:\/\/variety.com\/c\/global\/)\n- [Plus Icon Awards Circuit](https:\/\/variety.com\/e\/contenders\/)\n- [Plus Icon Video](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@variety\/videos)\n- [Plus Icon What To Hear](https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/what-to-hear\/)\n\nPlus Icon\n\nClick to expand the Mega Menu\n\nPlus Icon\n\nClick to Expand Search Input\n\n- [Got a Tip?](https:\/\/variety.com\/tips)\n- [Newsletters](https:\/\/cloud.email.variety.com\/signup\/)\n\n[Switch edition between U.S. Edition Asia Edition Global Edition](https:\/\/variety.com\/2019\/digital\/news\/chernobyl-top-rated-tv-show-all-time-1203233833\/)\n\n- [U.S.](https:\/\/variety.com\/)\n- [Asia](https:\/\/variety.com\/c\/asia\/)\n- [Global](https:\/\/variety.com\/c\/global\/)\n\n[Variety](https:\/\/variety.com\/)\n\nPlus Icon\n\nClick to expand the Mega Menu\n\nPlus Icon\n\nClick to Expand Search Input\n\n[Variety](https:\/\/variety.com\/)\n\n[Plus Icon Read Next: Donald Trump Slams ‘Nut Jobs’ Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Alex Jones for Opposing Iran War: ‘They’re Stupid People’](https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/digital\/news\/donald-trump-nut-jobs-tucker-carlson-megyn-kelly-candace-owens-alex-jones-iran-war-1236712956\/)\n\n1. 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[News](https:\/\/variety.com\/c\/news\/)\n\nJun 5, 2019 10:30am PT\n# HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Is Now the Top-Rated TV Show on IMDb\nBy  [Todd Spangler](https:\/\/variety.com\/author\/todd-spangler\/)\n\nPlus Icon\n\n### [Todd Spangler](https:\/\/variety.com\/author\/todd-spangler\/)\nNY Digital Editor\n\n[xpangler](https:\/\/twitter.com\/xpangler)\n\n- [Disney Layoffs of 1,000 Employees Are Underway; CEO Josh D’Amaro Says Cuts Will ‘Streamline’ Operations: ‘I Know This Is Hard’](https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/biz\/news\/disney-layoffs-1000-employees-josh-damaro-memo-1236721266\/)\n  41 minutes ago\n- [CNN Hires New York Times Chief Data Scientist Chris Wiggins to Head AI Team](https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/cnn-chris-wiggins-head-ai-machine-learning-1236720466\/)\n  22 hours ago\n- [Judge Dismisses Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal Over Epstein ‘Birthday Book’ Report](https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/digital\/news\/judge-dismisses-trump-defamation-lawsuit-wsj-epstein-1236720273\/)\n  1 day ago\n\n[See All](https:\/\/variety.com\/author\/todd-spangler\/)\n\n![HBO-Chernobyl](https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hbo-chernobyl-e1566487235575.jpg?w=1000&h=563&crop=1)\n\nCourtesy HBO\n\n“[Chernobyl](https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/chernobyl\/),” [HBO](https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/hbo\/)‘s gritty and horrifying retelling of the worst nuclear disaster in history, has jumped to the No. 1 spot on [IMDb](https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/imdb\/)‘s all-time TV rankings just days after the limited series concluded.\n\nAs of Tuesday, “Chernobyl” had a 9.7-star (out of 10) average rating from about 140,000 users on the Amazon-owned IMDb site. The five-episode limited series finished its run on HBO Sunday, June 3.\n\nFor now, that puts the critically acclaimed “Chernobyl” ahead of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” (9.5), BBC’s “Planet Earth II” (9.5), HBO’s “Band of Brothers” (9.5), the original “Planet Earth” (9.4), HBO’s “Game of Thrones” (9.3) and HBO’s “The Wire” (9.3), according to IMDb’s ranking of TV shows. (Fandango’s Rotten Tomatoes currently doesn’t provide an Audience Score for “Chernobyl.”)\n\n## Related Stories\n[![WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 11: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on February 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. Bondi is expected to face questions on her department’s handling of the files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, President Trump’s investigations into political foes and the handing of the two fatal ICE shootings of U.S. citizens. 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The limited series was shot on location in Ukraine and [in a partly decommissioned nuclear power plant in Lithuania](https:\/\/variety.com\/2019\/artisans\/production\/hbo-chernobyl-lithuania-nuclear-plant-1203208391\/).\n\n“Chernobyl” is created, written and executive produced by Craig Mazin (“The Huntsman: Winter’s War”) and directed by Johan Renck (“Breaking Bad”). It’s produced by Sister Pictures and the Mighty Mint as an HBO\/Sky co-production, with executive producers Carolyn Strauss and Jane Featherstone and Renck and Chris Fry co-executive producing. Sanne Wohlenberg (“Black Mirror”) also produces.\n\nThe series stars Jared Harris as Valery Legasov, a leading Soviet nuclear physicist; Stellan Skarsgård as Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina, who is assigned by the Kremlin to lead the government commission on Chernobyl after the accident; and Emily Watson, who portrays Ulana Khomyuk, a Soviet nuclear physicist committed to solving the mystery of what caused the Chernobyl explosion.\n\nHBO Home Entertainment will release “Chernobyl” on digital on June 24, which will include the companion bonus content piece “Pivotal Moment — The Trial” in which the show’s climactic trial scene is discussed in interviews with Renck, Mazin, Watson and Harris.\n\n#### Read More About:\n- [Chernobyl,](https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/chernobyl\/)\n- [HBO,](https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/hbo\/)\n- [IMDB](https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/imdb\/)\n\n[Jump to Comments](https:\/\/variety.com\/2019\/digital\/news\/chernobyl-top-rated-tv-show-all-time-1203233833\/#article-comments)\n\n## More from Variety\n- [![George Clooney; 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Boilerpipe Text	Home Digital News HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Is Now the Top-Rated TV Show on IMDb Courtesy HBO “ Chernobyl ,” HBO ‘s gritty and horrifying retelling of the worst nuclear disaster in history, has jumped to the No. 1 spot on IMDb ‘s all-time TV rankings just days after the limited series concluded. As of Tuesday, “Chernobyl” had a 9.7-star (out of 10) average rating from about 140,000 users on the Amazon-owned IMDb site. The five-episode limited series finished its run on HBO Sunday, June 3. For now, that puts the critically acclaimed “Chernobyl” ahead of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” (9.5), BBC’s “Planet Earth II” (9.5), HBO’s “Band of Brothers” (9.5), the original “Planet Earth” (9.4), HBO’s “Game of Thrones” (9.3) and HBO’s “The Wire” (9.3), according to IMDb’s ranking of TV shows. (Fandango’s Rotten Tomatoes currently doesn’t provide an Audience Score for “Chernobyl.”) Variety TV critic Caroline Framke, in her review of the show , wrote, “Rather than bursting into shocking twists, writer Craig Mazin and director Johan Renck build a steadily creeping unease, allowing the scale of the atrocity to sink in with terrible, fitting gravity.” “Chernobyl” dramatizes the story of the April 26, 1986, massive explosion of the nuclear power plant in the Ukraine that released radioactive material across Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and as far as Scandinavia and western Europe. The limited series was shot on location in Ukraine and in a partly decommissioned nuclear power plant in Lithuania . “Chernobyl” is created, written and executive produced by Craig Mazin (“The Huntsman: Winter’s War”) and directed by Johan Renck (“Breaking Bad”). It’s produced by Sister Pictures and the Mighty Mint as an HBO/Sky co-production, with executive producers Carolyn Strauss and Jane Featherstone and Renck and Chris Fry co-executive producing. Sanne Wohlenberg (“Black Mirror”) also produces. The series stars Jared Harris as Valery Legasov, a leading Soviet nuclear physicist; Stellan Skarsgård as Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina, who is assigned by the Kremlin to lead the government commission on Chernobyl after the accident; and Emily Watson, who portrays Ulana Khomyuk, a Soviet nuclear physicist committed to solving the mystery of what caused the Chernobyl explosion. HBO Home Entertainment will release “Chernobyl” on digital on June 24, which will include the companion bonus content piece “Pivotal Moment — The Trial” in which the show’s climactic trial scene is discussed in interviews with Renck, Mazin, Watson and Harris.
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[News](https://variety.com/c/news/) Jun 5, 2019 10:30am PT # HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Is Now the Top-Rated TV Show on IMDb By [Todd Spangler](https://variety.com/author/todd-spangler/) Plus Icon ### [Todd Spangler](https://variety.com/author/todd-spangler/) NY Digital Editor [xpangler](https://twitter.com/xpangler) - [Disney Layoffs of 1,000 Employees Are Underway; CEO Josh D’Amaro Says Cuts Will ‘Streamline’ Operations: ‘I Know This Is Hard’](https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/disney-layoffs-1000-employees-josh-damaro-memo-1236721266/) 41 minutes ago - [CNN Hires New York Times Chief Data Scientist Chris Wiggins to Head AI Team](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/cnn-chris-wiggins-head-ai-machine-learning-1236720466/) 22 hours ago - [Judge Dismisses Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal Over Epstein ‘Birthday Book’ Report](https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/judge-dismisses-trump-defamation-lawsuit-wsj-epstein-1236720273/) 1 day ago [See All](https://variety.com/author/todd-spangler/) ![HBO-Chernobyl](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/hbo-chernobyl-e1566487235575.jpg?w=1000&h=563&crop=1) Courtesy HBO “[Chernobyl](https://variety.com/t/chernobyl/),” [HBO](https://variety.com/t/hbo/)‘s gritty and horrifying retelling of the worst nuclear disaster in history, has jumped to the No. 1 spot on [IMDb](https://variety.com/t/imdb/)‘s all-time TV rankings just days after the limited series concluded. As of Tuesday, “Chernobyl” had a 9.7-star (out of 10) average rating from about 140,000 users on the Amazon-owned IMDb site. The five-episode limited series finished its run on HBO Sunday, June 3. For now, that puts the critically acclaimed “Chernobyl” ahead of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” (9.5), BBC’s “Planet Earth II” (9.5), HBO’s “Band of Brothers” (9.5), the original “Planet Earth” (9.4), HBO’s “Game of Thrones” (9.3) and HBO’s “The Wire” (9.3), according to IMDb’s ranking of TV shows. (Fandango’s Rotten Tomatoes currently doesn’t provide an Audience Score for “Chernobyl.”) ## Related Stories [![WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 11: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on February 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. 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The limited series was shot on location in Ukraine and [in a partly decommissioned nuclear power plant in Lithuania](https://variety.com/2019/artisans/production/hbo-chernobyl-lithuania-nuclear-plant-1203208391/). “Chernobyl” is created, written and executive produced by Craig Mazin (“The Huntsman: Winter’s War”) and directed by Johan Renck (“Breaking Bad”). It’s produced by Sister Pictures and the Mighty Mint as an HBO/Sky co-production, with executive producers Carolyn Strauss and Jane Featherstone and Renck and Chris Fry co-executive producing. Sanne Wohlenberg (“Black Mirror”) also produces. The series stars Jared Harris as Valery Legasov, a leading Soviet nuclear physicist; Stellan Skarsgård as Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina, who is assigned by the Kremlin to lead the government commission on Chernobyl after the accident; and Emily Watson, who portrays Ulana Khomyuk, a Soviet nuclear physicist committed to solving the mystery of what caused the Chernobyl explosion. HBO Home Entertainment will release “Chernobyl” on digital on June 24, which will include the companion bonus content piece “Pivotal Moment — The Trial” in which the show’s climactic trial scene is discussed in interviews with Renck, Mazin, Watson and Harris. #### Read More About: - [Chernobyl,](https://variety.com/t/chernobyl/) - [HBO,](https://variety.com/t/hbo/) - [IMDB](https://variety.com/t/imdb/) [Jump to Comments](https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/chernobyl-top-rated-tv-show-all-time-1203233833/#article-comments) ## More from Variety - [![George Clooney; Donald Trump](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/MixCollage-08-Apr-2026-03-34-PM-394.jpg?w=250&h=167&crop=1)](https://variety.com/2026/film/news/george-clooney-responds-white-house-trump-war-crime-iran-1236711916/) ### [George Clooney Slams White House for ‘Infantile Name Calling’ After Trump Administration Calls His ‘Terrible Acting’ a ‘War Crime’](https://variety.com/2026/film/news/george-clooney-responds-white-house-trump-war-crime-iran-1236711916/) - [![U2 'Easter Lily' EP](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Album-Cover-Treatment-5.jpg?w=250&h=167&crop=1)](https://variety.com/2026/music/news/u2-easter-lily-ep-release-1236706082/) ### [U2 Releases the Band’s Second Six-Song EP of 2026, ‘Easter Lily’](https://variety.com/2026/music/news/u2-easter-lily-ep-release-1236706082/) - [![amy grant](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/New_Image_2_Credit_Ed_Rode_1c7d57-e1771577425117.jpeg?w=250&h=167&crop=1)](https://variety.com/2026/music/news/amy-grant-new-album-the-me-that-remains-interview-1236668245/) ### [Amy Grant on Making Her First New Album in 13 Years, ‘The Me That Remains,’ After Asking: ‘Am I Doing People a Disservice in My Sixties, Singing Songs From the Perspective of a 30-Year-Old?’ (EXCLUSIVE)](https://variety.com/2026/music/news/amy-grant-new-album-the-me-that-remains-interview-1236668245/) JavaScript is required to load the comments. 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Readable Markdown	1. [Home](https://variety.com/) 2. [Digital](https://variety.com/v/digital/) 3. [News](https://variety.com/c/news/) ## HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Is Now the Top-Rated TV Show on IMDb ![HBO-Chernobyl](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/hbo-chernobyl-e1566487235575.jpg?w=1000&h=563&crop=1) Courtesy HBO “[Chernobyl](https://variety.com/t/chernobyl/),” [HBO](https://variety.com/t/hbo/)‘s gritty and horrifying retelling of the worst nuclear disaster in history, has jumped to the No. 1 spot on [IMDb](https://variety.com/t/imdb/)‘s all-time TV rankings just days after the limited series concluded. As of Tuesday, “Chernobyl” had a 9.7-star (out of 10) average rating from about 140,000 users on the Amazon-owned IMDb site. The five-episode limited series finished its run on HBO Sunday, June 3. For now, that puts the critically acclaimed “Chernobyl” ahead of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” (9.5), BBC’s “Planet Earth II” (9.5), HBO’s “Band of Brothers” (9.5), the original “Planet Earth” (9.4), HBO’s “Game of Thrones” (9.3) and HBO’s “The Wire” (9.3), according to IMDb’s ranking of TV shows. (Fandango’s Rotten Tomatoes currently doesn’t provide an Audience Score for “Chernobyl.”) Variety TV critic Caroline Framke, in her [review of the show](https://variety.com/2019/tv/reviews/chernobyl-hbo-review-tribeca-1203199222/), wrote, “Rather than bursting into shocking twists, writer Craig Mazin and director Johan Renck build a steadily creeping unease, allowing the scale of the atrocity to sink in with terrible, fitting gravity.” “Chernobyl” dramatizes the story of the April 26, 1986, massive explosion of the nuclear power plant in the Ukraine that released radioactive material across Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and as far as Scandinavia and western Europe. The limited series was shot on location in Ukraine and [in a partly decommissioned nuclear power plant in Lithuania](https://variety.com/2019/artisans/production/hbo-chernobyl-lithuania-nuclear-plant-1203208391/). “Chernobyl” is created, written and executive produced by Craig Mazin (“The Huntsman: Winter’s War”) and directed by Johan Renck (“Breaking Bad”). It’s produced by Sister Pictures and the Mighty Mint as an HBO/Sky co-production, with executive producers Carolyn Strauss and Jane Featherstone and Renck and Chris Fry co-executive producing. Sanne Wohlenberg (“Black Mirror”) also produces. The series stars Jared Harris as Valery Legasov, a leading Soviet nuclear physicist; Stellan Skarsgård as Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina, who is assigned by the Kremlin to lead the government commission on Chernobyl after the accident; and Emily Watson, who portrays Ulana Khomyuk, a Soviet nuclear physicist committed to solving the mystery of what caused the Chernobyl explosion. HBO Home Entertainment will release “Chernobyl” on digital on June 24, which will include the companion bonus content piece “Pivotal Moment — The Trial” in which the show’s climactic trial scene is discussed in interviews with Renck, Mazin, Watson and Harris. ![](https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=1429113&fmt=gif)
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