Sorry, just a question. What are "hits"??

It's outdated language. Visits to a webpage used the term "hits" commonly in the 2000s. It's still used in IT. "Did the page get any hits?" "Can you hit the server?"

You have not seen “almost every single television show” reference this, no way.

web traffic used to be measured in "hits" back in early internet days - basically how many times someone accessed a page or file on website. tv writers probably just stuck with that term because it sounds more dramatic than "views" and most people understand what they mean even if it's not technically accurate anymore plus saying "this video got a million hits" just flows better in dialogue than "this video got a million views" or whatever

Search results are usually called hits.

Hits are views. It was more common in the early Youtube era to refer to 'views' as 'hits'. Early internet metrics were generally based around how many people visited a specific website. Because this involved 'hitting a button' or the person 'hitting the front page' these visits were colloquially called 'hits'. this changed to 'views' over time as Youtube became the ubiquitous website it is today, but some people who were around in this era still use the term 'hits' interchangeably. Please google things like this, it was very hard to not be mean to you during this explanation.

Its just views. Every thing or culture or subculture gets its own terminology and slang. It's just natural.

I think of hits as a common word. It means the same thing as views. Maybe writers like it because it sounds slightly more edgy.

Thanks now I feel old 😂

Very old term meaning a success, something becoming rapidly popular. As a young child I used to watch a tv show called "Your Hit Parade" that counted down the top seven songs of the week. That show began on radio in 1935! It's the idea of hitting a target. You hit or you miss.