Streaming Ratings
Streaming Ratings: ‘The Boys,’ ‘House of the Dragon’ Return to Charts
With the start of new seasons, both The Boys and House of the Dragon returned to Nielsen’s streaming charts for the week of June 10-16. Neither one could reach the heights of Bridgerton, however, as the Netflix drama zoomed back to the No. 1 overall spot with the release of season three’s second half. Bridgerton […]
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Streaming Ratings: ‘Your Honor’ Jumps to No. 1
A week after making its first appearance on the streaming charts, former Showtime drama Your Honor has rocketed to No. 1 overall. The series starring Bryan Cranston nearly tripled its viewing time on Netflix and Paramount+ in the week of June 3-9, grabbing 1.53 billion minutes (vs. 544 million the week before) and bumping Bridgerton […]
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‘The Bear’ Premieres to Its Biggest Audience Yet, Hulu Says
The Bear is eating for Hulu. The Disney-owned streamer says the third season premiere of the Emmy winner racked up 5.4 million views worldwide over its first four days of release (it premiered June 27). The show streams on Disney+ outside the United States and hasn’t premiered in every territory yet. That 5.4 million figure […]
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Streaming Ratings: ‘Bridgerton’ Reign Continues
The rule of Bridgerton — and Shonda Rhimes — on the streaming charts continued into the first two days of June. Bridgerton declined about 37 percent in viewing time from a week earlier, but the Regency-era drama still ranked No. 1 overall on Nielsen’s charts for May 27-June 2 with 1.38 billion minutes of watch time on […]
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Disney Holds Steady as Top TV Programming Distributor in May
Disney kept a lock on the top spot as the media company responsible for the biggest share of TV viewing in May. That’s according to Nielsen’s second Media Distributor Gauge, which looks at how TV use stacks up by company. Disney’s 11.4 percent of all TV use in May includes viewing on ABC, ESPN, FX, […]
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Streaming Ratings: ‘Bridgerton’ Repeats at No. 1
Season three of Bridgerton ruled the streaming charts for a second straight week, holding onto most of its premiere week audience and racking up more than 2 billion minutes of viewing. A pair of sci-fi films, Jennifer Lopez’s Atlas and Dune: Part Two, also had pretty strong showings in the week of May 20-26, and […]
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Streaming Ratings: ‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 Debuts Atop Charts
The webs of romance in Bridgerton easily captured the top spot among all streaming titles for the show’s return. Theatrical flop Madame Web, meanwhile, found a promising start to its streaming life. Bridgerton drew 2.76 billion minutes of viewing time in the United States for the week of May 13-19. The first half of season […]
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‘The Acolyte’ Gives Disney+ Its Best Series Opening of 2024
A substantial number of Disney+ users followed The Acolyte over its first few days on the streamer. Disney+ says the Star Wars series recorded the biggest opening for a show on the streamer so far this year, with the premiere episode recording 11.1 million views — i.e., the equivalent of that many complete showings of the […]
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Streaming Ratings: Tom Brady Roast Charges to Overall No. 1
Netflix’s live roast of NFL great Tom Brady made it into the Nielsen streaming rankings for its premiere, despite only being available for a few hours of that week. After its first full week on the streamer, it rocketed to the top of the charts. The Roast of Tom Brady gathered 1.67 billion minutes of […]
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Streaming Ratings: Tom Brady Roast Hits Top 10 Originals After One Night
The Netflix special roasting NFL great Tom Brady made it onto the streaming charts for the week it premiered — despite it only being up for a few hours of that week. The Roast of Tom Brady racked up 279 million minutes for the week of April 29-May 5, good for 10th place among original […]
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Streaming Ratings: ‘Shogun’ Finale Hits Season High
The finale of Shōgun pushed the series to its best showing so far on Nielsen’s streaming charts. The FX-produced Hulu series had 608 million minutes of viewing time for the week of its finale, April 22-28. That’s a 45 percent jump from the prior week and Shōgun’s highest total in the nine weeks it has […]
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Netflix’s Latest Data Dump Highlights Its Global Reach
Netflix has released another huge batch of data about the time users spent with the service, and the top of its series list demonstrates how wide its global reach is. The No. 1 series for the second half of 2023, as measured by Netflix’s view metric (total viewing hours divided by running time), was One […]
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