Overview
- Netflix’s Sirens claimed the top streaming original spot for the week of May 19-25 with 1.36 billion minutes viewed, marking the highest weekly total for a debut since You’s 1.78 billion minutes in late April.
- The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives drew 810 million minutes of TV viewing, up 19 percent from its prior week, while The Handmaid’s Tale saw a 30 percent boost to 637 million minutes ahead of its series finale.
- Disney+’s Andor and Netflix’s American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden completed the top five originals with 527 million and 466 million minutes respectively.
- In Nielsen’s acquired series ranking, CBS’s NCIS returned to No. 1 with 824 million minutes as HBO’s The Last of Us logged 707 million minutes in the week before its Season 2 finale.
- Nielsen’s streaming ratings measure viewing on TV sets only and exclude consumption on computers or mobile devices.