‘Suits’ Reclaims No. 1 Streaming Ranking
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After a week in second place, Suits returned to the top of the streaming charts, extending its record run as the No. 1 overall title in Nielsen’s weekly rankings. Netflix’s Sex Education also scored well for the week of its final season premiere, and a pair of HBO series joined the rankings after their Netflix debuts.
Suits drew 1.79 billion minutes of viewing on Netflix and Peacock in the United States for the week of Sept. 18-24 — marking its 13th week as the overall No. 1 in the rankings and extending its own record. In the 14 weeks since it first made the rankings, the legal drama has racked up 40.55 billion minutes of viewing — more than 9 billion minutes more than the second-place show for 2023, Bluey on Disney+ (the kids’ favorite had 856 million minutes of viewing for the week).
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The series that dethroned Suits a week earlier, Virgin River, posted a strong 1.24 billion minutes of watch time, but it fell by about 40 percent week to week. Sex Education finished second among original series with 634 million minutes, a little ahead of the premiere week for its third season (595 million minutes) in 2021.
Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time (531 million minutes), Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building (489 million) and Apple TV+’s The Morning Show (422 million) all improved some on the previous week, while Ahsoka (570 million minutes) was steady for Disney+. Netflix’s docuseries Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal (563 million minutes) re-entered the top 10 original series with the addition of a three-episode second season.
HBO’s World War II miniseries Band of Brothers (559 million minutes) and The Pacific (491 million) racked up a combined 1.09 billion minutes of viewing on Max and Netflix after making their premieres (on Sept. 15) on the latter service.
On the movie chart, Pixar’s Elemental had a strong second week with 1.33 billion minutes of viewing on Disney+.
Nielsen’s streaming ratings cover viewing on TV sets only and don’t include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices. The ratings only measure U.S. audiences, not those in other countries. The top streaming titles for Sept. 18-24 are below.
Overall
1. Suits (Netflix/Peacock), 1.79 billion minutes viewed
2. Elemental (Disney+), 1.33 billion
2. Virgin River (Netflix), 1.24 billion
4. Bluey (Disney+), 856 million
5. Grey’s Anatomy (Netflix), 779 million
6. SWAT (Hulu/Netflix/Paramount+), 692 million
7. NCIS (Netflix/Paramount+), 686 million
8. Sex Education (Netflix), 634 million
9. Gilmore Girls (Netflix), 631 million
10. Cocomelon (Netflix), 605 million
Original Series
1. Virgin River, 1.24 billion minutes
2. Sex Education, 634 million
3. Ahsoka (Disney+), 570 million
4. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal (Netflix), 563 million
5. The Wheel of Time (Prime Video), 531 million
6. Only Murders in the Building (Hulu), 489 million
7. One Piece (Netflix), 479 million
8. Dear Child (Netflix), 431 million
9. Love Is Blind (Netflix), 429 million
10. The Morning Show (Apple TV+), 422 million
Acquired Series
1. Suits, 1.79 billion minutes
2. Bluey, 856 million
3. Grey’s Anatomy, 779 million
4. SWAT, 692 million
5. NCIS, 686 million
6. Gilmore Girls, 631 million
7. Cocomelon, 605 million
8. Band of Brothers (Max/Netflix), 559 million
9. The Pacific (Max/Netflix), 491 million
10. The Big Bang Theory (Max), 443 million
Movies
1. Elemental, 1.33 billion minutes
2. The Little Mermaid (2023) (Disney+), 393 million
3. Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant (Prime Video), 315 million
4. The Wolf of Wall Street (Netflix/Paramount+), 267 million
5. Love at First Sight (Netflix), 242 million
6. Spy Kids: Armageddon (Netflix), 236 million
7. A Million Miles Away (Prime Video), 216 million
7 (tie). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount+), 216 million
9. Moana (Disney+), 214 million
10. The Machine (Netflix), 206 million
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