Streaming Ratings: ‘The Crown’ Final Season Starts Lower With Split Release

The last season of The crown It got off to a slower start in Nielsen’s streaming rankings, which might have something to do with the fact that Netflix released only part of the season.

The Emmy-winning drama was the most-watched show streaming during the week of November 13-19, but its 943 million minutes of viewing were less than half that of the season five opener (2.13 billion minutes). a year ago. It’s worth noting that Netflix released only four of The crown’The final 10 episodes will air on November 16 instead of the entire season; the remaining six debuted on December 14 (and, due to the four-week delay in Nielsen’s streaming charts, viewing time figures for those episodes won’t be public until mid-January).

The crown was the only original series in Nielsen’s overall top 10. David Fincher’s Netflix movie The murderer finished tenth with 557 million minutes of viewing, but the other eight spots were taken by licensed shows, led by Grey’s Anatomy (937 million minutes).

Two series debuted in the top 10 of original series: the Brazilian drama Criminal Code (338 million minutes of viewing) and comedian Matt Rife’s stand-up special Natural selection (314 million minutes). The Prime Video animated series Invincible (245 million minutes) returned to the top 10 midway through its second season.

Christmas movies also continued their slow conquest of the top 10 movies list, with the Netflix original Better. Christmas. Ever! and perennial plants Home alone and 2018 The Grinch making the cut. D.C. Blue beetle also charted, garnering 335 million minutes of viewing during its first weekend on Max.

Nielsen streaming ratings cover viewing on televisions only and do not include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices. The ratings only measure American audiences, not those of other countries. The top streaming titles for November 13-19 are below.

In general

1. The crown (Netflix), 943 million minutes watched
2. Grey’s Anatomy (Netflix), 937 million
3. bluish (Disney+), 921 million
4. Suits (Netflix/Peacock), 794 million
5. NCIS (Netflix/Paramount+), 754 million
6. Friends (Maximum), 750 million
7. six feet below (Max/Netflix), 696 million
8. Gilmore Girls (Netflix), 653 million
9. cocomelon (Netflix), 643 million
10. The murderer (Netflix), 557 million

Original Series

1. The crown943 million minutes
2. The Great British Baking Show (Netflix), 470 million
3. Loki (Disney+), 440 million
4. All the light we can’t see (Netflix), 406 million
5. Criminal Code (Netflix), 338 million
6. Matt Rife: Natural selection (Netflix), 314 million
7. I sell sunset (Netflix), 301 million
8. Escape from twin flames (Netflix), 298 million
9. Life on our planet (Netflix), 263 million
10. Invincible (Prime Video), 245 million

Acquired series

1. Grey’s Anatomy937 million minutes
2. bluish921 million
3. Suits794 million
4. NCIS754 million
5. Friends750 million
6. six feet below696 million
7. Gilmore Girls653 million
8. cocomelon643 million
9. Shameless (Netflix), 545 million
10. Big Bang Theory (Max), 504 million

Films

1. The murderer557 million minutes
2. Lone survivor (Netflix), 413 million
2 (tie). Better. Christmas. Ever! (Netflix), 413 million
4. Home alone (Disney+), 367 million
5. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Netflix), 355 million
6. Blue beetle (Max), 335 million
6 (tie). Elementary (Disney+), 335 million
8. Paw Patrol: The Powerful Movie (Paramount+), 291 million
9. The Grinch (2018) (Peacock), 266 million
10. moana (Disney+), 223 million