‘Suits’ Breaks Nielsen Streaming Record For Acquired Programming; ‘The Bear’ Hits 1B Minutes Viewed In A Week
deadline.comSuits is proving to be a top performer for Netflix and Peacock. The USA Network series saw an impressive 3.1B viewing minutes during the week of June 26 to July 2 across the two streaming services, according to Nielsen’s latest streaming data.
That marks a 36% increase in viewership from the week prior and another week atop the Nielsen streaming charts. This is unusually high viewing time for an acquired series and breaks the record for an acquired series in one measurement week.
Though there have been several, including Manifest and The Office, that have tallied plenty of weeks with over 1B viewing minutes after landing on a streaming platform, none have managed to perform quite so well.
According to Nielsen, Manifest previously hit a record-breaking (among acquired content) 2.5B weekly viewing minutes in June 2021 — meaning that Suits blew past that record by 650M.
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