‘Suits’ Toppled By ‘Virgin River’ On Nielsen Streaming Charts; ‘Ahsoka’ Builds Momentum
deadline.comSuits finally fell from grace. For the first time in 12 weeks (and after breaking another record the week before), the USA Network legal drama was bumped from its top spot on the Nielsen streaming charts from September 11-17.
Don’t get it twisted, Suits still racked up 1.9 billion viewing minutes and took second place during this interval across Netflix and Peacock — which is icing on the cake for NBCUniversal, as the studio now appears to be eyeing an expansion of the Suits universe — but it was heavyweight Virgin River that came out on top.
The Netflix original hit the Nielsen charts last week at No. 2, following the debut of Season 5. With a full week of availability on the streaming platform, the latest installment helped boost Virgin River to an impressive 2.1 billion minutes viewed.
That, of course, is across all 52 episodes, since Nielsen doesn’t differentiate its viewing metrics by season. However, Virgin River Season 5 recently logged its fifth week on Netflix’s own Top 10, so it seems like the series won’t be disappearing from the Nielsen charts any time soon.
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