Political thrillers are all the fad proper now, as illustrated by the Nielsen streaming charts for the week of February 17 to 23, the place Zero Day, Reacher, The Evening Agent and Paradise all appeared within the rankings.
The Robert DeNiro-starrer Zero Day debuted throughout this interval, hovering to the highest spot with 1.84B minutes considered. Per Nielsen, adults 50+ drove 63% of the watch time right here.
What’s notably spectacular about that is that Zero Day beat out Season 3 of Prime Video’s wildly common Reacher, which additionally debuted throughout this window. Throughout all episodes, the sequence collected 1.81B minutes considered, posting its second-best weekly efficiency ever, behind the week that the sequence debuted in 2022.
Nielsen says that 78% of the Reacher viewership this week got here from the three new episodes, which might clarify why Zero Day eked previous, since all six episodes of that present have been new. However, the sequence nonetheless has 16 extra episodes that audiences have been definitely catching up on, which places this title at a major benefit in the case of these rankings. Nielsen additionally says 58% of Reacher viewers have been male, the most important make-up of all High 10 titles this week.
Paradise and The Evening Agent couldn’t fairly make it onto the general listing, however each seems within the streaming originals High 10. The Evening Agent took eighth place with 619M minutes considered, whereas Paradise got here in at No. 9 with 502M.
Severance additionally retained a spot on the streaming originals listing with 649M minutes, whereas The White Lotus made in look following the debut of Season 3 with 736M minutes considered. Since The White Lotus airs on Sunday nights, this contains viewing for each the primary and second episodes, although just a few hours for the latter.
Peacock undoubtedly has one thing to have a good time as nicely, since Saturday Evening Stay made its first-ever Nielsen streaming chart look due to the fiftieth anniversary particular, which it appears inspired viewers to take a look at different episodes from Season 50 as nicely. Nielsen says 68% of the streaming viewership from this interval was devoted to Season 50 episodes, and 54% of viewing fell into the 18-49 demo.
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