“Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” Amazon Prime Video's new television version of the film of the same name, had a strong opening weekend. Starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, the series debuted in fourth place on the Nielsen streaming ranking with 964 million minutes watched in its first three days of availability.
It ranked only behind “Griselda,” the Netflix miniseries directed by Sofía Vergara that reached 1.7 billion minutes watched between January 29 and February 4, its first full week of availability, as well as “Young Sheldon” and “ Bluey”, frequent The first programs that were watched for 1.3 billion and 1.4 billion minutes, respectively.
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“Griselda” and “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” were the only streaming originals to crack the Top 10 during this viewing window. Numbers 5, 6 and 7 went to chart regulars: “Grey's Anatomy” with 958 million minutes watched, “The Big Bang Theory” with 750 million minutes watched and “NCIS” with 689 million minutes watched. The ninth most streamed title of the week was “This Is Us,” which recently began cracking the Top 10 after being added to Netflix.
The last title on the list was “True Detective,” which released the third episode of season 4 on January 28, just before the viewing window began, and the fourth episode on February 4, just before it ended. . The series was watched for 648 million minutes during this window, but this statistic refers only to viewership on Max, while the show also airs on HBO's linear channel, where the network tends to get about a third of its audience.
Check out Nielsen's list of overall streaming ratings for January 29-February 29. 4 first, followed by original streaming titles, acquired titles and then movies.
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