Erik Gruenwedel
December 24, 2020
Consumers loved streaming subscription video over the Thanksgiving weekend. Nielsen said the top six streamed programs on television generated more than 8.43 billion combined minutes — up nearly 7% from the previous-week period. The tally included six programs topping 1 billion minutes, double the prior-period week.
Netflix original series “The Crown” again led all programs with 2.21 billion minutes streamed over 40 episodes — down 34% from the previous week. The SVOD pioneer again dominated with 90% of the top programs, with “The Mandalorian” on Disney+ as the lone outsider, in the No. 4 spot. Nielsen’s chart includes Hulu and Amazon Prime Video.
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| Persons 2+ Total Minutes Viewed – Week of 11/23/20 – 11/29/20 |
| 1 |
Netflix |
“The Crown” |
40 |
2,210 |
| 2 |
Netflix |
Christmas Chronicles 2 |
1 |
1,510 |
| 3 |
Netflix |
“Virgin River” |
20 |
1,290 |
| 4 |
Disney+ |
“The Mandalorian” |
13 |
1,210 |
| 5 |
Netflix |
“The Office” |
192 |
1,140 |
| 6 |
Netflix |
“The Queen’s Gambit” |
7 |
1,070 |
| 7 |
Netflix |
Hillbilly Elegy |
1 |
787 |
| 8 |
Netflix |
“Grey’s Anatomy” |
363 |
750 |
| 9 |
Netflix |
“Criminal Minds” |
277 |
713 |
| 10 |
Netflix |
“Schitt’s Creek” |
80 |
697 |
Source: Nielsen SVOD Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, and Netflix), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television.
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