"Wednesday"
Nielsen: ‘Wednesday,’ Netflix Dominated Weekly Streaming Through Dec. 4
January 3, 2023
The Netflix original series “Wednesday,” starring Jenna Ortega as twisted Wednesday Addams from “The Addams Family,” tallied more than 5.3 billion minutes across eight episodes to top household TV streaming from Nov. 28 to Dec. 4, 2022, according to new data from Nielsen.
The show barely missed a beat since debuting the previous week with more than 5.9 billion minutes through Thanksgiving weekend.
“Wednesday” easily topped the next five most-popular programs and a movie combined, which included the second-season premiere of “Firefly Lane” (967 million minutes), “Dead to Me” (898 million), movie Troll (880 million), “Cocomelon” (873 million), “The Crown” (814 million), and “Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields” (737 million).
For the week, Netflix accounted for all 10 of the most-streamed content titles across household televisions.
| Rank | SVOD Provider | Program Name | No. of Episodes | Minutes Streamed (Millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netflix | Wednesday (2022) | 8 | 5,326 |
| 2 | Netflix | Firefly Lane | 19 | 967 |
| 3 | Netflix | Dead To Me | 30 | 898 |
| 4 | Netflix | Troll (2022) | 1 | 880 |
| 5 | Netflix | Cocomelon | 18 | 873 |
| 6 | Netflix | The Crown | 50 | 814 |
| 7 | Netflix | Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields | 3 | 737 |
| 8 | Netflix | NCIS | 339 | 705 |
| 9 | Netflix | Bullet Train (2022) | 1 | 701 |
| 10 | Netflix | Manifest | 52 | 680 |
Source: Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, and Apple TV+), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television.