The Netflix psychological thriller “Ratched” was the most-streamed program on the four services measured in the latest weekly report from Nielsen released Thursday.
Viewers watched 972 million minutes of the eight-episode series between Sept. 14-20. The series about the asylum nurse depicted in Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and 1975 film premiered Sept. 18.
Netflix’s “Cobra Kai” finished second, with viewers watching 964 million minutes of its 20 episodes. The sequel to the 1984 film “The Karate Kid” finished first the previous two weeks.
All but one of the top 10 programs streamed on Netflix. The exception was the Amazon Prime superhero series “The Boys,” which was fifth with 743 million minutes watched of 13 episodes.
The top 10 consisted of five series that originated on a major broadcast network — “The Office,” “Lucifer,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Criminal Minds” and “NCIS” — four original streaming series — “Ratched,” “Cobra Kai,” “The Boys” and “Away” — and one cable series, “Shamless.”
The report covers programming on Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu and Netflix.
The top 10 programs were –“Ratched,” “Cobra Kai,” “The Office,” “Lucifer,” “The Boys,” “Away” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Criminal Minds,” “NCIS” and “Shameless.”