‘Carrie’ Is Queen of Nielsen Streaming Charts With Nearly 1.3 Billion Minutes in 5 Days
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Carrie emerged as the reigning champion of Nielsen's streaming charts, dominating with an impressive 1.26 billion minutes watched within a mere five days of its debut on Prime Video. The series, an adaptation of Stephen King's horror tale, was helmed by Mike Flanagan and starred Summer Howell as the telepathic Carrie and Samantha Sloyan as her domineering mother.
The report, covering the week of October 5-11, revealed that adults aged 18-49 accounted for 58% of the viewing audience. The show's strong debut places it as the second-best Prime Video series premiere this year among first-season shows, trailing only behind "Reacher" spinoff "Neagley" which had accumulated 1.8 billion minutes in the same period.
Carrie outperformed other notable titles such as "Scarpetta" and "Ride or Die". The success of Carrie has led to its early renewal for a second season, while other series including "Neagley" and "Scarpetta" also secured their respective renewals. However, "Ride or Die" and "Spider-Noir" were canceled this year. This success marks Prime Video's sixth appearance at the top of the Streaming top 10 within the past eight weeks, with "Reacher" securing the other five spots.
Meanwhile, Netflix's Canadian monster drama "Below" also debuted to significant success, garnering 1.19 billion minutes in its first week of release. "East of Eden", starring Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott, and Mike Faist, claimed the third spot with 1.16 billion minutes. The week also saw the conclusion of "Ted Lasso" Season 4, which accumulated a total of 5.5 billion viewing minutes over its 10-week run, marking a 10% increase from Season 3's performance at the 10-episode mark.
"The Big Bang Theory" continued its reign on HBO Max for the 13th consecutive week, racking up 812 million minutes. "American Horror Story" rounded out the top 5, with its 13th installment amassing 598 million minutes over the past three weeks, prompting an early renewal for Season 14.
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