Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone edged the fourth season of The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu to top Nielsen’s weekly ranking of streaming viewership in the U.S.Shadow and Bone, an 8-episode series based on Leigh Bardugo’s bestselling novels, is produced by Stranger Things outfit 21 Laps Entertainment.Nielsen measures only viewing through a TV set on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and Disney+, delaying results for nearly a month by arrangement with streaming providers.
Shadow and Bone, per the measurement firm, pulled in a shade less than 1.2 billion total streaming hours in the period from April 26 to May 2.The Handmaid’s Tale totaled 1.04 billion hours from its 39 total episodes.
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