Shondaland Dramas Dominate Nielsen Streaming Charts, ‘Your Honor’ Makes An Entrance
deadline.comDriven by the release of Season 3A, Netflix’s Shondaland series Bridgerton remained atop the Nielsen overall Top 10 streaming chart for a third consecutive week with 1.38 billion viewing minutes for all existing seasons logged between May 27-June 2, down 37% from the previous week.
In addition to boosting previous Bridgerton seasons, the new episodes of the Regency era romance drama also buoyed prequel Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story which returned to the Originals Top 10 with 274 million viewing minutes (#9).
Meanwhile, the Shonda Rhimes-created Grey’s Anatomy held steady with 1.197 billion viewing minutes to rank #3 overall. That gave Rhimes’ Shondaland three entries on the Nielsen weekly charts, all attracting audiences that were at least three-quarters female.
Grey’s Anatomy, Family Guy and NCIS, Top 10 mainstays thanks to their popular — and massive — libraries, also have benefitted from the March adjustment to Nielsen’s Streaming Content Ratings that now capture viewing of new network-aired episodes once they’ve hit the affiliated streaming service.
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