Netflix’s original series take on popular author Michael Connelly’s The Lincoln Lawyer (previously the basis of a Matthew McConaughey feature) posted a dominant win on the U.S.
streaming chart for May 16 to 22.The 10-episode show cruised past Ozark, collecting 1.85 billion minutes of viewing. Fully one-third of Lincoln‘s viewership came from adults older than 65.At the same time it released the weekly chart, Nielsen also put out its monthly edition of The Gauge, indicating the continued march of streaming as a percentage of overall viewing via a TV screen.
Streaming set another record for share of viewing in May, reaching almost 32%, up 2% compared with April’s previous record level.
In line with typical trends, May was also the month with the least viewing, with overall tune-in slipping 2.7%. The release of the first batch of Season 4 episodes of Stranger Things on Netflix as well as Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ also boosted streaming as a category.For the week, apart from Lincoln Lawyer, two movies made a splash on the weekly chart.
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