The Watcher cruised to a win in Nielsen’s streaming rankings for the week of October 10 to 16, giving producer Ryan Murphy his second top show less than a month after the release of the blowout hit Dahmer.
With 2.355 billion minutes of streaming, the series more than doubled the viewership of runner-up The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on Prime Video.
Based on a true story and, loosely, on a New York magazine article, The Watcher stars Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Jennifer Coolidge and Mia Farrow.
The thriller series was co-created by Ian Brennan along with Murphy, whose rich overall deal with Netflix has recently started to bear fruit.
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