Virgin River knocked reigning champ Manifest out of the top spot on Nielsen’s U.S. streaming chart, racking up 2.1 billion minutes of viewing between July 12 and 18.The Netflix original, whose third season began streaming last month, attracted an audience that was a bit older and more female than Manifest, which tallied 1.3 million viewing minutes.
Originally aired by NBC, Manifest is a sci-fi-inflected drama. Fans have rallied for a renewal, but both Netflix and NBC have passed on reviving the show despite the massive surge in streaming views.
The show held onto the No. 1 ranking for three straight weeks, a rare run given the steady influx of new streaming titles.Virgin River is produced by Reel World Management and based on the novels of
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