“American Murder: Laci Peterson” was the most-watched original streaming series in the U.S. from August 16 to 22, marking its first full week of availability, according to Luminate. That’s up from fifth place with 255.3 million minutes watched the week before, although the docuseries was only available for two days during that period.
Interestingly enough, the title at the bottom of the TV list was about the same topic. Peacock’s “Face to Face With Scott Peterson” debuted at 10th place with 147.5 million minutes watched in its first three days of streaming.
“Emily in Paris” returned to Netflix for its fourth season, earning a second-place debut with 843.6 million minutes watched in its first full week of availability. The drama series has been a consistent performer for Netflix and is expected to hang in the ratings even longer this season, as only five episodes were available when it first dropped. The final five episodes of season 4 will be available in September.
The next three spots on the chart went to repeat titles: “Love Is Blind: UK” with 402.9 million minutes watched and “The Umbrella Academy” season 4 with 351.7 million, both in their second week on the chart, followed by 341.7 million minutes. watched season 6 of “Love Island USA,” which was consistently on the charts all summer.
“Bad Monkey,” Apple TV+’s new Vince Vaughn-led comedy, debuted in sixth place with 218.4 million minutes watched in its first full week of availability, followed by Season 3 of “Bel-Air” with 210.2 million minutes watched in the first full week of availability of the first three episodes and the first day of availability of the fourth. Titles Nos. 8 and 9 were repeaters: “Love of My Life” with 167.6 million minutes watched and “Evil” season 4 with 156.7 million.
Netflix’s “The Union” debuted on the first day of the August 16-22 viewing period and was not only the No. 1 movie of the week, but also the top title overall with 1.7 billion minutes watched.
The Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg-led spy comedy tripled viewership of the next most-watched film, “Jackpot!” from Amazon Prime Video, which reached 412 million viewing minutes in its first full week of availability.
“The Instigators” on Apple TV+ was the only other film to exceed 100 million minutes watched, landing at No. 2 with 154 million minutes. It was followed by ‘Inside the Mind of a Dog’, ‘Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie’, ‘Find Me Falling’, ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’, ‘A Family Affair’, ‘I Can’t Live Without You” and “Daughters,” all with between 42.2 and 78.6 million minutes watched.
(Revelation: Variety and Luminate share a common owner in PMC.)