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Oct 14, 2024

'Perfect Couple,' 'Rings of Power': Streaming Ratings Sept. 2-8, 2024

The Perfect Couple shot to the top overall spot in Nielsen’s streaming rankings for its premiere week. The murder mystery limited series, which stars Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber and Dakota Fanning,

The Perfect Couple shot to the top overall spot in Nielsen’s streaming rankings for its premiere week.

The murder mystery limited series, which stars Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber and Dakota Fanning, accumulated 1.91 billion minutes of viewing for the week of Sept. 2-8 (it premiered on Sept. 5). That’s the fifth highest total for any original series premiere week on the streaming charts this year, behind Fool Me Once (3.04 billion minutes), Fallout (2.9 billion), Bridgerton (2.76 billion) and Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender (2.56 billion).

The Perfect Couple was one of five titles to record more than a billion minutes of viewing for the week. The others are Netflix’s movie Rebel Ridge (1.11 billion), Family Guy (1.06 billion), Prison Break (1.05 billion) — which had been the overall No. 1 for the previous four weeks — and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (1.02 billion), which was even with its season two premiere a week earlier.

Farther down the original series chart, two other shows made the top 10 for their premiere weeks as well. Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (409 million minutes) became the streamer’s first unscripted show to make the rankings. Peacock’s star-studded Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist gathered 346 million minutes after debuting Sept. 5. Netflix’s survival competition Outlast (372 million minutes) returned to the rankings with the start of its second season.

Nielsen’s streaming ratings cover viewing on TV sets only and don’t include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices. The ratings only measure U.S. audiences, not those in other countries. The top streaming titles for Sept. 2-8, 2024, are below.

Overall

1. The Perfect Couple (Netflix), 1.91 billion minutes viewed2. Rebel Ridge (Netflix), 1.11 billion3. Family Guy (Hulu), 1.06 billion4. Prison Break (Hulu/Netflix), 1.05 billion5. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Prime Video), 1.02 billion6. Bluey (Disney+), 878 million7. The Deliverance (Netflix), 852 million8. Kaos (Netflix), 825 million9. Grey’s Anatomy (Hulu/Netflix), 750 million10. A Discovery of Witches (Netflix), 739 million

Original Series

1. The Perfect Couple, 1.91 billion minutes2. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, 1.02 billion3. Kaos, 825 million4. Worst Ex Ever (Netflix), 670 million5. Only Murders in the Building (Hulu), 544 million6. The Accident (Netflix), 501 million7. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (Hulu), 409 million8. Outlast (Netflix), 372 million9. Futurama (Hulu), 356 million10. Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (Peacock), 346 million

Acquired Series

1. Family Guy, 1.06 billion minutes2. Prison Break, 1.05 billion3. Bluey, 878 million4. Grey’s Anatomy, 750 million5. A Discovery of Witches, 739 million6. Bob’s Burgers (Hulu), 689 million7. Law & Order: SVU (Hulu/Peacock), 594 million8. Gilmore Girls (Netflix), 586 million9. Dexter (Netflix/Paramount+), 572 million10. SpongeBob SquarePants (Paramount+), 548 million

Movies

1. Rebel Ridge, 1.11 billion minutes2. The Deliverance, 852 million3. Sonic the Hedgehog (Netflix/Paramount+), 486 million4. Aloha (2015) (Netflix), 385 million5. The Fall Guy (Peacock), 333 million6. Beetlejuice (Max), 300 million7. The Union (Netflix), 265 million8. Migration (Netflix), 260 million9. The Rundown (Netflix), 208 million10. Moana (Disney+), 188 million

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