Chalk this one as much as odd timing and the lag in reporting for Nielsen’s streaming ratings: A day after information broke that Netflix had canceled its series The Boroughs, the Nielsen numbers present it had a powerful premiere week.
The Boroughs, government produced by Stranger Issues creators Matt and Ross Duffer, had 1.2 billion minutes of viewing in the USA for the week of Might 18-24 (the present premiered Might 21). It completed second general, behind one other Netflix drama, Nemesis (1.31 billion minutes).
At a run time of six hours, quarter-hour, The Boroughs had about 3.2 million views (whole viewing minutes divided by run time) within the U.S. for the week. That’s about 57 p.c of the 5.6 million worldwide views Netflix reported for the present’s first week (although the streamer and Nielsen have other ways of gathering knowledge).
Nemesis grew by 57 p.c from its premiere week. In one other odd coincidence, each Nemesis and The Boroughs come from creatives who’ve since moved to different media firms. Nemesis creator Courtney A. Kemp signed a cope with Apple TV in Might, and the Duffer brothers moved to Paramount earlier within the 12 months.
The Boys scored 1.07 billion minutes of watch time for the week of its collection finale on Prime Video. It was the present’s third straight week over a billion minutes; Nielsen says the collection has amassed greater than 50 billion minutes of viewing since January 2020, when the scores service began monitoring weekly streaming viewing.
Dutton Ranch (736 million minutes) improved a little bit with the discharge of its third episode on Paramount+. One other Yellowstone spinoff, CBS’ Marshals, additionally made its first look on the acquired collection chart with 528 million viewing minutes on Paramount+ and Pluto TV. Off Campus (690 million minutes) grew by 34 p.c from its debut on Prime Video.
Netflix’s documentary The Crash led the film prime 10 with 1.18 billion minutes of watch time. Jack Ryan: Ghost Battle, a function movie primarily based on the Prime Video collection, had a stable 809 million minutes for its first 5 days.
Nielsen’s streaming scores cowl viewing on TV units solely and don’t embody minutes watched on computer systems or cell gadgets. The scores solely measure U.S. audiences. The highest streaming titles for Might 18-24, 2026, are under.
