Along with walks , picnic , and other socially distance activities , Americans spend a quite a little of fourth dimension last class in front of the television . And while some of that metre went to watching buzzy new offerings likeTiger King , comfortable old favorites really ruled the military rating .
We ’re primarily talking aboutThe Office . U.S. viewer spent more than 57 billion mo rain cats and dogs the darling NBC situation comedy on Netflix last twelvemonth , making it the most stream show of 2020.Grey ’s Anatomycame in minute with just over 39.4 billion cumulative min watched , andCriminal Mindsrounded out the top three with about 35.4 billion minutes . NCISandSupernaturalalso made the top 10 .
One classic is conspicuously overleap from the list : Friends . But it ’s probably not because lover at long last got tired of re - catch it . The rankings below are based on Nielsen data across four streaming weapons platform — namely , Amazon Prime Video , Disney+,Hulu , andNetflix . SinceFriendsleft Netflix in late 2019 and is now onHBO Max , it simply is n’t admit in this particular report . Also , Nielsen ’s number reflect viewing data from TVs , not other devices like phones and laptops . In other Word , Americans emphatically watch way more than 57 billion minutes ofThe Office .
AsVarietypoints out , the reasonableness so many older show ranked high was in part because there are more installment to check . you may knock outTiger King ’s eight episode in a daytime , for example , while finishing all 366 available episodes ofGrey ’s Anatomycouldtake month .
But viewers did make time for late content , too . Netflix original seriesOzarktook the fourth fleck , andSchitt ’s Creekcame in sixth . The ongoing obsession withStar Wars(andBaby Yodain particular ) certainly help Disney+’sThe Mandaloriancrack the top 20 ; in fact , it was the only show not available on Netflix to do so .
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[ h / tVariety ]
