Streaming Ratings: AMC Shows ‘Dark Winds,’ ‘A Discovery of Witches’ Get Netflix Boost
AMC made a bet earlier this year that licensing a number of its shows to Netflix would help them find more viewers. That bet appears to have paid off.
Two AMC shows, Dark Winds and A Discovery of Witches, are among the top 10 streaming titles for the week of Aug. 19-25. They were added to Netflix at the beginning of that week as part of a deal struck in July to place about a dozen AMC shows on the service, complete with branding as the “AMC Collection.” (The shows will be available for 12 months.)
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It’s not new territory for AMC, which partially credited Netflix for a huge spike in ratings for Breaking Bad’s final season and has also licensed The Walking Dead and Better Call Saul, among others, to the streamer in the past.
Dark Winds drew 929 million minutes of viewing for the week, good for fourth place overall. A Discovery of Witches placed seventh with 849 million minutes.
Prison Break finished first among all titles for the third straight week, racking up 1.43 billion minutes of watch time on Hulu and Netflix. The only other title to crack 1 billion minutes was Netflix’s movie The Union (1.13 billion), which fell by just 15 percent week-to-week.
Original series had a bit of a down week. The Umbrella Academy remained in first on that list but fell by nearly half, from 1.39 billion minutes to 715 million. Emily in Paris also slipped by about 16 percent to 662 million minutes. The top newcomer was the Mexican drama The Accident with 554 million minutes on Netflix.
In the movie rankings, Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter One debuted on Max with a fairly modest 223 million minutes of viewing.
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 Aug. 19-25, 2024, are below.
Overall
1. Prison Break (Hulu/Netflix), 1.43 billion minutes viewed
2. The Union (2024) (Netflix), 1.13 billion
3. Bluey (Disney+), 967 million
4. Dark Winds (Netflix), 929 million
5. Family Guy (Hulu), 879 million
6. Grey’s Anatomy (Hulu/Netflix), 874 million
7. A Discovery of Witches (Netflix), 849 million
8. The Umbrella Academy (Netflix), 715 million
9. Fire Country (Netflix/Paramount+), 675 million
10. Migration (2023) (Netflix), 673 million
Original Series
1. The Umbrella Academy, 715 million minutes
2. Emily in Paris (Netflix), 662 million
3. American Murder: Laci Peterson (Netflix), 616 million
4. The Accident (2024) (Netflix), 554 million
5. Love Island (Hulu/Netflix/Peacock), 484 million
6. Love Is Blind: UK (Netflix), 459 million
7. Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War (Netflix), 429 million
8. Evil (Netflix/Paramount+), 405 million
9. Futurama (Hulu), 369 million
10. SEAL Team (Paramount+), 288 million
Acquired Series
1. Prison Break, 1.43 billion minutes
2. Bluey, 967 million
3. Dark Winds, 929 million
4. Family Guy, 879 million
5. Grey’s Anatomy, 874 million
6. A Discovery of Witches, 849 million
7. Fire Country, 675 million
8. Dexter (Netflix/Paramount+), 639 million
9. Modern Family (Hulu/Peacock), 619 million
10. Law & Order: SVU (Hulu/Peacock), 597 million
Movies
1. The Union, 1.13 billion minutes
2. Migration, 673 million
3. Jackpot! (Prime Video), 339 million
4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Max), 310 million
5. The Emoji Movie (Netflix), 278 million
6. Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter One (Max), 223 million
7. Logan Lucky (Netflix), 220 million
8. Incoming (2024) (Netflix), 211 million
9. Moana (Disney+), 204 million
10. Trolls Band Together (Netflix), 201 million
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