Nielsen: The Mandalorian Stays In Top 3
Never mind the Empire in Star Wars – Grogu is conquering the galaxy (and Nielsen)….
Thanks to The Child and Rosario Dawson’s Ahsoka Tano, The Mandalorian kept the Disney+ show in the Nielsen streaming rating’s third place this week.
- “The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix) (7 episodes) – 1,455 minutes (millions)
- “The Office” (Netflix) (192 episodes) – 1,093 minutes (millions)
- “The Mandalorian” (Disney Plus) (10 episodes) – 955 minutes (millions)
- “Schitt’s Creek” (Netflix) (80 episodes) – 768 minutes (millions)
- “Criminal Minds” (Netflix) (277 episodes) – 635 minutes (millions)
- “Great British Baking Show” (Netflix) (64 episodes) – 608 minutes (millions)
- “Grey’s Anatomy” (Netflix) (361 episodes) – 568 minutes (millions)
- “NCIS” (Netflix) (353 episodes) – 543 minutes (millions)
- “The Blacklist” (Netflix) (152 episodes) – 417 minutes (millions)
- “The 100” (Netflix) (100 episodes) – 407 minutes (millions)
Following a momentous week in which “The Mandalorian” became the first Disney Plus series to make Nielsen’s new streaming top 10 list, there was very little change in week 2 of the Star Wars show’s second season.
“Mandalorian” debuted in third position last week and retained that place this time around, drawing just under 1 billion total minutes of viewing for the week of Nov. 2.
Last week, The Mandalorian was the first Disney Plus show to hit Nielsen’s new top 10 streaming list.
Holding Fast
At the time, Variety explained:
[The Mandalorian clocks] in at number three for the week of Oct. 26, placing only behind “The Queen’s Gambit” and “The Office” on Netflix. According to Nielsen, the show’s 9 episodes (including its Oct. 30 season 2 premiere) were watched for a total of over 1 billion minutes during that week. Expect “Mandalorian” to remain in the top 10 over the next few weeks as more of its second season is taken into account.
The season 2 premiere gave “Star Wars” fans a small glimpse of a former character, and it’s worth looking out for the boost the series will receive for the week of Thanksgiving, given the amount of excitement its revelations have generated online.
Finally, here’s wondering just how well this week’s episode, which debuts tomorrow, does on Nielsen next week.