‘Bluey’ Returns to the Top of the Charts
After a Fallout-related gap, your favorite Australian Blue heeler is number one again.
Yes, Bluey has returned to the top of the charts. Let’s talk about the latest batch of Nielsen streaming ratings.
Bluey Reclaims First Place
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Bluey recently debuted two episodes, one of which was rumored to be the series finale.
Thankfully, that didn’t happen, but the show still received a boost as viewers caught up to live programming.
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When we discussed Bluey last week, the show had gained 1.444 billion viewer minutes.
While a staggering total, it wasn’t enough to win the week in terms of Nielsen streaming ratings.
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Fallout claimed its third straight victory with 2.618 billion minutes. However, the situation changed this week.
Fallout fell to 1.081 billion viewer minutes, which remains impressive, especially for an Amazon Prime Video series.
Alas, most of the people who want to watch Fallout season one have already done so.
For this reason, the show lost 59 percent of its viewers. That’s perfectly normal behavior for a previously concluded series.
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However, Bluey maintains most of its viewership throughout the year, whether it has new episodes or not.
Bluey averaged nearly 800 million viewer minutes in 2023, and it’s pacing well ahead of that range in 2024.
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For the week in question, April 29th through May 5th, Bluey gained another 1.181 billion minutes, the most of any streaming program.
This is where I say yet again that Bluey is currently the most-watched streaming program of 2024. It’s a juggernaut.
Disney Dominates the Acquired Charts
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I occasionally go over the rules of the Nielsen streaming charts for first-time readers.
Basically, these ratings embody the modernized version of television ratings, which Nielsen still posts as well.
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The company splits the Nielsen streaming ratings into four different charts.
One is an overall Top Ten, which looked quite good for Disney this week.
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In addition to Bluey, which won the week, two other Hulu series finished in the top four overall.
Grey’s Anatomy generally does quite well, and the start of May proved no exception.
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The medical series earned 1.115 billion minutes. However, I must mention that Disney shares the streaming license for this program.
You can find Grey’s Anatomy on Hulu and Netflix, and we should be realistic that the latter service has more than 32 million subscribers in North America.
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So, more than half of the show’s viewer minutes aren’t happening via Hulu.
The same statement doesn’t apply to Family Guy, though. This Hulu blockbuster claimed another 819 million viewer minutes.
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That total was good enough for fourth place overall on streaming, one spot behind Fallout and two behind Grey’s Anatomy.
More Disney Hits
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Nielsen categorizes catalog content like these two programs as a part of the Acquired charts.
Disney+ and especially Hulu perform quite well on this chart.
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Disney streaming shows claimed seven (!) of the top eight spots for the week in question.
Last week’s new title, White Collar, earned another 681 million minutes, while Bob’s Burgers garnered 649 million.
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Those of you who like more Bob’s Burgers information should read this article. It’s…wild.
Bob’s Burgers is somehow the only English-language broadcast network series with an average viewer age under 50!
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Hulu’s other two Acquired chart staples, Criminal Minds and The Resident, also appeared during the week in question.
People watched 627 million minutes of Criminal Minds and 621 million of The Resident.
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Based on this information, Disney/Hulu should launch several more medical series and procedurals. People will watch.
Anyway, the other two Nielsen charts are Originals and Movies. The latter is self-explanatory, so we’ll discuss it next.
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That’s easy to do because Disney didn’t chart on Movies for a change.
While this happens sometimes, we typically witness Moana hanging around the bottom of the charts, and Wish has lately, too.
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Neither of those films proved as popular as various Netflix titles, as that streaming service claimed nine spots in the top ten.
Even More Disney Hits
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Meanwhile, on the Originals chart, we’ve probably reached the end of the line for Shogun for at least a year.
The instantly popular Hulu program finished its first season a couple of weeks before this chart.
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For the week in question, Shogun fell to 285 million viewer minutes.
That total barely charted in ninth place and all but guarantees that we won’t see Shogun again for a while.
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On the plus side, season three of The Bear is just around the corner.
That’s likely to be Disney’s next big streaming blockbuster, as The Bear season two charted several times in 2023 and early 2024.
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Until then, Disney must rely on the magic of Bluey and various Hulu catalog titles.
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