Meanwhile, The Umbrella Academy returned to the streaming rankings with its final season, which premiered on Netflix on Aug. 8. While it earned a solid 1.46 billion minutes of viewership, it fell short compared to the show’s season three premiere, which garnered 2.45 billion minutes in June 2022. Despite this, The Umbrella Academy was the top original series of the week and the only original show to make it into the overall top 10. Notably, the previous week marked the first time in four years that no original series made the top 10 overall, likely due to the conclusion of the Olympics on Aug. 11, which drew a massive 23.5 billion minutes of viewing on Peacock and other NBCUniversal platforms.
In addition to Prison Break and The Umbrella Academy, Bluey continued its strong performance, earning 1.03 billion minutes on Disney+. HBO’s House of the Dragon saw its streak of seven consecutive weeks with over 1 billion minutes viewed come to an end, finishing the week with 935 million minutes, just short of the mark. Fire Country, a CBS series with its two seasons available on Netflix and Paramount+, made its debut in the top 10 with 765 million minutes.
A significant development was the end of NCIS’s historic run in the Nielsen streaming charts. After 188 consecutive weeks, dating back to December 2020, the long-running procedural drama fell out of the top 10. This marks the conclusion of one of the longest streaks in Nielsen’s streaming ratings history.
Nielsen’s streaming metrics are based on viewership on television sets, excluding viewing on mobile devices and computers, and only account for U.S. audiences. Below are the top streaming shows for the week of Aug. 5-11, 2024:
Overall Top Streaming Shows
- Prison Break (Hulu/Netflix) – 1.6 billion minutes
- The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) – 1.46 billion
- Bluey (Disney+) – 1.03 billion
- Grey’s Anatomy (Hulu/Netflix) – 940 million
- House of the Dragon (Max) – 935 million
- Family Guy (Hulu) – 881 million
- Fire Country (Netflix/Paramount+) – 765 million
- Bob’s Burgers (Hulu) – 705 million
- Game of Thrones (Max) – 689 million
- Dexter (Netflix/Paramount+) – 673 million
Top Original Series
- The Umbrella Academy – 1.46 billion minutes
- A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (Netflix) – 578 million
- The Boys (Prime Video) – 457 million
- Love Island (Hulu/Netflix/Peacock) – 437 million
- Evil (Netflix/Paramount+) – 413 million
- Gabby’s Dollhouse (Netflix) – 410 million
- Unsolved Mysteries (Netflix) – 408 million
- Futurama (Hulu) – 348 million
- Cobra Kai (Netflix) – 295 million
- Love of My Life (Netflix) – 282 million
Top Acquired Series
- Prison Break – 1.6 billion minutes
- Bluey – 1.03 billion
- Grey’s Anatomy – 940 million
- House of the Dragon – 935 million
- Family Guy – 881 million
- Fire Country – 765 million
- Bob’s Burgers – 705 million
- Game of Thrones – 689 million
- Dexter – 673 million
- SpongeBob SquarePants (Paramount+) – 649 million
Top Movies
- Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (Netflix/Paramount+) – 612 million minutes
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Hulu) – 435 million
- Jack Reacher (2012) (Netflix/Paramount+) – 374 million
- Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (Netflix) – 354 million
- Trolls Band Together (Netflix) – 338 million
- Red (2010) (Netflix) – 251 million
- Moana (Disney+) – 229 million
- White Chicks (Netflix) – 217 million
- Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat (2003) (Netflix) – 203 million
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Netflix) – 199 million
These rankings showcase a wide array of content across multiple genres and streaming platforms, with nostalgia-fueled favorites like Prison Break and Jack Reacher performing particularly well alongside newer releases like The Umbrella Academy and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. The ongoing shift in streaming preferences highlights how classic and acquired series continue to dominate audience attention even amid new original content.
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