“The Diplomat” Season One (Alex Bailey/Netflix © 2023)
May 26, 2023
Second-week access to Netflix’s U.S. government-themed drama “The Diplomat” held off the return of the final episodes of the streamer’s “Firefly Lane” relationship drama, according to new weekly household TV streaming data through April 30 from Nielsen.
Co-starring Keri Russell and Rufus Sewall as married U.S. foreign diplomats who stumble into a foreign ally’s power play, “Diplomat” topped nearly 1.4 billion minutes in viewing, well ahead of “Firefly Lane” with 1.1 billion. The latter co-stars Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke as lifelong friends enduring shared emotions through work and personal relationships.
Both shows were the only content to each top 1 billion minutes of viewing, finishing ahead of venerable “Breaking Bad” spin-off “Better Call Saul,” which rounded out the podium with 968 million minutes across 63 episodes after the final season became available to stream on Netflix. The SVOD pioneer again dominated weekly streaming, accounting for nearly 80% of the most-viewed programming across living room TVs.
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| Rank | SVOD Provider | Program Name | No. of Episodes | Minutes Streamed (Millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netflix | The Diplomat (2023) | 8 | 1,392 |
| 2 | Netflix | Firefly Lane | 26 | 1,109 |
| 3 | Netflix | Better Call Saul | 63 | 968 |
| 4 | Netflix | Sweet Tooth | 16 | 924 |
| 5 | Netflix | Cocomelon | 22 | 804 |
| 6 | Apple TV+ | Ted Lasso | 29 | 795 |
| 7 | Disney+ | Bluey | 120 | 715 |
| 8 | Netflix / Paramount+ | NCIS | 341 | 667 |
| 9 | Netflix | Workin’ Moms | 83 | 645 |
| 10 | Netflix | Grey’s Anatomy | 397 | 640 |
Source: Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Disney+, Max, Hulu, Paramount+, Peacock and Netflix), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television