Netflix s Firefly Lane, Crime Scene Nearly Tie in Nielsen Streaming Rankings
Courtesy of Netflix WandaVision inches up again, and Disney+ claims half of the 10 most watched original movies in the United States.
Two Netflix series finished in a virtual tie atop Nielsen s streaming rankings for the week of Feb. 8-14.
Firefly Lanerepeated as the No. 1 show, with 1.288 billion minutes of viewing time for the week. Docuseries
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel had 1.286 billion minutes, marking the closest finish to date in the six months Nielsen has been releasing weekly streaming numbers.
It s possible that more people, however, tuned into
Netflix’s melodramatic Elisa Lam docuseries fails to deliver a point until the last episode
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel is a new Netflix docuseries that covers the accidental death of Elisa Lam, a University of British Columbia (UBC) student from Vancouver, who was initially reported missing back in February 2013 before her body was discovered weeks later. The series features re-enactments and interviews with police, hotel staff, internet sleuths, and the victim of an online crusade.
The documentary turns the tragic death of a mentally ill woman into a spectacle a guessing game split into four one-hour episodes that easily could have been condensed into a two-hour time frame. The documentary features two central subjects: Elisa Lam, the victim of an accidental drowning, and the Cecil Hotel, which once harboured guests such as Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker, and Jack Unterweger, another serial killer.
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The true-crime series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel was the most popular Netflix series this week.
Streaming search engine Reelgood keeps track of Netflix s daily top 10 lists.
It provides Insider with a rundown of the week s most popular TV shows on Netflix.
The new Netflix true-crime docuseries Crime Scene: The Vanishing at Cecil Hotel surged its way to the top of Netflix s popularity rankings this week. Bridgerton, which has dominated since it debuted in December, fell slightly this week, but is still holding strong with audiences.
Every week, the streaming search engine Reelgood compiles for Insider a list of which TV shows have been most prominent on Netflix s daily top 10 lists of its most popular titles that week.