'Suits' has set another record after the former legal drama exploded in popularity in 2023. The legal drama broke the record for the most-streamed show over the course of a year in the history of Nielsen's rankings. The former USA Network series, which stars Patrick J. Adams and the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle skyrocketed in popularity after it was offered on Netflix. For the year, the show racked up 57.7 billion minutes of viewing — the highest year-end total Nielsen has ever recorded.
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00:00 "What?" "I'm a fraud."
00:03 Suits has set another record after the former legal drama exploded in popularity in 2023.
00:12 Suits broke the record for the most streamed show over the course of a year in the history
00:17 of Nielsen's rankings. The former USA Network series, which stars Patrick J. Adams and the
00:22 Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, skyrocketed in popularity after it was offered on Netflix.
00:28 For the year, the show racked up 57.7 billion minutes of viewing, the highest year-end total
00:34 Nielsen has ever recorded. Suits surpassed The Office in 2020, which accounted for 57.13
00:40 billion minutes of viewing for its final year on Netflix in the U.S.
00:44 Suits' recent resurgence and success has even led NBCUniversal to start developing a companion
00:50 series with creator Aaron Korsh. Other year-end streaming top tens for an acquired series in 2023
00:56 include Grey's Anatomy at No. 4, Gilmore Girls at No. 7, and Friends at No. 8.
01:02 Elsewhere, Ted Lasso was the most-viewed original show across the platform's Nielsen measures,
01:06 despite running on the one with the fewest subscribers, Apple TV+.
01:10 It's the first show that doesn't stream on Netflix to take a No. 1 ranking among either
01:15 original or acquired series in the four-year history of Nielsen's year-end charts.
01:20 For more Nielsen rankings, head to the article on THR.com. And for the latest entertainment news
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