Surprise! ‘Criminal Minds’ Was 2021’s Most-Streamed TV Show in the U.S.
21.01.2022 - 19:56
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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix has pumped billions of dollars into original programming — but overall, its library of older licensed TV shows far outperforms homegrown hits like “Squid Game” or “Bridgerton.”In 2021 on Netflix, “Criminal Minds,” the crime-drama procedural that aired on CBS from 2005-20, scored as the most-viewed TV show among U.S. streaming platforms tracked by Nielsen.The 12 seasons of “Criminal Minds” available on Netflix registered an estimated 33.9 billion minutes watched last year by American viewers, per Nielsen.
The show’s cast over the years included Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Joe Mantegna, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Aisha Tyler.The massive watch-time for “Criminal Minds” on Netflix is all the more impressive given that it’s nonexclusive: All 15 seasons of the show are on Paramount Plus (for which Nielsen does not report viewing) and seasons 13-15 are available on Hulu. In second place overall in TV shows was “CoComelon,” the kid’s show from Moonbug Entertainment (now part of Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer’s Candle Media).
Across 15 episodes on Netflix, “CoComelon” served up an astounding 33.3 billion minutes viewed.In fact, Netflix had all or part of 14 of the 15 most-viewed acquired TV shows of the year on Nielsen’s streaming chart. Most of those library titles registered higher watch-time than streaming platforms’ original series.The No.
1 “original” TV show among U.S. streaming users was “Lucifer” on Netflix, which benefited from having 93 episodes available, to tally 18.3 billion minutes viewed.
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