‘Adolescence’ Debuts as Netflix’s Most-Watched TV Show of the Week With 24.3 Million Views

“Adolescence” debuted as Netflix’s most-watched TV show of the week with an impressive audience for its opening weekend.

After debuting its four hour-long episodes on Thursday, March 13, “Adolescence” scored 24.3 million views through Sunday, March 16, making the limited series the most-watched TV show on Netflix during the week of March 10.

The opening weekend viewership for “Adolescence” outpaced that of other recent Netflix original series, including “The Night Agent” Season 2, which debuted to 13.9 million views, and “Zero Day,” which debuted to 19.1 million views during the week of Feb. 17. Likewise, “Running Point” scored 9.3 million views in its first week on the streamer.

Still, viewership for “Adolescence” was not enough to beat Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt-led “The Electric State,” which debuted to 25.2 million views, ranking as the most-watched movie of the week on Netflix.

“Adolescence” was by far the most-watched English TV show on Netflix this week, with “Running Point” coming in as the No. 2 most-watched show with 6 million views and “Zero Day” as the third most-watched show of the week with 4.4 million views. “Beauty in Black” came next with 3.9 million views, while “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” Season 7 took fifth place with 3.2 million views.

In its first week on the platform, “Yellowstone” prequel “1883” made it onto the Top 10 TV list in seventh place with 2.9 million views, just behind the March 10 installment of WWE’s “Monday Night Raw,” which took sixth place with 3 million views.

Likewise, on the film front, viewership for “The Electric State” nearly doubled that of “Plankton: The Movie,” which took second place on the film list with 13.4 million views. “Kraven the Hunter” took the No. 3 spot with 7.1 million views, while “Trap” took fourth place with 6.7 million views.

Animated kids’ movies held down the rest of the films list, with “Despicable Me 4” taking the No. 5 spot with 6.1 million views, “IF” taking the No. 6 spot with 5.7 million views and “Bee Movie” scoring the No. 7 spot with 4.3 million views. “The Boss Baby” and “The Croods” closed out the film list with 3.3 million views each.

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