Netflix's 'Diplomat' keeps up string of No. 1 original shows
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Another week, another instance of Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) flexing its subscriber-base muscle to establish an original hit as the most-streamed program.
This time out it was political thriller The Diplomat, which streamed 1.302B minutes to lead all content in Nielsen's most recent weekly streaming ratings (for April 17-23).
It displaced last week's leader, Netflix's Beef, and in fact this marks the 11th straight week where the most-streamed program was a Netflix original (along with Beef, that includes The Night Agent, Outer Banks and You). 
But overall, Netflix placed four original hits into the overall top 10. Just behind The Diplomat was Netflix's (NFLX) dating show Love is Blind (1.216B minutes), which was just ahead of Disney's (NYSE:DIS) The Mandalorian (1.012B minutes) and Netflix's Beef (937M minutes).
Rounding out the Overall top 10 were No. 5, Better Call Saul (NFLX), 927M minutes; No. 6, CoComelon (NFLX), 838M minutes; No. 7, The Night Agent (NFLX), 760M minutes; No. 8, NCIS (NFLX) (PARA) (PARAA), 724M minutes; No. 9, Ted Lasso (NASDAQ:AAPL), 719M minutes; and No. 10, Bluey (DIS), 713M minutes.
Turning to the Original-programs chart, the top six shows all appeared in the Overall top 10, and originals were rounded out by No. 7, Florida Man (NFLX), 655M minutes; No. 8, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (AMZN), 537M minutes; No. 9, Star Trek: Picard (PARA) (PARAA), 400M minutes; and No. 10, The Marked Heart (NFLX), 337M minutes.
The top four Acquired programs made the Overall top 10, and they were joined by No. 5, South Park (NASDAQ:WBD), 626M minutes; No. 6, Grey's Anatomy (NFLX), 601M minutes; No. 7, Succession (WBD), 570M minutes; No. 8, Shameless (NFLX), 536M minutes; No. 9, The Big Bang Theory (WBD), 535M minutes; and No. 10, Supernatural (NFLX), 439M minutes.
And Netflix still topped a Movies chart that nonetheless featured a number of rivals, with The Snowman (415M minutes), Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (407M minutes) and The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (311M minutes).
Rounding out movies were No. 4, Moana (DIS), 259M minutes; No. 5, Cocaine Bear (CMCSA), 253M minutes; No. 6, Ticket to Paradise (AMZN), 204M minutes; No. 7, Ghosted (AAPL), 192M minutes; No. 8, The Mustang (NFLX), 187M minutes; No. 9, Encanto (DIS), 185M minutes; and No. 10, Matilda (NFLX), 161M minutes.
(Nielsen streaming ratings now incorporate viewing from eight major streamers: Amazon Prime Video (AMZN), Apple TV+ (AAPL), Disney+ (DIS), HBO Max (WBD), Hulu (DIS) (CMCSA), Netflix (NFLX), Paramount+ (PARA) (PARAA) and Peacock (CMCSA).)