Suits,
the hit legal drama starring the future Duchess of Sussex, set a new US
streaming record after enjoying a resurgence in popularity in 2023.
According to media analysts Nielsen, the show,
which first ran from 2011 to 2019, was watched for a total of 57.7 billion
minutes on Netflix last year.
That beat The
Office's previous record of 57.1 billion minutes, set in 2020.
Children's show
Bluey was the second most-watched last year, with 43.9 billion minutes on
Disney+.
That was followed by
NCIS and a string of older shows including Grey's Anatomy, The Big Bang Theory,
Gilmore Girls and Friends, perhaps indicating a thirst for nostalgia.
It is the "perfect
binge show", Time magazine said in August.
"Suits hits a
sweet spot," Eliana Dockterman wrote. "The plots are silly, but never
dumb. The dialogue may make you roll your eyes, but it's clever just often
enough.
"You can look
down at your computer to answer emails for a 40-minute span, look back up
again, and you haven't missed anything particularly significant. And yet
something dramatic and entertaining is happening."
USA Today's Kelly Lawler agreed that it was
among "the kind of easy-going, lightweight TV shows that you can watch
while folding laundry".
She added:
"There's a little comedy, a little drama, a little mystery, a little
heartbreak, a little joy, but never too much of any one thing."
The presence in the
cast of royalty also helped, she said.
"She may not
have been a duchess while filming Suits, but her renown and celebrity is
probably a factor in some people clicking play when they see her photo above
the show's logo."
Suits had more
content (83 hours in total) than The Office (73 hours) so it had an advantage
in clocking up viewing time.
There were no
original shows from the streamers in the end-of-year top 10 list, with all
being acquired from other networks.
Apple TV+'s Ted
Lasso was the top original, racking up 16.9 billion minutes of viewing time.
Netflix show The Night Agent was in second place on 14.4 billion.
Moana, from Disney+,
was the most streamed film, with 11.6 billion viewing minutes. That chart was
dominated by children's films, with Encanto, Super Mario Bros Movie, Elemental,
Minions: The Rise of Gru, Sing 2 and Frozen all making the top 10.
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