Netflix’s political drama The Diplomat moved into the top spot on Nielsen’s streaming charts with sizable growth from its premiere week, and the streamer’s true-crime documentary The Perfect Neighbor also surged.

The Diplomat drew about 1.24 billion minutes of viewing time for the week of Oct. 20-26, improving by 36 percent from the previous week and displacing Monster: The Ed Gein Story from the No. 1 overall spot. The Diplomat’ s weekly total was its best since the second week of its first season in 2023. Nielsen also notes that 72 percent of the show’s viewing — about 889 minutes — came from the newly released third season, with the remainder devoted to prior episodes.

Netflix’s political drama The Diplomat moved into the top spot on Nielsen’s streaming charts with si

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