Driven by the release of Season 3A, Netflix’s Shondaland series Bridgerton remained atop the Nielsen overall Top 10 streaming chart for a third consecutive week with 1.38 billion viewing minutes for all existing seasons logged between May 27-June 2, down 37% from the previous week. In addition to boosting previous Bridgerton seasons, the new episodes of the Regency era romance drama also buoyed prequel Queen Charlotte : A Bridgerton Story which returned to the Originals Top 10 with 274 million viewing minutes (#9).
Meanwhile, the Shonda Rhimes-created Grey’s Anatomy held steady with 1.197 billion viewing minutes to rank #3 overall. That gave Rhimes’ Shondaland three entries on the Nielsen weekly charts, all attracting audiences that were at least three-quarters female.
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