From the broadcast heap pile to the top of Netflix‘s weekly rankings — that has been the trajectory for The Lincoln Lawyer, David E. Kelley’s series based on Michael Connelly’s bestselling novels.
After debuting at No. 2 last week after only three days in release, The Lincoln Lawyer climbed to No. 1 on the list of Netflix’s most-watched English-language series globally for the week of May 16-22 with more than 108 million hours viewed, ending the streak at No. 1 of Ozark‘s fourth season, which slipped to No. 2 with 31.4 million hours.
The Lincoln Lawyer, starring Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, landed at Netflix after CBS scrapped the project, which had had a massive series production commitment.
It’s been almost three years since the release of Stranger Things‘ third season. Ahead of the Season 4 Part 1 premiere later this week, fans have been catching up, lifting the series’ existing episodes to No. 10 on Netflix’s weekly rankings for English-language series. with 9.5 million hours viewed.
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