Nearly four years after the ninth and final season of Suits aired, the show just broke a streaming record. The drama starring Meghan Markle, which ran on USA Network from 2011 to 2019, according to Nielsen, established a streaming record for the week of June 26 to July 2.
Suits, which debuted on Netflix on June 17 and had 3.14 billion minutes of watch time during that week, broke the previous record for an acquired series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Manifest previously held the record with 2.49 billion watch minutes between June 14 and June 20, 2021.
In addition to topping the viewership on the acquired shows list for the week in question, Suits also led the overall list. The Witcher came in second with 1.31 billion minutes of viewing, and The Bear rounded up the top three with 1.01 billion minutes.
Nielsen’s ratings only cover U.S. television vision viewing, not content viewed on a phone or tablet, or viewership in other countries.
The first seven seasons of the show, which ended in 2018, starred Markle. After she revealed her engagement to Prince Harry, she left the series. Archie, 4, and Lilibet, 2, were born to the couple after their 2018 marriage.
