"Beef" Nielsen debut

 

The Netflix dark comedy series "Beef" debuted at the #4 position on Nielsen's streaming charts during the week of April 3-9 this year.  "Beef" premiered on April 6, giving it only 4 days of availability for that first week. According to Nielsen, "Beef" was viewed for around 962 million minutes during those first four days on Netflix. "Beef" will compete for Emmys in the limited series category, though creator Lee Sung Jin has suggested he has potential ideas for future seasons. The show became embroiled in controversy after a 10-year-old podcast episode resurfaced in which supporting actor David Choe relates a story about committing sexual assault; Choe later claimed the story was fabricated. The #1 Netflix series for the week of April 3-9 was "The Night Agent," which is now the streamer's fifth most-popular English-language series of all time.