Netflix‘s one-shot show Adolescence has made history by becoming the first streaming program to top Britain’s weekly TV ratings.
Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham‘s drama beat out long-standing broadcaster favorites like the BBC’s The Apprentice and Death in Paradise after its first episode was watched by 6.45 million people in the first week of release, according to ratings body Barb.
It’s the biggest audience for any streaming TV show in the U.K. in a single week, leapfrogging Fool Me Once, also on Netflix, which accrued 6.3 million in its first week.
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