<![CDATA[‘Tiger King’ lands 34M viewers in first 10 days, surpassing ‘Stranger Things 2’]]> https://usagag.com/2020/04/08/tiger-king-lands-34m-viewers-in-first-10-days-surpassing-stranger-things-2/ Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:00:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://usagag.com ‘Tiger King’ lands 34M viewers in first 10 days, surpassing ‘Stranger Things 2’ Netflix’s massively popular docuseries “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” drew 34.3 million unique viewers in the first 10 days of its release, from March 20-29, according to Nielsen, eclipsing the season 2 numbers for “Stranger Things,” which drew 31.2 million in its first 10 days. “Tiger King” approached the numbers for “Stranger Things 3,” which drew 36.3 million over the 10-day span, Nielsen said.

Over its premiere weekend, March 20 to 23, “Tiger King” brought in an average minute audience of nearly 2.4 million U.S. TV viewers. Over the 10-day period, “Tiger King” pulled in an audience of 19 million among U.S. viewers on an average-per-minute basis. That was higher than “Stranger Things 2” with 17.5 million and nearly matched “Stranger Things 3” with 20.5 million.

Of course, the timing of the release coincided with a global pandemic and mandated stay-at-home orders, which along with intense social media buzz, boosted the numbers.

The Netflix docuseries centers on the story of Joseph Maldonado-Passage, a k a “Joe Exotic,” a former Oklahoma tiger-zoo owner who’s serving a 22-year prison sentence for his role in the Carole Baskin murder-for-hire plot and other charges.

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