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‘Harry & Meghan’ Debuts as Netflix’s Most-Streamed Documentary Ever

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The series’ first three episodes—the only ones available to viewers—pulled in 81.55 million hours of viewing in their first four days online.

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Christmas came early to Netflix, with the streaming giant announcing Tuesday that the first half of its docuseries on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—the appropriately titled Harry & Meghan—attracted more eyeballs in its first week than any other documentary in the company’s history. The first three episodes of Harry & Meghan, which dropped to audiences worldwide on Thursday, logged 81.55 million hours of viewing, with more than 28 million households tuning in. It was a top-10 show in 85 countries, and debuted as No. 1 in the United Kingdom, where more than 2.4 million people watched at least the first episode. The series was beaten out this week in the English-language category only by Wednesday. (Shortly after its own debut, Tim Burton’s riff on The Addams Family quickly surpassed Dahmer to become Netflix’s second most-popular English-language series of all time, behind only Stranger Things.) The second half of Harry & Meghan will premiere on Thursday.

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