The Office Remains Netflix's Most-Watched Licensed Content During Coronavirus Pandemic

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The Office has long been one of Netflix's most-watched shows and now millions of people are watching the streaming platform, the show's cult following has only grown further. In a new report from Variety, the former NBC hit is by and large the most-watched "acquired" show on the streaming giant. During the week beginning March 2nd, The Office tallied upwards of 189,000 viewers during the week. The second-place finishing on the chart acquired chart is PopTV's Schitt's Creek, which tallied 112,000 viewers. Good Girls and Parks and Recreation each earned north 100K viewers while other hits like Better Call Saul and American Horror Story: Apocalypse finished significantly under.

Outside of the acquired list — which tracks the properties Netflix license from other networks and studios — The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez and Love Is Blind dominated. The former nearly notched 3 million views in its first week while Love Is Blind had around 3.5 million between its three different parts.

As the calendar inches closer to April, the time fans have with The Office continue dwindling. The show will leave Netflix at the end of this year as it moves over to NBC's Peacock, a new streaming service set to debut later this spring.

“‘The Office’ has become a staple of pop-culture and is a rare gem whose relevance continues to grow at a time when fans have more entertainment choices than ever before,” then-Peacock head Bonnie Hammer previously said about the show's arrival on the new service. “We can’t wait to welcome the gang from Dunder Mifflin to NBCUniversal’s new streaming service.”

After that statement surfaced, Netflix was quick to remind fans the show was still available until January 2021. "We're sad that NBC has decided to take The Office back for its own streaming platform — but members can binge watch the show to their hearts' content ad-free on Netflix until January 2021," the streamer said at the time.

All nine seasons of The Office are now streaming on Netflix.

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ColtCallahan on March 21st, 2020 at 19:06 UTC »

When I’m not working my 9-5 office job I love the watch people working a 9-5 office job.

RusevReigns on March 21st, 2020 at 17:45 UTC »

The full list according to Variety

RANK PROGRAM NAME # OF EPISODES P18-49 (000) P2+ (000) NOTES

The Office (US) 192 189 240 S1-9, Full

Schitt’s Creek 66 112 166 S1-5

Good Girls 23 103 165 S1-2

Parks and Recreation 121 101 116 S1-7, Full

Better Call Saul 40 81 163 S1-4

American Horror Story: Apocalypse 10 74 80 S8

Outlander 42 63 128 S1-3

The Good Place 42 62 84 S1-3

Lucifer 58 48 77 S1-3

That ’70s Show 200 48 57 S1-8, Full

MontaukWanderer on March 21st, 2020 at 17:21 UTC »

Sometimes when there’s an epidemic going on, I open The Office randomly and don’t know what episode I’m going for. I just hope that after a while, I find it along the way.