“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” was the No. 1 most-watched series on Netflix during the week of Sept. 16-22, during which it was available for four days and hit 12.3 million views.

While generally a strong opening, it doesn’t compare to that of the anthology series first installation; in 2022, “Dahmer: Monster — The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” opened with 196.2 million hours watched in five days, which translates to an estimated 22 million views based on its runtime. Ryan Murphy’s other most recent Netflix series, “The Watcher,” hit 125 million hours watched, or 22.5 million views, in four days later the same year.

“Monsters” wasn’t the most-watched title of the week, either. That title went to “Uglies,” which led the English-language film chart with 26.8 million views in its first full week of availability after debuting at No. 2 with 20.8 million the week before. After two weeks on top, “Rebel Ridge” also continued to perform, slipping to No. 2 with 16.7 million views.

“The Perfect Couple” was the second-most-watched TV title of the week after two explosive weeks on top. Down from 21.9 million views the previous week and 20.3 million the week before that, the limited series hit 12.3 million views in its second full week of availability.

More to come…