Chris Rock's Comedy Special Sets Streaming Record

Last month comedian Chris Rock finally addressed getting slapped by Will Smith at the Academy Awards in his Netflix comedy special 'Selective Outrage [click here if you missed that].'

Chris' show broke a streaming record...

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Chris Rock set a streaming record with his latest comedy special.

In its first full week on Netflix, Chris Rock: Selective Outrage earned the title of most-streamed comedy special in a measurement week from March 6 to 12, according to Nielsen. That is, at least since Nielsen began tracking streaming content in 2017.

The special jumped 48% over its opening weekend viewership to 798M viewing minutes, putting it at No. 9 on Nielsen’s overall streaming charts for that week.

Selective Outrage outperformed Dave Chappelle: Sticks and Stones for the title, far surpassing that special’s previous record of 573M viewing minutes in a week. Rock’s comedy special also made it into the Top 4 most-streamed comedy specials for the previous measurement week, despite just over 24 hours of availability. The special was carried on Netflix on Saturday evening of that interval, drawing 418M viewing minutes.