‘Golden Girls’ tops Nielsen’s highest-rated shows after Betty White’s death

Followers of the late Betty White are collectively grieving her demise — by rewatching “Golden Ladies” and sending the sequence to the highest of Nielsen’s charts, 30 years after its sequence finale.

The sitcom following a bunch of older ladies as they get pleasure from their fabulous and unapologetic lives in Miami continues to be extensively being streamed right this moment on Hulu, the place viewers can watch the whole seven-season present that aired between 1985 and 1992.

The present has now capped Nielsen’s High 10 Streaming Acquired Applications record at No. 8, beating out “Shameless” and “The Thundermans,” and in need of “Supernatural,” within the week after star Betty White’s passing.

White’s demise on the age of 99 on Dec. 31 got here amid buzz of her upcoming milestone birthday celebrations on each silver and small screens.

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”The Golden Ladies” aired on NBC for seven seasons from 1985 till 1992.
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About 41% of people that watched the traditional present in the course of the first week of 2022 have been aged 35-49, reported the Wrap. From Jan. 3 till Jan. 9, all 180 episodes of the sequence have been streamed for 384 million minutes on Hulu. The rankings firm mentioned the bereaved bingeing introduced the present to No. 8 on the acquired streaming reveals chart.

On Monday, NBC aired “Celebrating Betty White: America’s Golden Woman,” lauding the life and profession of “The Mary Tyler Moore Present” actress. The star-studded doc introduced in 4.3 million views. President Joe Biden, Drew Barrymore, Cher, Goldie Hawn, Jay Leno, Tina Fey, Jimmy Fallon and Tracy Morgan have been among the many many different A-listers who paid tribute to the enduring comic in the course of the particular.

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The “Mary Typer Moore” star handed away on Dec. 31, just a few weeks shy of her a centesimal birthday on Jan. 17.

Nielsen’s newest reviews are proof that White’s legacy will dwell on by means of the generations of TV viewers. As her longtime agent Jeff Witjas mentioned in a assertion on the day of her demise, “Though Betty was about to be 100, I assumed she would dwell endlessly.”

White additionally recorded a sentimental message for her followers simply 11 days earlier than her passing. The video was shared on her official Fb web page and was taped in anticipation for what would have been her a centesimal birthday.

“I simply wish to thanks all to your love and assist over time,” White mentioned. “Thanks a lot, and stick round!”

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