Dahmer becomes third-ever series to surpass 1 billion hours streamed on Netflix

Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer in Netflix's Dahmer
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"The series — 🌸from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan — is only the third Netflix series to reach this milestone,ꦛ" the streamer said. "Joining Stranger Things 4 and Squid Game."

Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer story i♏s a ten-episode series that aims to "expose these unconsꦦcionable crimes, centered around the underserved victims and their communities impacted by the systemic racism and institutional failures of the police." The limited series is told from the point of view of each victim, with one episode dedicated to each. Evan Peters stars as the titular killer. Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Penelope Ann Miller, Michael Learned, Shaun J. Brown, Colin Ford, and Niecy Nash also star.

The series garnered  streaming hours in its first five days, taking the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:number one spot on Netflix&rsquo💜;s Top 10 in several countries and beating out Squid Game – which previously held the re🔥cord for the most watched debut with 63.1 million streaming hours. 

Despite overall mixed rev🦋🔯iews from various Netflix subscribers, Monster will continue as an anthology series focusing on a different serial killer each season. The real-life relatives of Dahmer's victims also spok👍e out ag💙ainst the show, claiming that they were not consulted by Murphy or Netflix. Netflix also later removed the show from the LGBTQ category, following viewer backlash, as Dahmer's victims we𒊎re primaril✤y young gay men of color.

For more, check out our list of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Netflix shows to stream right now, or check out our round-up of true crime docuཧmentaries that put the vict🍒ims first.

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