Binge-Watching Continues Soaring as Consumers Hunker Down

Disaster titles remain popular amid coronavirus crisis

March 27, 2020

As much of the U.S. continues to stay home in an effort to slow the novel coronavirus’ spread, viewers are using their newfound downtime to binge-watch movies and old shows. And they’re still seeking out pandemic and disaster-related programming that began to surge a week ago on Netflix and other platforms.

Kelsey Sutton is the streaming editor at Adweek, where she covers the business of streaming television.