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The streamer, in announcing its fourth-quarter earnings results, also revealed it has changed how it measures a view to as little as two minutes.

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00:00I thought you'd have fangs or horns or something.

00:04I had them filed down.

00:07The Witcher, starring Henry Cavill,

00:09has turned out to be a huge hit for Netflix,

00:11breaking the streaming platform's series viewership record.

00:14But there is one big catch.

00:16Netflix, in announcing its fourth quarter earnings,

00:18has revealed viewership data

00:19for its recent TV launches of The Witcher

00:22and new seasons of the hits The Crown and You.

00:24But it was The Witcher that broke TV viewership records.

00:27The streamer says the show is on track

00:29to have the biggest first season ever

00:31for a Netflix original.

00:32Through four weeks of release,

00:3476 million member households watched the fantasy drama.

00:40It's all the same.

00:41However, there is a catch.

00:43Netflix has changed the way it reports of View.

00:46Previously, the company counted of View

00:48as a member account watching at least 70%

00:50of one episode of a series or 70% of a feature film.

00:54Now it is touting that viewers, quote,

00:55chose to watch a given title,

00:57meaning that subscriber watched for as little as two minutes,

01:01AKA long enough to indicate the choice was intentional,

01:04according to Netflix.

01:05The new metric is now more similar

01:06to Views on a YouTube video.

01:08Meanwhile, the second season of the stalker drama You

01:10has been seen by 54 million member households

01:13during its first four weeks of release,

01:15under the new metric.

01:16Maybe I should run, but I don't want to.

01:21And the third season of the royal drama The Crown,

01:23its first with its new cast,

01:25was seen by more than 21 million households.

01:27This country was still great when I came to the throne.

01:30All that's happened on my watch

01:31is the place has fallen apart.

01:33On the film's side,

01:33the Michael Bay feature Six Underground,

01:35starring Ryan Reynolds,

01:36has been seen by 83 million member households

01:39during its first four weeks of release.

01:41Here's the fun part.

01:43From now on, you're dead.

01:45It's all erased.

01:46All right, for more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:48Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,

01:50I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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