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Daniel Frankel

Characters Still Welcome: Old USA Network Shows Control 30% of Nielsen’s Most Recent Top 10 Streaming Ranker

Monk.

Nearly a decade after its ostensible sunset, USA Network’s “Characters Welcome” era is having another moment. 

Following the summer domestic ratings sensation created over the summer by breezy legal drama Suits, two more old USA Network shows, comedic drama Royal Pains and the show that first established the entire USA Network branding ethos, Tony Shalhoub’s “defective detective” comedy-drama Monk, have also found subscription streaming audiences.

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