Netflix’s “Stranger Things” was the most-streamed TV show — and overall program — in the U.S. last year. The show had 52 billion minutes streamed in 2022, the highest total since COVID-driven lockdowns drove audiences to watch 57.1 billion minutes of NBC’s “The Office” in 2020. The dominance of original content like “Stranger Things” was underscored by the fact that there are only 34 episodes of the Duffer brothers’ series, compared with 192 episodes of “The Office.” “Stranger Things 4” holds the title as the No. 1 most-watched English TV series in the first four weeks of release, with the fourth season having garnered 1.35 billion hours worldwide in the initial 28-day period. That’s followed by “Wednesday,” which snagged 1.24 billion hours watched in the same window (and came in at the No. 3 spot on Nielsen’s original series list, behind “Stranger Things” and “Ozark”). The second most-watched program overall in 2022 was “NCIS,” whose 356 episodes on Netflix pulled in 38.1 billion minutes viewed. In 2021 on Netflix, CBS’s “Criminal Minds,” which ran from 2005-20, was the most-viewed show in the U.S. (with 33.9 billion minutes of watch time), per Nielsen. Coming in at the No. 3 spot on the ranking of most-streamed U.S. programs was “CoComelon,” the popular kids show from Moonbug Entertainment on Netflix, with 37.8 billion minutes viewed. That was followed by Netflix original “Ozark” starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney, whose fourth and final season hit the streamer in 2022.