The most-watched TV shows in August from all your favorite streamers

[Andy Meek]

• On our latest monthly ranking of the most-watched TV shows from across all the major streaming services, Netflix faced plenty of competition during August from the likes of rivals such as Amazon, HBO, and even NBC's new Peacock streaming service.
• Our latest rundown of the most-watched TV shows for the month comes, as always, from the streaming search engine service Reelgood.
• Topping the list for August was the Netflix original series The Umbrella Academy.

The month of August proved to be par for the course for Netflix, in terms of the release schedule for the biggest and most important streaming service in the world which hasn't really been affected much yet as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. "Much" and "yet" being the key words, because Netflix works so far ahead of schedule and already had much of its TV and movie slate for 2020 already in the pipeline when the COVID-19 outbreak struck, resulting in pauses on TV and movie shoots currently in production -- which is impacting release schedules farther down the line.

However, as noted, August was another jam-packed month for the streamer, which added 60 new original movies and shows to its content library like a fifth season of the fan-favorite series Lucifer as well as the new Netflix original movie Project Power starring Jamie Foxx. But, of course, it wasn't just Netflix competing for the eyeballs and attention of streaming audiences during August, even though its size and the depth of its library gives it an indisputable advantage. Rival streaming services like Amazon's and HBO's, as well as even NBC's new Peacock streamer, all gave us tons of content to watch during the month -- some of which even ended up landing on our latest monthly list of the most-watched TV shows, this time focused on the Top 10 series for August.

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