NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- Netflix's Wonka's The Golden Ticket runs on Gene Wilder's AI-cloned voice, and American viewers have just made it the most-watched program on streaming.

Nielsen counted 1,078 million minutes of viewing on U.S. television sets for the show in the week of Sept. 28 to Oct. 4, up 26 percent on its opening week, when it finished fifth, according to Nielsen's weekly chart and The Hollywood Reporter's comparison with the week before.

The number flatters the show, and Netflix's own figures show how. Its global Top 10 for the same week ranks the series fourth among English-language TV with 4.3 million views, down from 4.6 million and second place a week earlier. Hours viewed rose from 28.3 million to 34.1 million, but the se...