7 on Nielsen's all-time list for single-week viewership in its second week. The series reached number one on the Nielsen Top 10 streaming chart in the first week of its release, and placed No. It became Netflix's second most-watched English-language series of all time within 28 days, and the third Netflix series to pass 1 billion views in 60 days. Other main characters include Dahmer's father Lionel ( Richard Jenkins), his stepmother Shari ( Molly Ringwald), suspicious neighbor Glenda ( Niecy Nash), and grandmother Catherine ( Michael Learned).ĭahmer received mixed reviews, but was ultimately a commercial success, reaching the number-one spot on Netflix in the first week of its release. Dahmer is about the life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer ( Evan Peters).
Murphy also serves as showrunner and is an executive producer along with Brennan.
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is the first season of the American true crime anthology series, Monster, created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan for Netflix, which was released on September 21, 2022.