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the assistant It’s off to a promising start on Disney+.
the new star Wars The series launched on June 4 with two episodes, and achieved 4.8 million views in its first day on the streamer. This makes it the biggest series premiere on Disney+ this year.
Disney+ generally doesn’t release viewership data for series after just one day of airing. In August, the streamer said so Ahsoka It achieved 14 million views in the first 5 days. As of now, the assistant It’s on track to exceed that benchmark, but will need to maintain similar viewership over the weekend in order to do so.
The streamer can be a bit inconsistent with viewership data in general. when Percy Jackson and the Olympians After debuting in December, Disney+ announced the series’ viewing count for six days. However, the single-day viewership release suggests that Disney+ feels pretty confident about this the assistantAbility to continue to perform well.
Created by Leslye Headland (Russian Doll), the assistant is a mystery and thriller that will take viewers into a galaxy of dark secrets and dark forces emerging in the final days of the High Republic. A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they encounter are more sinister than they expected.
The cast includes Amandla Stenberg (The hate you give), Lee Jong Jae (Squid game), Manny Jacinto, Jodi Turner Smith (Queen and Slim), Daphne Kane (His Dark Materials), Rebecca Henderson (Anna’s invention), Charlie Barnett (Russian doll), Dean Charles Chapman (1917(and Carrie-Anne Moss)Matrix).
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