Peacock has announced that its “Friday the 13th” prequel series “Crystal Lake” has become the streamer’s fourth-most-watched scripted original series of all time.
Launching on October 15th with all eight episodes, the series clocked in 1.3 billion minutes watched in its first 11 days. Translated to the show’s 398-minute runtime, works out at 3.3 million estimated views.
That ranks behind only “The Best Man: The Final Chapters,” “All Her Fault” and “The Five Star Weekend”.
The numbers come via Nielsen, which only counts U.S. viewers. Unlike Netflix, Disney+ or HBO Max, Peacock is only available in the U.S. with the show sold on to other streaming services in other countries.
During the week of October 19th, the series ranked as the No. 3 streaming original series and first-season series.
NBCU also says the title scored strong social engagement, racking up 1.8 billion earned impressions in the first 24 hours and more than 7.6 million video views in its first 11 days.
The series was created by Brad Caleb Kane, who also serves as showrunner. Linda Cardellini, Callum Vinson, William Catlett, Devin Kessler, Cameron Scoggins, Gwendolyn Sundstrom, Nick Cordileone, Joy Suprano, Danielle Kotch and Phoenix Parnevik star.
Source: Variety
