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Prime Video has recovered its adjacent coming-of-age hit. The streamer’s caller college-set romanticist play Off Campus has logged 36 cardinal viewers worldwide successful nan first 12 days of release, including 2 afloat weekends, per Amazon.
That ranks arsenic Prime Video’s nan No. 3 most-viewed debut play ever down Season 1 of The Lord of nan Rings: The Rings of Power and Fallout. It is unclear really Amazon counts viewers, whether these are mean viewers and really nan comparison was made since Off Campus and Fallout‘s eight-episode first seasons were released arsenic drops while The Rings of Power‘s eight-episode opening play was a play merchandise aft a two-episode premiere.
Not surprisingly, Off Campus, based connected Elle Kennedy’s book series, is performing champion pinch young women. Among Women 18-34, Season 1 is Prime Video’s most-viewed bid debut play of all-time, per Amazon.
Created by Louisa Levy, Off Campus follows an elite crystal lucky team, and nan women successful their lives, arsenic they grapple pinch love, heartbreak, and self-discovery — forging heavy friendships and enduring bonds while navigating nan complexities that travel pinch transitioning into adulthood.
The bid has been capable to capitalize connected some Prime Video’s beardown YA momentum created by mega deed The Summer I Turned Pretty and different celebrated titles specified arsenic the Culpables movie franchise and bid We Were Liars and Maxton Hall arsenic good arsenic nan monolithic occurrence of nan Crave/HBO Max lucky romanticist play Heated Rivalry.
Off Campus, which premiered May 13, kicked disconnected a Prime Video’s summertime slate of YA originals branded arsenic Obsession Is In Session. In anticipation of its beardown debut, nan bid was fixed an early Season 2 renewal successful February. Filming connected nan caller play is expected to statesman shortly.
“Obsession is officially successful convention astatine Prime Video, acknowledgment to nan fans who person embraced Off Campus,” said Peter Friedlander, Head of Global TV astatine Amazon MGM Studios. “We couldn’t beryllium happier to spot specified a passionate organization travel together astir Season 1 of creator Louisa Levy and co-showrunner Gina Fattore’s mentation of Elle Kennedy’s beloved story. When you gain spot and present for an audience, they show up — and they’ve surely done truthful for Off Campus.”
The February Off Campus pickup was 1 of nan first awesome renewal decisions made by Friedlander aft he joined Amazon past fall. The bid was primitively developed and greenlighted by nan studio’s erstwhile regime. Nick Pepper, who exited arsenic Head of US SVOD TV Development and Series – Wholly Owned successful a restructuring successful precocious January, conscionable days earlier nan renewal, had championed nan show for much than 2 years and was precocious connected it up of its general bid order successful October 2024.
Season 1 of Off Campus follows nan sexy and nosy “opposites attract” romance betwixt quiet songwriter, Hannah (Ella Bright), and Briar University’s all-star lucky athlete, Garrett (Belmont Cameli).
Levy co-showruns and executive produces nan bid pinch Gina Fattore. Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen and James Seidman executive nutrient for Temple Hill. Leanna Billings of Billings Productions and Neal Flaherty besides service arsenic executive producers.
