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EXCLUSIVE: The Testaments is disconnected to blessed beginnings arsenic it lures viewers backmost into Gilead done nan lens of a group of teenage girls.
The bid drove complete 11M hours streamed globally aft 8 days crossed Hulu and Disney+, Deadline tin uncover exclusively based connected soul information from Disney.
The Testaments premiered pinch 3 episodes connected April 8. The 4th episode, which came disposable connected April 15, saw a 20% viewership summation compared to nan premiere aft its first time of streaming, according to Disney. It besides premiered connected Hulu’s regular Top 15 rankings and continues to declare a spot arsenic 1 of nan streamer’s apical titles.
Disney doesn’t typically study hours streamed anymore, alternatively opting for “views” defined arsenic clip spent streaming divided by runtime. Since nan information includes 1 time of streaming for nan 4th episode, there’s nary clear trim measurement to find nan mean views, though unsmooth estimates would propose a fewer cardinal views per episode.
That besides intends nonstop comparisons to nan last play of The Handmaid’s Tale are difficult. The Season 6 finale of nan flagship bid drew 4.4M views successful nan U.S. unsocial successful its first 7 days, Disney said astatine nan time. That was up 22% from nan Season 6 premiere.
The Testaments is based connected Margaret Atwood’s caller of the same sanction and is simply a sequel bid to The Handmaid’s Tale. It officially introduces young teens Agnes (Chase Infiniti), dutiful and pious, and Daisy (Lucy Halliday), a caller presence and person from beyond Gilead’s borders. Both are connected to Gilead pinch galore secrets yet to beryllium revealed.
As they navigate nan gilded halls of Aunt Lydia’s (Ann Dowd) elite preparatory schoolhouse for early wives, a spot wherever obedience is instilled brutally and ever pinch divine justification, their enslaved becomes nan catalyst that will upend their past, their present, and their future.
The formed besides includes Mabel Li arsenic Aunt Vidalia, Amy Seimetz arsenic Paula, Brad Alexander arsenic Garth, Rowan Blanchard arsenic Shunammite, Mattea Conforti arsenic Becka Grove, Zarrin Darnell-Martin arsenic Aunt Gabbana, Eva Foote arsenic Aunt Estee, Isolde Ardies arsenic Huldah, Shechinah Mpumlwana arsenic Jehosheba, Birva Pandya arsenic Miriam, and Kira Guloien arsenic Rosa.
The series is created by showrunner and executive shaper Bruce Miller and executive produced by Warren Littlefield, Elisabeth Moss, Steve Stark, Shana Stein, Maya Goldsmith, John Weber, Sheila Hockin, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears and Mike Barker, who will besides direct the first 3 episodes and finale. MGM Television and 20th Television nutrient nan series.
