The Season 5 debut of The Kardashians has brought in some impressive numbers, becoming the most-watched unscripted series premiere this year across all Disney streaming platforms, according to Deadline.
What’s Happening:
- Season 5 of The Kardashians premiered May 23rd and secured 3.9M views globally in its first four days across Hulu, Disney+ and Star+.
- In addition to being the most-watched unscripted series premiere this year, it also beat out everything but Shōgun to become the second most-watched entertainment premiere this year.
- Viewership for the first season has tripled since the Season 5 premiere, with Seasons 2 through 4 also spikes in viewership between 99% to 187%.
- While it’s technically Season 5, the Kardashian-Jenner family has actually entered their 25th season of reality TV this year, as matriarch Kris Jenner points out in the premiere episode.
- This season will see a surprising guest appearance, in the form of Gypsy Rose Blanchard.
- New episodes of The Kardashians stream every Thursday on Hulu.
More Hulu News:
- The season three trailer for FX and Hulu’s The Bear has been released.
- The second season of Hulu’s adult animated series Hit-Monkey is set to feature the voice of Cristin Milioti.
- Ever Carradine has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming sixth and final season of The Handmaid’s Tale.
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