And now, despite only arriving on the streaming service a week ago (Wednesday 20th December), the series has emerged as the No. 1 Disney Branded Television premiere of all time.<\/p>\n
The series\u2019 first episode, titled I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher, achieved 13.3 million views globally across both Disney+ and Hulu in its first six days, according to TV Line<\/a>, far surpassing the records of Ahsoka<\/a> season 1, Loki<\/a> season 2 and fourth season of The Kardashians<\/a>, all of which also landed on the platform earlier this year.<\/p>\n In comparison, the premiere of Disney\u2019s adaption of Goosebumps<\/a>, another children\u2019s book, only achieved a viewership of 4.2 million in its first 3 days.<\/p>\n Based on the best-selling children\u2019s book of the same name, Percy Jackson and the Olympians follows Percy Jackson, a young demigod, who embarks on a series of fantastical adventures alongside his friends Annabeth and Grover.<\/p>\n A synopsis for the series reads: \u201cGeared towards a general audience and especially tweens, teens, and young adults, the live-action series tells the fantastical story of a 12-year-old modern demigod, Percy Jackson, who\u2019s just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt.<\/p> \u201cNow Percy must trek across America to find it and restore order to Olympus.\u201d<\/p>\n Percy Jackson and The Olympians is the second adaption of Riordan\u2019s novels, with the first a film series starring Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson, which, despite its cult status, was criticised for the age of its actors.<\/p>\n On the subject, producer Rebecca Riordan recently told RadioTimes.com<\/a>: \u201cWe wanted to not have it aged up, and so that was very important.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI think, really, we would not have done this if we had been told we had to hire 18-year-old actors to play these parts.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause it\u2019s not that story. You know, it\u2019s a story of a young boy, you know, finding who he is, discovering who he is and how he can work with his friends to achieve a goal.\u201d<\/p>\n Check out the rest of our<\/strong> Sci-Fi<\/strong><\/a> and<\/strong> Fantasy<\/strong><\/a> coverage, or visit our<\/strong> TV Guide<\/strong><\/a> and<\/strong> Streaming Guide<\/strong><\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013<\/strong> subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. 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