‘Crystal Lake’ Slashes Its Way To Fourth-Best Debut Audience Among All Peacock Scripted Originals
Peacock’s horror series *Crystal Lake* has attracted 1.3 billion minutes of viewing in its first 11 days, making it the platform’s fourth-best scripted original series debut by audience, according to NBCUniversal. The result highlights the strong early demand for the latest expansion of the *Friday the 13th* franchise.
In the week of 19 October, the show ranked third among streaming original series and first-season series, based on the latest available Nielsen data. NBCUniversal also reported 1.8 billion earned impressions in the first 24 hours and more than 7.6 million video views in 11 days. All eight episodes premiered on 15 October, with Linda Cardellini starring as Pam Voorhees.
In short
- *Crystal Lake* drew 1.3 billion viewing minutes in 11 days.
- It ranks fourth among Peacock’s scripted original series debuts.
- All eight episodes premiered on 15 October.
Explained simply
Crystal Lake is a horror series set in the world of Friday the 13th, a long-running film franchise centred on Camp Crystal Lake and the masked killer Jason Voorhees. The series stars Linda Cardellini as Pam Voorhees, Jason’s mother, and tells a story connected to the franchise’s earlier history.
Peacock is NBCUniversal’s streaming service, where the series premiered with all eight episodes at once. The franchise has appeared in films and other media for decades, so the show’s audience is one measure of continuing interest in its characters and stories.