DALLAS, June 6, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The Chosen app climbed to the #1 overall app
in the Apple TV App Store and to the #2 free app in the mobile iOS
App Store, as Season 4 Episode 1 was
released on Sunday evening exclusively in the app via
livestream and VOD.
Season 4 premiered globally across all platforms on Sunday
evening with 3.5 million streams representing an estimated 4.2
million viewers across households in the US over the first three
days. For context, in 2023, the HBO production "The Last of Us" was
the most watched TV show season premiere on streaming services in
the U.S., with 2.9 million viewers in the first four days and
5.2 million viewers in the first 15 days.
"The numbers are great, but what speaks to us far more are the
comments and emotional response from the viewers. The crying emojis
in the chat and the expressions of how much the ending impacted
them were overwhelming," said Dallas
Jenkins, creator, producer, director, and writer of the
international hit series The Chosen and director of the upcoming
Lionsgate film The Best Christmas Pageant Ever to be
released in theatres nationwide in November.
Episode two of Season 4 will be available for streaming Thursday
night June 6 at 8:30 pm ET/5:30 pm
PT.
During the first 72 hours after the release of Episode 1, the
YouTube and app stream alone yielded more than 2.5 million total
viewers.
The Chosen also netted nearly 100 percent streaming
audience growth year-over-year. The livestream of the episode
reached 111,500 live concurrent viewers at its peak on Sunday
evening, June 2. In just 16 hours,
583,000 additional viewers watched the episode on YouTube with 4.4
million total impressions – nearly 100 percent streaming audience
growth from the first 24 hours following the release of Season 3,
Episode 1 in 2022.
Each episode of Season 4 will launch with global livestreams on
social media and The Chosen app. Following each livestream,
Season 4 episodes will be available exclusively in The
Chosen app before coming to other viewing platforms soon –
including The CW Network.
Following Thursday night's release of Episode two of Season 4,
ensuing episodes will be released on Sundays at 7 p.m. ET and Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. ET over the course of four weeks.
The season was first released in theaters in 31 territories
around the globe, the series' most successful theatrical run
ever.
Viewers can watch the series for free in The Chosen app,
available for download on streaming players or devices including
Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, iOS, and Android.
For more information on Season 4 streaming in The Chosen
app, click here.
About The Chosen
The Chosen is a
groundbreaking historical drama based on the life of Jesus
(Jonathan Roumie), seen through the
eyes of those who knew him. Set against the backdrop of Roman
oppression in first-century Israel, the seven-season show shares an
authentic and intimate look at Jesus' revolutionary life and
teachings.
With over 200 million viewers, The Chosen is one of the
most-watched shows in the world. The series is consistently a top
performer across streaming platforms Amazon Prime, Peacock, and
Netflix plus a top-rated broadcast weekly on The CW. What started
as a crowd-funded project has now garnered over 770 million episode
views and more than 13 million social media followers.
The Chosen is an independent production written,
directed, and produced by Dallas
Jenkins and distributed globally by Lionsgate.
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