‘Solar Opposites’ Tops Charts as Hulu’s Most-Watched Original Comedy Premiere
Hulu has just shared that their new original adult animation series, Solar Opposites, has emerged as the platform’s most-watched original comedy premiere to date, becoming the #1 SVOD title on the service since launching last week. Co-created by Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty) and Mike McMahan (producer on Rick and Morty, creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks), the series centers around a team of four aliens escaping their exploding home world, only to crash land into a move-in ready home in suburban America.
Since launching, the series was the #2 most-watched title on Hulu throughout the entire 7-day week, after only two days of streaming. Solar Opposites was also Hulu’s most-watched adult animation title over the weekend and viewership continues to soar.
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A few additional viewing highlights:
- Fans of Solar Opposites binged the full season over the weekend with more than 40% of viewers who started the series watching all 8 episodes within 2 days of launch.
- Solar Opposites has been certified fresh with a 96% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes
- More than half of Hulu subscribers have watched adult animation over the last year with nearly 40% of Hulu viewers watching adult animation every month.
Source: Hulu