Ryan Murphy’s ‘Doctor Odyssey’ Sets Sail With Whopping 13.54 Million Total Audience to Date

• ABC’s highly anticipated “Doctor Odyssey” joined ABC’s Thursday night lineup last week and to date, has racked up a total cross platform audience of 13.54 million Total Viewers, representing a +228% lift over the show’s initial Live + Same Day Audience (13.54 million vs. 4.13 million).
• After three days of viewing across ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+, and digital platforms and excluding linear encores, the high-octane drama from creator Ryan Murphy, starring Joshua Jackson as an onboard luxury cruise ship doctor and Don Johnson, delivered 7.59 million Total Viewers and was ABC’s best drama premiere in four years – since 11/17/2020.

• After its first full day on Hulu, “Doctor Odyssey” hit No. 1 on the Hulu Top 15 Today list and has remained on the list ever since, along with Murphy’s other long-running hit series “9-1-1.”

• After three days of linear viewing, “9-1-1” kicked off Thursday night with a buzzy season premiere, returning for its second season on ABC as the No. 1 entertainment program of the night in Total Viewers (6.21 million).
• “9-1-1” continues to grow with multiplatform viewing, delivering a remarkable 8.27 million Total Viewers across platforms through three days.

• Both “9-1-1” and “Doctor Odyssey” were the 1 entertainment shows in their time periods, at 8 p.m. ET/PT and 9 p.m. ET/PT, respectively.

New episodes of both shows air tonight, Thursday, Oct 3. In tonight’s “9-1-1” (8 p.m. ET/PT, streams next day on Hulu), Athena is tasked with safely delivering a prisoner to testify on a high-profile case. Meanwhile, a light plane is hit by a swarm of bees and sent careening into a passenger plane.

Then at 9 p.m., it’s Singles Week on The Odyssey and lust is in the air. As Max, Tristan and Avery navigate their relationship, the crew fends off advances from passengers. With rising desire and quickly spreading ailments, Max and the team rush to restore order. “Doctor Odyssey” airs at 9 p.m. ET/PT, and streams next day on Hulu.

Created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, “9-1-1” is produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television and Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision. Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, John J. Gray, Brad Buecker, Kristen Reidel, Lyndsey Beaulieu, Ted Griffen and Robert M. Williams also serve as executive producers. Minear also serves as showrunner.

“Doctor Odyssey” is produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television, is written and executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken. Joshua Jackson and Don Johnson serve as executive producers. Paris Barclay directs and executive produces. Eric Paquette, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson and Nissa Diederich also serve as executive producers.

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live +3 Day Program Ratings and ABC Multiplatform +3 Day data for 9/26/24, or as dated.

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