‘The Kardashians’ Season 5 Attracts Best Unscripted Premiere This Year For Disney+ & Hulu
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The Kardashians is back and, it appears, better than ever. Season 5 debuted on May 23 and, according to Disney, secured 3.9M views globally in its first four days across Hulu, Disney+ and Star+.
That makes it the most-watched unscripted series premiere this year on all Disney streaming platforms. The Kardashians has managed to beat out basically everything besides Shōgun as the second most-watched entertainment premiere this year, too.
Audiences are apparently catching up on all the past drama as well, because viewership for the first season has tripled since the Season 5 premiere.
Also, Seasons 2 through 4 are seeing spikes in viewership between 99% to 187%, Disney says. While it’s technically Season 5, the Kardashian-Jenner family has actually entered their 25th season of reality TV this year, as matriarch Kris Jenner points out in the premiere episode.
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