By “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” has scored the most-watched series premiere globally this year on the Paramount+ service.
The first two episodes of the David Oyelowo-led series amassed a collective 7.5 million viewers across the world in the first seven days across Paramount+ and CBS.
That’s more than double the 3.55 million viewers that tuned in Live+Same Day for the back-to-back broadcast premiere on CBS according to Niselsen’s stats.
The anthology series is produced by “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan and beat a record held by Sheridan’s “Special Ops: Lioness” which also smashed an audience record in July.
Oyelowo, executive producer and star, said in a statement: “The international embrace of Lawmen: Bass Reeves shows that borders are no boundary to a fresh perspective on a great story.”
The first season revealed the untold story of the most legendary lawman in the Old West and deals with Reeves (Oyelowo) and his rise from enslavement to law enforcement as the first Black U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi.
The remaining episodes are rolling out weekly with the finale airing December 17th.
Source: Deadline
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