Overview
- The Testaments, which dropped Episode 4 on April 15, drew a 20% first-day viewership lift over its premiere and has amassed more than 11 million hours streamed in eight days, Disney data shared with Deadline show.
- The series continues a weekly rollout on Hulu and Disney+, with a single-episode next installment titled “Ball.”
- Critics have responded positively, with an 89% Rotten Tomatoes score and the show holding the No. 1 spot on Disney+ in the UK, according to Radio Times.
- Creator Bruce Miller says he compressed the book’s 15-year jump to about four years and adjusted Daisy’s age to align characters on screen, and he is targeting roughly 30 to 50 episodes for the full arc.
- Several roles were recast for the teen-focused story — including Chase Infiniti now playing Agnes and Nate Corddry as Commander MacKenzie — while Episode 4’s scenes prompted discussion of Dr. Grove’s troubling conduct at Aunt Lydia’s school.