Paramount+'s Returning Mystery Show Sees 104% Audience Uptick For Season 2
Paramount+ has rich content for supernatural mystery shows. A popular genre for the streaming service and its sister Showtime network,Yellowjackets season 3 recently made its own debut on Paramount+ with Showtime with an 88% fresh rating on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. Meanwhile, the former CBS series Evil, also wrapped up its own critically acclaimed four-season run in August last year.
Created by The Good Wife showrunners Robert and Michelle King, Evil ended on a high note after first moving to the streaming platform from season 2 onwards. Boasting back-to-back perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes scores for seasons 3 and 4, Paramount+ gave the show’s creators a rare opportunity. When it was announced in February last year that Evil season 4 would be the show’s last, the streamer provided the creators with four extra episodes intended to tie up potential loose ends and give the show a fitting conclusion. Now, another mystery show is making a mark on Paramount+.
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Another such show that blends supernatural elements with an intriguing mystery is Paramount+’s School Spirits. Created by siblings Megan and Nate Trinrud, and inspiring thegraphic novel that was created in tandem with the show’s development, the show stars and is co-produced by Cobra Kai’s Peyton List. With a story about a high school student who suddenly finds herself in the afterlife following her mysterious disappearance, the School Spirts season 1 finale delivered an unexpected twist that many viewers did not see coming.
Per Deadline, School Spirits’ season 2 streaming debut has experienced a remarkable uptake in viewership according to internal data provided by Paramount Global. With the season’s first three episodes amassing 1.7M viewers in the first seven days of availability, this increase in viewership marks an impressive 104% increase from the numbers recorded by season 1’s 2023 release. This also comes on the heels of season 1 quickly climbing into Netflix’s Top 10 charts when it found its second streaming home in November last year.
Our Take On School Spirits Massive Audience Uptake
The Show's Growing Audience Could Make Way For A Season 3 Renewal
Such a notable increase in viewership can only bode well for School Spirits as Paramount+ continues to release its season 2 episodes weekly. Moreover, such an uptake could potentially justify the decision to continue the show into season 3 and beyond. While List herself has suggested that season 2 will answer all the outstanding questions from season 1, the actor has also hinted that the show will get “a whole other problem.” As such, it would seem that the show’s creative team is already considering possibilities for a potential season 3 renewal.
Source: Deadline
School Spirits
- Release Date
- March 9, 2023
- Writers
- Nate Trinrud, Megan Trinrud, Oliver Goldstick
Cast
Kristian Flores
Milo Manheim
Based on the graphic novel, School Spirits is a supernatural mystery-drama series set in a high-school setting focusing on the afterlife. When teenage Maddie finds herself in the afterlife, she spends her idle time trying to investigate why she went missing. However, her high-school sleuthing leads her down a path that only yields more questions and uncovers a more sinister plot underneath her own demise.
- Main Genre
- Mystery
- Seasons
- 2
- Studio
- Awesomeness Studio, Paramount+
- Website
- https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/school-spirits/
- Creator
- Nate Trinrud, Megan Trinrud
- Distributor
- Paramount+
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