Amazon Studios Head of Global TV Vernon Sanders declared that Prime Video's The Wheel of Time has "great staying power."
"We track our content in a number of ways, and I have to say, Wheel of Time has just been so fantastic," Sanders told TVLine. "It’s fantastic to see not only the huge numbers of people who have checked it out, but since the incredible premiere we’ve also tracked tremendous growth, which is extraordinarily encouraging for the future of this show. New people are coming on board and checking the show out, new people are tracking it week-to-week…. And we are seeing those same patterns not only in the U.S. but across the globe. In layman’s terms, it’s a show that has great staying power."
The Wheel of Time's debut, which amassed more than 1 billion viewed minutes for the show's first three episodes, officially ranked the epic fantasy series as one of America's most-streamed original series, as well as Amazon's second-most-watched series premiere since Hunters' February 2020 debut. "The metrics that were released by Nielsen, obviously those were just for the first three episodes, but we are seeing not only incredible retention but in some metrics we are seeing incredible growth," Sanders added.
Well before The Wheel of Time's November premiere, Amazon had already renewed the series for a second season. Sanders described the studio's lengthy decision-making process, saying, "These are giant investments, so obviously we spent quite a bit of time making sure we were making the right choice here, but it continues to pay off for us. All credit to [Wheel of Time showrunner Rafe Judkins] and his incredible team, and the cast led by Rosamund [Pike as Moiraine]."
More than 3,000 years before The Wheel of Time, a man known as the Dragon harnessed the One Power, creating chaos and causing the Breaking of the World. Since then, prophecy and legend proclaimed that the Dragon's reincarnation would return to the land of Andor. So begins The Wheel of Time as Moiraine Sedai, played by Rosamond Pike, journeys on her quest to find the Dragon Reborn. After gathering five friends from the Two Rivers, one of whom she believes may be the rebirthed Dragon foretold by the Aes Sedai, Moiraine sets out towards the Eye of the World to fulfill the prophecy and defeat the Dark One.
The Wheel of Time is available to stream on Prime Video.
Source: TVLine