Last night’s premiere of Star Trek: Discovery brought down the house at CBS, as the network reported both high ratings and record new subscriptions to their CBS All Access streaming service in the wake of the show’s debut.
While it was delayed by overtime football by about twenty minutes here in the United States – which also delayed the streaming and Canadian launch of the series – Discovery’s first hour landed on CBS’ airwaves with a solid 9.6 Million viewers between both broadcast and All Access live-streaming venues.
The network expects that when factoring in time-delayed playback of the show (on DVR, etc.) that final number may rise as high as 15 Million within a week.
In addition, CBS also cheered its CBS All Access service — the home of Star Trek: Discovery for the rest of its run in the United States — with breaking its one-day record of new subscribers to the over-the-top video service; and contributed to September 2017 being the service’s biggest single-month period of growth since its establishment.
Star Trek: Discovery continues next Sunday on CBS All Access at 8:30 PM ET, followed by the Matt Mira-hosted After Trek live at 9:30 ET from New York City.