‘Loki’ Is Disney Plus’ Most-Watched Season Premiere
The Mandalorian, a season of
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a season of
The Bad Batch,
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, Big Shot,
WandaVision, and
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Some have been very successful, but none has had as big a premiere as their latest series, Marvel’s
That’s according to Disney CEO Bob Chapek, who said today that the first episode of
Loki, which debuted last Wednesday, was the "most watched season premiere ever on Disney+ during its opening week.” Its success can probably be attributed to a variety of factors. With Tom Hiddleston as the God of Mischief, it’s arguably got the highest-profile Marvel character at its center of any of the Marvel Disney+ shows to date. No offense to Wanda, Vision, Falcon, and Winter Soldier, but they were all more or less supporting characters and sidekicks until their TV series; Loki was the main villain of several movies, including