By
Zoe Guy,
a quality writer who covers film, TV, music, and celebrities
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The Bear is proving that its dual renewal was bully business. It was picked up for seasons 3 and 4 astatine the aforesaid clip past fall, months earlier executives would feast their eyes connected the latest entry’s exquisite viewership numbers. The season-four renewal isn’t lone bully business, it’s indispensable from a storytelling perspective. The Bear season 3 ended connected a “to beryllium continued” cliffhanger, making an further introduction for the fine-dining dramedy a necessity.
Last week’s season-three premiere occurrence garnered 5.4 cardinal views globally connected Hulu, Hulu connected Disney+, and Disney+ successful immoderate planetary territories during its four-day streaming debut, Deadline reports. Those numbers adhd up to a record-breaking bow: It was the No. 1 most-watched scripted-series premiere ever, the No. 1 FX play premiere ever, and the No. 3 most-watched play premiere overall. Moreover, the viewership tally is simply a 24 percent summation implicit play two’s debut, partially owed to a surge successful views from Hulu connected Disney+. As they accidental successful the TV business, “Yes, chef!”