Source:
Marvel
/
Disney+
It’s
only
been
a
few
days
since
Disney+
premiered
the
highly
anticipated
animated
series,
X-Men
’97,
and
already
the
numbers
are
showing
it’s
a
massive
hit
amongst
’80s
babies.
According
to
Deadline,
the
two
premier
episodes
of
X-Men
’97
set
a
record
for
Disney+
as
it
became
the
most
viewed
animated
series
on
the
platform
since
Marvel’s
What
If…?
debuted
in
2021.
In
the
first
five
days
of
X-Men’s
March
20
premier,
the
show
garnered
more
than
4
million
views
worldwide
as
fans
tuned
in
to
see
their
favorite
mutants
back
in
action
after
decades
of
being
off
the
air.
Not
a
bad
look
for
a
show
that
mainly
targeted
people
in
their
30s
and
40s
who
grew
up
watching
the
series
when
it
was
a
hot
commodity
on
Fox’s
Saturday
morning
cartoon
lineup.
Per
Deadline:
Disney
defines
a
view
as
hours
viewed
divided
by
runtime.
Each
episode
of
X-Men
’97
is
about
30
minutes
long.
Also,
views
across
all
5
seasons
of
the
original
1992 X-Men animated
series increased
by 522% since
the X-Men
’97 trailer
launched
on
February
15.
X-Men
’97
is
a
revival
of
the
classic
’90s
animated
series. Written
by
Beau
DeMayo, X-Men
’97 revisits
the
iconic
era
of
the
1990s
as
The X-Men,
a
band
of
mutants
who
use
their
uncanny
gifts
to
protect
a
world
that
hates
and
fears
them,
are
challenged
like
never
before,
forced
to
face
a
dangerous
and
unexpected
new
future.
Now
that
the
show
is
a
certified
hit,
it
will
be
interesting
to
see
how
Marvel
and
Disney
move
forward
as
they
fired
the
show’s
creator,
Beau
DeMayo,
just
a
few
weeks
ago
for
reasons
unknown.
Will
they
bring
in
a
new
team
to
steer
that
ship,
or
will
they
move
on
to
new
X-Men
projects
altogether?
Guess
we’ll
have
to
wait
and
find
out.
