Four years after it first premiered, FROM is having its biggest moment. The MGM+ horror series, starring Harold Perrineau, added its first three seasons to Netflix in October, and the audience has exploded.
The show landed on Netflix on October 19 and made the streamer’s global Top 10 for English TV that week. It came in at No. 7 with 24.3 million hours viewed and 2.9 million views, and it charted in 22 countries, according to What’s on Netflix. On Samba TV’s cross-platform streaming chart, it jumped to No. 3, its first appearance in that Top 10, TheWrap reports.
Who’s Watching
Here’s the stat that jumps out. More than 40% of the show’s watch time came from Hispanic viewers (27%) and Black viewers (18%), per TheWrap, as cited by FandomWire. This show found its people.
The Catch
Netflix only has seasons 1 through 3. Season 4 aired on MGM+ from April to June, so anyone who binges to the end on Netflix will need MGM+ to keep going. The fifth and final season is set for next year.
The IAHHM Take
FROM has been a word-of-mouth show for years: a town nobody can leave, monsters that come out at night and a Black lead at the center of it all. Perrineau has been a fan favorite since Oz and Lost, and now a whole new audience is finding out why.
It’s the same story as Power landing on Netflix this month. Great shows on smaller platforms can go years without the audience they deserve, then one streaming move changes everything. If you’ve been sleeping on it, you’ve got about a year to catch up before the final season.
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Sources: TheWrap, What’s on Netflix, FandomWire
