Percy Jackson and the Olympians is based on the popular book series by Rick Riordan, published by Disney Hyperion. The show features actors such as Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson, Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, and Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood. Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg co-created the series while Steinberg and Dan Shotz served as executive producers along with Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein from The Gotham Group, Bert Salke, Jeremy Bell from The Gotham Group, and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Monica Owusu-Breen, Anders Engström, and Jet Wilkinson
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The TV series, produced by Disney Branded Television and 20th Television, was released earlier than scheduled on December 19th at 6 PM PT. The first two episodes were made available on Disney+, while the first episode alone could be viewed on Hulu. The remaining episodes of the eight-part series will be released weekly on Tuesdays at 6 PM PT exclusively on Disney+.
In comparison, the Goosebumps reboot received 4.2 million views within its three days of launch in October.
Source: Deadline