Led by Stephen Moyer, Amy Ackers and a host of younger actors, The Gifted brought in 4.9 million viewers for its series premiere at the beginning of the month, earning a 1.5 rating in the key 18-49 demographic.
On the flip side, Fox’s The Gifted is doing pretty well for itself, despite existing in an X-Men-adjacent world where many of the more familiar mutants aren’t part of the action.
Probably not as incredible as Fox might have hoped, but it still beat out season premieres for the network’s other comic-originated properties such as Gotham and Lucifer, neither of which gained over 4 million viewers.
Plus, it seems the drama’s winning reviews got otherwise hesitant viewers’ attention, as The Gifted’s premiere saw an additional 2.41 million people tuning in over the next few days, and those Live+3 results also raised the demo rating by 0.8 of a point, bringing it to an impressive 2.5.