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New series The Last Thing He Told Me is the most watched limited series for Apple TV+

While series like Ted Lasso and Severance are big hits for Apple TV+, a new limited series recently broke impressive records.

Based on the novel of the same name by Laura Dave, who developed the seven-part series with Josh Singer, The Last Thing He Told Me centers on Hannah Hall (Jennifer Garner) as she bonds with her stepdaughter after her husband disappears under mysterious circumstances.

According to Variety, which obtained data from Nielsen, The Last Thing He Told Me is Apple TV+'s most-watched limited series since the streaming service debuted in 2019. The adaptation not only beat other limited series, such as Taron Egerton's Black Bird and the Elizabeth Moss thriller Shining Girls, but also beats ongoing dramas such as the spy drama Slow Horses. In its first 31 streaming days, The Last Thing He Told Me reached 4.5 million unique viewers. The premiere reached 3.4 million viewers, making it Apple's most-watched drama series episode of the year to date.

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Overall, The Last Thing He Told Me is Apple's number 3 Original of 2023 - just behind Ted Lasso and Shrinking. There are probably three major factors that contribute to the success of the series. The first is that it plays on the approach of adapting a popular novel like Big Little Lies. The Last Thing He Told Me is similarly influenced by Big Little Lies in its premise, its behind-the-scenes team (it's produced by Reese Witherspoon), and even the opening credits are reminiscent of the HBO hit. Like Big Little Lies, the cast is also known to the public.

Garner has a following thanks to her role as Sydney Bristow in Alias, alongside films like 13 Going on 30. Angourie Rice, of Spider-Man: Far From Home and Mare of Easttown fame, plays Hannah's stepdaughter. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays the missing husband, was on Game of Thrones. Aisha Tyler, of Friends and Criminal Minds, among others, has a prominent supporting role.

Perhaps best of all, The Last Thing He Told Me isn't a huge investment of time. The seven episodes fly by and even the finale doesn't last longer than 36 minutes. Other episodes hover around that length, making this the relatively rare streaming offering that doesn't suffer from unnecessarily long runtimes. This may have helped the audience, while many other series are close to an hour or even longer.

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