The new series Tracker has been streaming on Disney+ in Germany for a few weeks now. While the hype in Germany is (still) limited, the action drama is breaking all records in the USA. It is nothing less than the most successful US series of the 2023/2024 TV season.
If you haven’t paid much attention to Tracker so far, you might want to reconsider that decision. Even a star from The Boys plays an important role in it.
The most successful US series is running on Disney+: This is what Tracker is about
In Tracker, Justin Hartley (This is Us) plays the detective Colter Shaw. As a so-called “reward seeker” he earns his living by Reward money for tracking down missing persons And so he travels across the USA in his mighty GMC truck to help all kinds of people find something they are missing.
You can watch the trailer for Tracker here:
Tracker – S01 Extended Trailer (English) HD
These can be missing people, witnesses in a murder case or even a kidnapped racehorse. There seem to be no limits to the variety of possible cases. As a so-called procedural, Tracker relies on the case-of-the-week principle. a new person is tracked down in each episode with Colter continually meeting new guest stars.
The permanent cast and Colter’s team include the technical genius Bobby (Eric Graise) and his two lesbian handlers Teddi (Robin Weigert) and Velma (Abby McEnany). The lawyer and love interest Reenie Greene (Fiona Rene) also helps out from time to time.
Guest stars in the individual episodes include Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time), Melissa Roxburgh (Manifest) and Supernatural star Jensen Ackles. Ackles also stars as a superhero Soldier Boy from the Amazon hit The Boys However, fans will have to wait a little while for his appearance, as he only appears in episode 12 of Tracker.
19 million people watch Tracker – and season 2 of the hit series is already certain
No series has had such a strong start on US network television this TV season as Tracker. The first episode, broadcast immediately after the Super Bowl, reached over 18 million viewers. Since then, ratings have settled at over 11 million per week, as the LA Times notes. If the US streaming evaluation on Paramount+ is also included, the figure is even higher. 19 million people watching Tracker.
Tracker is not only the most successful series in the current CBS program, which also includes the crime hits NCIS and Blue Bloods – Crime Scene New York as well as the comedy Young Sheldon, but also the most successful network series of all channels this season.
The ratings success prompted the US broadcaster CBS to after broadcasting only four episodes a second season This will be launched in autumn 2024 on CBS and, with a slight delay, on Disney+ in Germany. In the new episodes, previous guest stars Jensen Ackles and Melissa Roxburgh will also be seen again as Colton Shaw’s siblings.
In Germany, the first season of Tracker has been broadcast weekly on Disney+ since April 24, 2024. The season finale, episode 13, will be available to stream from July 10, 2024.
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