Thriller Miniseries 'The Drowning' Coming to Acorn TV and Sundance Now
Hit identity thriller The Drowning comes to America on not one but two streaming platforms this week. The drama will debut in full on Thursday, May 6 in a simultaneous premiere on streaming services Acorn TV and Sundance Now.
The series aired in the U.K. earlier this year and was a ratings winner for Channel 5. The series premiere garnered 2.8 million viewers back in February, which more than doubled the audience of the lead-in program, exceeded the average audience figure for its time slot by 144%.
The Drowning follows the story of Jodie Walsh, a woman who's been trying to rebuild her life ever since he four-year-old son, Tom, vanished from a lakeside picnic and is presumed to have accidentally drowned. But his body was never found, and Jodie’s always held on to the belief that he was abducted, even many years after his disappearance.
