After premiering its first two episodes on Jan. 9, the medical drama saw its audience grow nearly tenfold in its first week on the streamer, doubling the average growth seen by other Max drama series. It climbed its way into the streamer’s top five most-watched Max original debuts all of all time, both globally and domestically.

A.M.," proves the Max medical drama's real-time hook can also be a problem, and one character becomes difficult.