Kaos appeared on the Netflix Top 10 of English-language series in each of its first four weeks, finishing at number 3 for the week of September 2 to 8. The series was viewed 14.9 million times in those weeks (measured as total viewing time divided by running time), an average number for the streamer.
In the United States, the series was viewed 3.34 million times as of September 8, according to Nielsen streaming ratings (viewing figures for subsequent weeks are not yet available).
Kaos places Greek and Roman mythology in a contemporary setting. The series stars Jeff Goldblum as Zeus, who has chained another god, Prometheus (Stephen Dillane), to a cliff as punishment for thwarting Zeus' rule. Prometheus then attempts to overthrow Zeus with the help of three people, Eurydice (Aurora Perrineau), Ariadne (Leila Farzad), and Caeneus (Misia Butler).
The cast also includes Janet McTeer, Cliff Curtis, David Thewlis, Rakie Ayola, Killian Scott, Nabhaan Rizwan, Debi Mazar, Mat Fraser, Stanley Townsend, Billie Piper and Suzy Eddie Izzard.
In an Instagram post, Perrineau said of the cancellation that “this one hurts” but praised her castmates and the show’s creative team. “Everyone was brilliant and uniquely themselves. Every performance surprised and excited me,” she wrote. “I can’t believe I got to do this with all of you. We made something weird, dark, hilarious, deranged, and absolutely tragic — something entirely human.”
Covell co-produced Kaos with Chris Fry, Georgi Banks-Davies, Jane Featherstone, John Woodward, Nina Lederman and Tanya Seghatchian.
