Twitch's recent marathon of 403 episodes of the charming PBS show The Joy of Painting introduced a new generation to Bob Ross and his painting technique, capturing our hearts. Over its week-long broadcast, Twitch recorded more than 5.6 million unique viewers and 3.8 million uses of its new KappaRoss emote. The final episode was seen by more than 180,000 people, making it far and away the most popular stream on Friday night when it was shown, leading to widespread calls to "#keepbob."
After the stream ended, instead of going dead, it showed a mysterious countdown with just under three days on the clock. That countdown expires at 6pm Eastern/3pm Pacific, and we now know what it's counting down to. Those hoping to #keepbob are getting their wish.
Starting today, Twitch will show one season of The Joy of Painting a week at 6pm Eastern every Monday. Each season will run as a six and a half hour mini-marathon, performing the full cycle over 31 seasons every seven months or so.
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