Earth’ for Top Position in Hulu Streaming Charts

After reigning the box office with his superhero blockbusters, Chris Hemsworth has now set his sights on the Hulu streaming charts. His National Geographic documentary, Limitless: Live Better Now, currently sits in third place, trailing The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox and chart-topper Alien: Earth (via FlixPatrol). Having amassed impressive viewership in just its first week, the docuseries is poised to challenge Alien: Earth for the number one spot.

Hemsworth first appeared in Limitless in 2022. The show follows him as he takes on several challenges to explore how humans can live longer, happier, and healthier lives. With the help of world-class experts, he pushes himself to learn how to protect himself from the illnesses that take over the body with old age and perhaps even reverse the aging process.

Created by Requiem for a Dream filmmaker Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel, Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, Season 1 had six episodes and received stellar reviews. In that season, he opened up about the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease he faces. Season 2 of the docuseries has only three episodes and premiered on August 15, 2025.

A Look at the Challenges Chris Hemsworth Takes in Limitless: Live Better Now

Each of the three episodes, titled Brain Power, Risk, and Pain, respectively, features Hemsworth taking on a new challenge, which helps him improve his physical, mental, and emotional health. The episodes have a runtime of about 41-49 minutes.

In the first episode, Brain Power, Hemsworth learns a new skill, namely, drumming. Fans of pop musician Ed Sheeran are in for quite a bit of surprise in this episode. Hemsworth learns drumming from the Parkway Drive drummer, Ben Gordon, to perform Ed Sheeran’s new single Thinking Out Loud in a stadium packed with 70,000 fans. The episode pushes him way out of his comfort zone, as he performs with little practice.

In the second episode, Hemsworth tackles his back pain, which he has been experiencing since he was a teen. He joins the South Korean Special Forces’ pain training program and explores ancient pain healing techniques under the pain expert, Dr. BJ Miller.

In the third and final chapter of Limitless: Live Better Now, the Extraction star learns how exposure therapy and flow, a state of hyperfocus, can help in the improvement of both mental and physical health. In this episode, he faces one of his biggest fears by climbing a 600-foot Alpine dam in the Swiss Alps.

Chris Hemsworth on the Limitless Season 2 Experience He Would Repeat

Chris Hemsworth, who recently confirmed Extraction 3, is celebrated for his physique and discipline, but Limitless: Live Better Now pushes him to extremes that verge on dangerous. Despite this, there is one experience that the Hollywood star would not mind repeating. In an interview with TV Guide Magazine, Hemsworth said:

“The drumming in front of 70,000 people with Ed Sheeran. I want the feeling I had once the song kicked in and I was on the beat and in time, and for the next hour or two after, this endorphin kick and lightness. It was a somewhat out-of-body experience. I felt this incredible connection: 70,000 people and you’re all experiencing the same wonderful journey.”

He admitted that experiencing something like that again would require him to confront his fear and undergo extensive preparation. When asked if he continued drumming after he was done with the series, he said that he had tried, but every time his kids took over before he could do it.

Per Mirror, during a Q&A session of the show, Chris Hemsworth jokingly said that he initially did not plan to appear in Limitless: Live Better Now, claiming that the first season almost killed him emotionally and physically, regardless of whether it was intentional or by design.

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Limitless: Live Better Now is currently streaming on Hulu and Disney+.