New installments of Lifetime s searing documentary series Surviving R. Kelly led to a 40% increase in calls Friday and Saturday to the National Sexual Assault Hotline , according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network , which administers the counseling resource.

Lifetime partnered with RAINN for the follow-up series, Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning, which aired Thursday through Saturday, featuring the phone number on-screen to encourage sexual assault survivors and their loved ones to seek help.

Its amazing to know the documentary has encouraged important and necessary conversations to happen and we are extremely proud of our survivors for their courage, who by standing up for themselves, stand for so much more, Brie Miranda Bryant, Lifetimes senior vice president for unscripted programing, said in a statement Tuesday.