‘The Penguin’ U.S. Viewership Up 10% For Finale, Reaching Another Series High

The Penguin ended on a high note with 2.1M U.S. cross-platform viewers tuning in across HBO and Max for the finale on Sunday.

That’s another audience high for the DC series, up 50% from its debut night viewership, according to Warner Bros. Discovery. The company didn’t disclose those premiere numbers, but it has been reporting viewership throughout the series’ run.

Last week, the penultimate episode hit a previous series high of 1.9M viewers, WBD said. As of now, Episode 1 has amassed 17M U.S. viewers.

Leading up to the finale, November 10 was the series’ strongest single day on Max in the U.S., capping off its best week yet both domestically and globally, which indicates that audiences were doing their best to catch up on the series before the last episode.

Globally, The Penguin is the third most-watched HBO or Max debut season, following The House of the Dragon and The Last of Us.

The Penguin, which hails from DC Studios, is executive produced by Matt Reeves, Dylan Clark, Colin Farrell, and Lauren LeFranc, who serves as writer and showrunner. Craig Zobel directed the first three episodes in addition to executive producing. Bill Carraro also executive produces.

Besides Farrell, the series stars Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Theo Rossi, Michael Kelly, Clancy Brown and Shohreh Aghdashloo.