'Lanterns' achieves the best premiere of a DC Studios series on HBO Max

The figures from the premiere of the long-awaited DC universe series from DC Studios and HBO Max, Lanterns They arrived and the results are wonderful.

Lanters has accumulated 9.3 million views in its first three days availability on HBO and HBO Max.

The figure represents the best premiere of a DC Studios series on HBO Max to date and one of the platform's five best premieres overall. According to HBO, the series attracted 6.6 million viewers in the United States alone during the three-day period.

To have a little more context: the premiere of The Penguin reached 10.4 million viewers across all platforms after 11 days since its original release in 2024, and outside the DC universe: IT: Welcome to Derry recorded a premiere of 5.7 million viewers in its first three days in October 2025 (via Variety).

Based on the comic Green Lantern from DC, the plot Lanterns follows new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler), two intergalactic police officers tasked with defending a specific realm of the cosmos from evil by using rings which grant a variety of superhuman powers. John and Hal are drawn into a dark Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in Nebraska.

The story takes place in two periods: 2016 and 2026.

It begins in 2016, when a shooting occurs in the small rural town of Rushville, Nebraska. Hal Jordan, who has been watching the town from a distance for quite some time, is convinced that this is an extraterrestrial incident. However, the local authority, Sheriff Kerry (Kelly Macdonald), finds no evidence to support that claim.

In addition to Pierre, Chandler and Macdonald, the cast includes Nicole Ari Parker as Bernadette, John Stewart's mother, Ulrich Thomsen like the villain Sinister, Poorna Jagannathan like Zoe, and Garry Dillahunt like the modern cowboy William Macon.

Chris Mundy (Ozark), Damon Lindelof (Watchmen) y Tom Kingare the co-creators of the series. The first season consists of 8 episodes.

Mundy is the showrunner, Lindelof and King are co-writers and executive producers, and James Hawes the director of the first two episodes and executive producer. Other directors are Geeta Vasant Patel, Alik Sakharov y Stephen Williams. Other screenwriters include Vanessa Baden, Justin Britt-Gibsony Breannah Gibson.

HBO produces in association with Warner Bros. Television and DC Studios. Based on the iconic DC title, Green Lantern.

The character John Stewart debuted in Green Lantern vol 2 #87, and was created by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams, as the latter's idea to replace Green Lantern. The original design was based on the iconic actor Sidney Poitier. He was DC's first black superhero. Hal Jordan, for his part, is a former test pilot and experienced Green Lantern.