The end of 'The Penguin' breaks another audience record

Sunday night, HBO aired the season finale of The Penguinseries spinoff de The Batmancentered on Oz Cobblepot/Penguin, with the return of Colin Farrell in a leading role.

The season ended with an audience that reached 2.1 million viewers in the United Statesboth in linear transmission on HBO and MAXon Sunday.

The figure marks another audience record for the series, increasing the audience of its premiere episode by 50% (September 19), according to information shared by Warner Bros. Discovery.

The penultimate episode broadcast on Sunday, November 3, had already set a viewership record with 1.9 million viewers. Episode 1 has a cumulative total of 17 million viewers to date.

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

EYE ON THE DATA: HBO still refers to The Penguin as a “limited series”, although both Matt Reeves, and Farrell have admitted to being open to the possibility of a second season, which would leave behind the limited series seal to become a miniseries, as has been the case with other programs such as Big Little Lies, The White Lotuso Ted Lassoamong others.

The series is executive produced by ReevesFarrell, Dylan Clark, Craig ZobelBill Carraro and the showrunner and main writer Lauren LeFranc. Warner Bros. Television and DC Studios are the production companies.

In the events of the film, The Penguin (Farrell) served as lieutenant of crime boss Carmine Falcone (John Turturro in The Batman, Mark Strong in the series), who meets a premature end.

In the series from the showrunner and main writer, Lauren LeFranc, Penguin is stepping up to lead crime in Gotham City.

The plot is set a week after the film's climax. The Batman. The story explores Oswald Cobblepot's place in the criminal underworld as Batman becomes a bigger threat to Gotham City's villains.

The series described as the “epic Batman crime saga,” will expand and develop Reeves' vision of Gotham City while also looking to make his mark on the crime genre.

The cast is made up of Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Theo Rossi, Carmen Ejogo, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Rhenzy Feliz, Clancy Browny Michael Zegen.

Reeves and his producing partner's DC expansion plans Dylan Clarkincludes the development of a universe of films and series derived from The Batmanstarting with the series of The penguin.