The series finale of Succession attracted the show’s largest first-night audience.
The HBO show’s final episode on Sunday drew 2.93 million viewers across all platforms, surpassing the previous series’ peak of 2.75 million for the season’s sixth episode on April 30. The Emmy-winning series set multiple highs in its fourth and final season.
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barry also ended its four-season run with strong tuning, drawing 700,000 viewers on Sunday night — which, while not a series high, was in line with its average from the first night of the season. A later departure for barry (thanks to a 90 minute Succession) also led to a bigger-than-usual jump in viewing for the second day of the finale, which was up about 20% from a typical Monday and brought Barry’s two-day total to 1.35 million.
Succession’The Season 3 finale has increased 68% in the third season (1.7 million cross-platform viewers) in December 2021. The fourth season has averaged 8.7 million viewers per episode since its premiere on March 26 , an increase of 21% compared to the third season (7.2 million viewers). ). barry, meanwhile, is at 3.4 million viewers per episode. Both shows derive most of their viewership from streaming, as is usually the case with premium series. HBO measures viewing for 90 days after a season premiere.
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