It’s been a great weekend for Lauren LeFranc, Matt Reeves and the team behind The Penguin. Following the series premiere on MAX and on HBO in the US the first episode has reached over 5.3 million views surpassing the premiere ratings for Succession season 4 and The White Lotus season 2.
Viewership for The Batman spin-off was the biggest four-day audience for a new series on Max in every region globally since The Last of Us premiered in January 2023. Those numbers also align with the premiere of True Detective: Night Country, that series brought in 5.7 million viewers over a similar period and had a final average season audience of 13.9 million viewers. The big news here… The Penguin is a hit!
In case you haven’t seen the show yet, check out the UK trailer in the player below:
The series is executive produced by Matt Reeves, Dylan Clark, Colin Farrell, Lauren LeFranc, who writes and serves as showrunner, Craig Zobel, who directs the first three episodes, and Bill Carraro. Based on characters created for DC by Bob Kane with Bill Finger, The Penguin is produced by Reeves’ 6th & Idaho Productions and Dylan Clark Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, where Reeves and 6th & Idaho are under an overall deal. Daniel Pipski also serves as executive producer.
The series stars Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Clancy Brown, and Michael Zegen.
Episode one is available to watch in the UK via Sky TV and NOW. Episode two comes to UK screens on September 30, 2024.
