HBO has seen ratings success with its current Sunday night lineup, with both “It: Welcome to Derry” and “I Love LA” scoring series high viewership this week.
“It: Welcome to Derry” drew in its biggest audience thus far with 5.8 million cross-platform viewers tuning in for Episode 7 in the U.S., according to live-plus-three-day viewership information from Warner Bros. Discovery, while “I Love LA” saw its highest viewership to date as Episode 5 scored 1 million viewers in its first three days across HBO and HBO Max.
“It: Welcome to Derry,” which is gearing up to debut its finale this Sunday, is now averaging 10.7 million viewers in the U.S. and 18.3 million viewers globally. After the show, which sees Bill Skarsgård return as Pennywise, scored 5.7 million viewers for its premiere episode, it ranks among the top three original series debuts on HBO Max since its launch, behind “The Last of Us” and “House of the Dragon.”
Episode 7 also saw an increased amount of chatter on social media, soaring nearly 300% since the premiere. Social conversation surrounding the show has increased nearly 60% every week since a month before the premiere of “It: Welcome to Derry.”
“I Love LA,” which has two episodes left in its first season, has been averaging 1.8 million viewers in the U.S., and remains one of the fastest growing original comedies in platform history.
The series, which is created by and stars Rachel Sennott, was already renewed for a second season in November alongside Tim Robinson’s “The Chair Company” after both first-year comedies scored solid viewership.
“We’re thrilled by the incredible response to ‘The Chair Company’ and ‘I Love LA’ debuts,” EVP of HBO programming and head of HBO and HBO Max comedy
series Amy Gravitt said in a statement. “Both shows confidently carry on the HBO
comedy tradition, in their own singular way. We couldn’t be happier
to continue collaborating with Tim, Zach, Rachel and their exceptional teams.”
