‘Euphoria’ is HBO’s second-most watched present after ‘Game of Thrones’

By IANS

LOS ANGELES: American teen drama present ‘Euphoria’ is now HBO’s second-most-watched present since 2004 behind solely ‘Game of Thrones’, per the pay-TV channel. The Zendaya-led drama hit yet one more collection excessive with its Season 2 finale episode Sunday, drawing 6.6 million viewers.

According to HBO, ‘Euphoria’ Season 2 episodes at the moment are averaging 16.3 million viewers, the most effective efficiency for any season of an HBO collection over the previous 18 years, aside from ‘Game of Thrones’. To date, the Season 2 premiere’s viewership is approaching 19 million viewers within the US, stories selection.com.

‘Euphoria’ was as soon as once more the highest title on HBO Max within the US for the seventh week in a row, in addition to the highest collection for the week in each Latin America and Europe. As ‘Variety’ solely reported February 1, ‘Euphoria’s per-episode-viewership common was already up almost one hundred pc from its first season after airing simply its first 4 episodes of the second season.

The present additionally hit a brand new collection excessive when it aired reverse Super Bowl LVI on February 13. ‘Euphoria’ can also be now the most-tweeted-about present of the last decade — to this point — within the US with 34 million tweets.

‘Euphoria’ Season 2 facilities on the intertwining lives of excessive schoolers within the city of East Highland, the place 17-year-old Rue (Zendaya) should discover hope whereas balancing the pressures of affection, loss and habit. The finale episode noticed lots of the season’s largest conflicts come to a head — a couple of in a violent style.

The collection stars Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Nika King, Eric Dane, Angus Cloud, Jacob Elordi, Algee Smith, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Barbie Ferreira, Maude Apatow, Javon Walton, Dominic Fike, Storm Reid and Austin Abrams.