The Outsider: Viewership hits new high with latest episode
The Outsider is absolutely killing it this season.
HBO’s Stephen King adaptation of The Outsider has hit viewership highs after Sunday’s episode. Deadline reports the series continues to expand its viewers each week, marking significant growth for every new episode.
Sunday’s episode pulled in about 1.5 million people across all of HBO’s platforms, despite the Grammy’s airing at the same time. Compared to last week, this is an 11% gain, while it’s a 22% rise from the premiere a few weeks ago. As the series continues to get more traction, more and more people are starting to catch up with series. According to Deadline, the pilot has pulled in around 6.7 million viewers so far and is expected to continue gaining more.
The series follows Detective Ralph Anderson (Bloodline‘s Ben Mendelsohn) as he investigates a grisly murder in his small town in Georgie. He suspects Terry Maitland (Jason Bateman who is also the executive producer), a little league coach and family man, based on witness testimony and other evidence. However, the case isn’t as cut-and-dry as it seems with the private investigator, Holly Gibney (The Bad Time at the El Royale‘s Cynthia Erivo) with unique abilities stepping in to help Ralph.
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The next episode of The Outsider airs on February 2 at 9 PM EST. The previous four episodes are all available to stream on HBO GO and HBO NOW.
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Source: Deadline