Will Thorne Staff WriterThe series premiere of “Lovecraft Country” scared up decent numbers for HBO.“Lovecraft Country” premiered to 760,000 total viewers in its 9 p.m.
linear slot on the premium cabler, which isn’t too far behind the premiere of “Watchmen,” which drew 800,000 viewers. For further comparison to another big HBO series, “Perry Mason” debuted to 884,000 total viewers a couple months back.Per HBO, the “Lovecraft Country” debut tallied 1.4 million total viewers across all platforms including HBO Max, where it was the number 1 most watched show on Sunday night.
Interestingly, this represents the first time that HBO has added the HBO Max viewership to the overall tally for a new show.
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