Mónica Marie Zorrilla Showtime’s audience has had enough of froufrou escapism: Now it’s teen cannibals, serial killers and loads of way-too-realistic blood captivating viewers.
According to the paycabler, “Yellowjackets” — the buzzy drama with a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes and plenty of fan theories — finished its first season this past Sunday as the second most-streamed series in Showtime’s history, behind the recently aired “Dexter: New Blood.”The shocking and ominous “Yellowjackets” finale sent over a million shivers down watchers’ spines, amassing around 1.3 million viewers across platforms on Sunday alone, more than doubling its audience from the season premiere.
Moreover, the series has averaged over 5 million weekly viewers across platforms, the highest for a debut series on Showtime since “Billions” dropped in 2016.
Over the course of the 10-episode freshman season, the streaming viewership for “Yellowjackets” quadrupled, Showtime said. The bloody drama was included on nearly 50 year-end “Best of” TV lists and last week it received WGA Award nods for best drama series and best new series.
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