Jean Smart in HBO original series, "Watchmen"
HBO: ‘Watchmen’ Series Premiere Topped 1.5 Million Households
October 21, 2019
HBO’s new series “Watchmen,” based in part on the graphic novel and 2009 Warner Bros./Paramount movie, drew an average of 1.5 million households across pay-TV, the HBO Now streaming and the HBO Go on-demand VOD service.
The WarnerMedia property, which will showcase a branded HBO Max subscription streaming VOD service in early 2020, said the initial pay-TV broadcast attracted more than 800,000 viewers.
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HBO claimed the viewership data was the strongest for an original premiere episode since the “Westworld” debut in 2016.
The series, which air Sundays at 9 p.m., features Jeremy Irons, Regina King, Jean Smart, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Frances Fisher and Sara Vickers, among others.