TVLine Items: Penguin Ratings High, Sting and Jennifer Hudson Join Voice and More

The Penguin is definitely not being left out in the cold by viewers.

Ahead of its Nov. 10 finale, the HBO series hit a new viewership high on Sunday — as Episode 7 delivered 1.9 million cross-platform viewers.

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The series’ premiere, meanwhile, has now racked up 14.1 million viewers in six weeks.

Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets? Well…

* Sting and Jennifer Hudson will serve as mega mentors on The Voice’s current season, with the former mentoring coaches Snoop Dogg and Gwen Stefani’s teams, and the latter helping out Michael Bublé and Reba McEntire’s contestants.

* Kelly Clarkson will return as host of NBC’s Christmas at Rockefeller Center holiday special, airing Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 8/7c.

* Dominic West (The Affair) will guest-star in Paramount+ With Showtime’s upcoming espionage thriller The Agency, playing the director of the CIA, our sister site Variety reports.

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