Yahoo Lifestyle ‘The White Lotus’ Grows Season 3 Audience By 40% For Second Episode
HBO might just have its most popular season of The White Lotus yet.
Per the company, 3.4M U.S. cross-platform viewers tuned in for the second episode on Sunday night, which marks a 40% increase over the premiere episode’s 2.4M.
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Speaking of the premiere, it has now amassed 10.2M viewers in the U.S., up 92% from the Season 2 premiere episode’s audience in the first week of availability. In terms of same-day viewers, the second episode of Season 3 is also already outperforming the second episode of Season 2, boding well for the remainder of the season.
The White Lotus is now apparently the second largest returning original series in platform history, behind only House of the Dragon Season 2.
The Season 2 finale still holds the series-high same-day audience of 4.1M viewers, but it seems as though the third season is on its way to surpassing that as well, and it could even happen well before the April finale.
The eight-episode third season is set in an an exclusive Thai resort and follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week.
The third season stars Leslie Bibb, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Carrie Coon, Parker Posey, Dom Hetrakul, Tayme Thapthimthong, Christian Friedel, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Walton Goggins, Aimee Lou Wood, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook, Sam Nivola, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Scott Glenn and Blackpink’s LaLisa Manobal. Natasha Rothwell, who starred in Season 1, also returns in Season 3.
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