HBO’s The Penguin made a bigger splash in its regular time slot. The second episode of the series offshoot of Matt Reeves’ The Batman aired Sunday night at 9/8c, where it drew 1.6 million domestic cross platform viewers — outperforming Episode 1’s premiere night by 17%.

The Penguin is already a critical hit but we can now confirm that it's been a hit in terms of viewership as well because The Batman follow-up had the biggest 4-day launch since The Last of Us in 2023.

Viewers appear to be flocking to The Penguin. The HBO series starring Colin Farrell as the notorious DC Comics villain has racked up 10.4 million cross-platform viewers for its series premiere, which debuted Sept.