Who did it? TV viewers intrigued by HBO’s ‘The Undoing’

NEW YORK – The dramatic summary to “The Undoing,” HBO’s whodunit starring Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman, proved how it’s continue to feasible to deliver people today collectively in today’s fragmented television planet.

3 million people today tuned in Sunday to discover out who actually killed the girlfriend of Grant’s adulterous character in 1 of a few showings on HBO and on the streaming company HBO Max, the Nielsen organization stated.

That’s very likely to be a fraction of who finally sees it, offered how television is consumed right now. The premiere of the 6-episode series was seen by one.four million people today the evening it to start with aired, and by now has been seen by nine million and counting.

“It’s a excellent illustration of how you can continue to have a h2o-cooler strike,” stated Casey Bloys, HBO Programming president. “I will generally place to excellent performing, crafting and directing. It was a excellent tale.”

It was the most-watched evening for HBO due to the fact the finale of “Big Tiny Lies” final 12 months, which also featured Kidman and creator David E. Kelley.

HBO also stated it was the to start with time in community history that every single episode of a series was seen by extra people today than the former 1, a effective sign of how people today ended up drawn into the secret.

“The Undoing” has created extra conversation on social media than any other new scripted television series this 12 months, Nielsen stated. Coupled with the streaming-only series “The Flight Attendant,” HBO Max had its most important week due to the fact the company was introduced.

“The Undoing” was generally developed as a limited series, but it captivated the kind of desire that would make any television govt the natural way marvel if the tale could be extended in some way.

“I don’t know,” Bloys stated. “I do consider these things are lightning in a bottle. It could generally be hard to check out that yet again.”

But he pointed to the network’s effective romantic relationship with Kidman and Kelley.

“We’ll discover a little something excellent to do,” he stated. “Who is aware what it will be?”

In other scores information, CNN completed November with its most-watched month in the network’s forty-12 months history, exhibiting development in the aftermath of the election as opposed to rivals Fox News Channel and MSNBC.

NBC was the major-rated broadcast community in key time for Thanksgiving week, averaging 3.sixty four million viewers. CBS had 3.fifty five million, ABC had 2.four million, Fox had one.six million, Ion Tv had 930,000, Univision had 890,000 and Telemundo had 530,000.

ESPN was the most-watched cable community, averaging 2.ninety five million viewers. Hallmark strike 2.fifty three million, Fox News Channel had 2 million, MSNBC had one.59 million and CNN had one.41 million.

ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the night information scores race with an typical of nine.5 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had eight.eight million and the “CBS Night News” had six.3 million.

For the week of Nov. 23-29, the 20 most-watched programs in key time, their networks and viewerships:

one. NFL Football: Chicago at Green Bay, NBC, 16.48 million.

2. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 13.78 million.

3. “NFL Pregame” (Sunday), NBC, 13.32 million.

four. NFL Football: L.A. Rams at Tampa Bay, ESPN, 13.14 million.

5. “The Masked Singer,” Fox, 11.42 million.

six. “NFL Submit-Game” (Sunday), Fox, 11.11 million.

seven. “Football Night time in America” (Sunday, seven:fifty five p.m.) NBC, ten.78 million.

eight. “NCIS,” CBS, ten.16 million.

nine. “FBI,” CBS, eight.four million.

ten. “Football Night time in America” (Sunday, seven:30 p.m.), NBC, seven.38 million.

11. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, seven.08 million.

12. “The Voice” (Tuesday) NBC, seven.07 million.

13. “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, six.42 million.

14. “Monday Night time Kickoff,” ESPN, six.22 million.

15. “I Can See Your Voice,” Fox, six.07 million.

16. “FBI: Most Desired,” CBS, 5.66 million.

seventeen. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 5.forty six million.

eighteen. “Bob Hearts Abishola,” CBS, four.nine million.

19. “Bull,” CBS, four.68 million.

20. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, four.49 million.