Season 2 of BigLittleLies finishes with series-high viewership
captured the show's biggest audience ever for an initial airing, capping a season of substantial ratings growth for HBO., drew just under 2 million viewers — 1.98 million, to be precise. It passed the season one finale as the show's most-watched hour for its first airing. Replay and streaming numbers for Sunday weren't available as of publication time.is averaging 12 million viewers per episode, according to HBO . That's an increase of 41 percent over the 8.
That figure tracks with the linear increases for the current season: It averaged 1.64 million viewers for first airings, a 40 percent jump over season one's 1.17 million . Each episode of season two improved on the comparable installment from the first season. The increases in viewership came despite some cooling of critical acclaim for the series and a report that director Andrea Arnold hadin postproduction so the episodes would be more in line with the style of season one helmer Jean-Marc Vallée. Sources say Arnold's contract did not include final cut on the series, and HBO released a statement praising her work.
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