Overview
- The Penguin premiered on September 19, 2024, drawing 5.3 million viewers across all platforms in its first four days.
- This viewership makes it the biggest four-day audience for a new series on Max globally since The Last of Us in January 2023.
- The series outperformed the season finales of Succession and The White Lotus, but fell just short of True Detective: Night Country.
- Executive producer Dylan Clark hinted at more spinoffs from The Batman universe, focusing on other characters.
- The Penguin, starring Colin Farrell, explores Oswald Cobb's rise in Gotham's criminal underworld, continuing the story from The Batman.