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.

Episode 2 of “The Penguin” hit 1.6 million viewers across HBO and Max on Sunday. Per Warner Bros. Discovery, that marks a 17% increase from the series premiere, which debuted on Sept. 19. The network initially reported 5.

It was a successful Sunday night on HBO, as both The Penguin and Industry brought in solid audiences. The second episode of The Penguin drew 1.6M cross-platform viewers in the U.S., outperforming Episode 1 by 17%,

The events of The Penguin start on November 13, 2022, a week after the election night catastrophe of The Batman. That much is confirmed by Alberto Falcone’s grave plate in Episode 2, “Inside Man,” which means the November 18th date of this mysterious new drug shipment isn’t far off.

The Penguin episode 2 doesn't just up the ante in The Batman spin-off – it also references a classic Batman comic book event. During this week's episode, Oz (Colin Farrell) hosts a gathering at his home and,