“The Pitt” concludes the second season with a large audience

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conclusion the houseSeason 2 brought the show’s largest audience to date.

The medical drama’s April 16 finale attracted 9.7 million viewers on HBO Max over the weekend, more than any of the show’s previous 29 episodes over its two seasons. The end was very far from the houseThe second season premiered in January, reaching 5.4 million viewers in three days and 7.2 million after a week of viewing.

HBO says Season 2 has measured up since its premiere, averaging 15.4 million viewers per episode. That’s an improvement of more than 50 percent from 2025’s first season. HBO and HBO Max typically measure audiences for 90 days after a season premiere the housewith 15 weekly episodes, is shown over a slightly longer period (98 days).

Nielsen’s 35-day measure for the first season — a very different metric than HBO’s internal data — put the first season at 6.18 million viewers per episode. Nielsen’s weekly broadcast totals for the house This year so far has been much higher than last season.

Based on internal HBO numbers, the house It becomes the sixth current HBO/HBO Max series to average 15 million or more viewers over its run. joins House of the Dragon, White Lotus, Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Last of Us and Him: Welcome to Derry In that category.

HBO Max has been renewed the house for a third season before the second season premieres, and looks to repeat the 15-episode model with two other projects in pilot phase: How to survive without mea family drama produced by executive producer Greg Berlanti and starring Joshua Jackson, Kaley Cuoco and Ray Romano; and American blueCrime drama starring Milo Ventimiglia.

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