Season 1 of WESTWORLD is the Most-Watched Debut Season Ever on HBO Canada and The Movie Network

“A mind-bending finale with major consequences ends a brilliant debut season.” – Entertainment Weekly  “WESTWORLD’s finale was bound to be full of shockers. And it did not disappoint.” – USA Today TORONTO (December 14, 2016) – Final data from Numeris confirms that HBO’s Golden Globe^®-nominated and Critics’ Choice Award-winning sci-fi drama WESTWORLD has garnered record-breaking audiences for its first season on The Movie Network’s HBO Canada channel. With an average audience of 449,100 viewers for each episode of the first season, WESTWORLD bests previous records set by TRUE DETECTIVE to become the most-watched debut season in the history of The Movie Network’s HBO Canada. WESTWORLD is also the most-watched new series on Canadian specialty and pay channels for the current broadcast year to date. HBO Canada subscribers can catch up on the entire ten-episode first season of WESTWORLD on the TMN GO app and on HBO Canada OnDemand channels. WESTWORLD’s Oct. 2 premiere episode “The Original,” drew 501,500 viewers, the highest-rated series premiere in the history of The Movie Network’s HBO Canada channel. Canadians continued to follow the series all season long, leading up to the intense, 90-minute season finale episode, “The Bicameral Mind” on Dec. 4, which averaged 559,500 viewers, becoming the most-watched airing of WESTWORLD to date. The series, which The Hollywood Reporter declared delivered “a wonderfully entertaining and compelling first season,” has been renewed for a second season and was recently nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Television Series – Drama. Download Season 1 photos of WESTWORLD HERE. Source: Numeris, BYTD = 8/29/2016-12/4/2016, Series with Minimum 3+ Airings.

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