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THE WHITE LOTUS returns to Crave with Record-Breaking Streaming Viewership
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(TORONTO) February 19, 2025 – HBO’s critically acclaimed anthology series, THE WHITE LOTUS, made a triumphant return to Crave, delivering record-breaking streaming viewership numbers for its Season 3 premiere on Sunday night. The debut episode more than doubled the viewership of Season 2’s premiere over its first three days, solidifying its position as a cultural phenomenon.
On Sunday night, THE WHITE LOTUS reigned supreme as the #1 title on Crave, captivating audiences with its signature blend of dark humour, social satire, and stunning visuals. The success is underscored by a remarkable 66% week-over-week increase in catch-up viewership for Seasons 1 and 2, demonstrating the growing anticipation and excitement leading up to the Season 3 premiere.
The eight-episode third season of HBO’s Emmy-winning original series THE WHITE LOTUS, from Mike White, is set at an exclusive Thai resort and follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week. The new season stars an ensemble cast which includes Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong, and Aimee Lou Wood. New episodes stream Sundays at 9 p.m. ET.
Source: mParticle/Adobe Analytics (Week-over-week viewership growth based on White Lotus S1 and S2 streaming hours viewed week of Feb 10-16, 2025 vs. Feb 3-9, 2025)
About Crave
Delivering more Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning programming than any other service, Crave is Canada’s prestige entertainment offering, with HBO Originals, Max Originals, STARZ, Hollywood-hit movies, is the exclusive Canadian streaming home of FRIENDS, and boasts a robust slate of English and French original series. Crave is a major supporter of Canada’s production industry, helping to fund numerous film projects, and features acclaimed selections from some of Canada’s prestigious film festivals including Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, HOT DOCS, ImagineNATIVE, and Inside Out Film Festival.
Crave is a bilingual TV and streaming service with thousands of hours of exclusive French-language content. Crave is available directly to all Canadians with access to the Internet at Crave.ca, via iOS and Android, and other platforms such as Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Prime Video Channels, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, select LG Smart TVs, PlayStation, Roku, select Samsung Smart TVs, and Xbox One. It’s also available through participating service providers across ten, 24-hour High Definition linear and on demand channels. Crave is from Bell Media, Canada’s leading content company, providing Canada’s most-watched and most-acclaimed television programming on network, specialty, pay and digital platforms. Visit our website at Crave.ca.
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