Season 3 of “Industry” reaches viewership record with third episode
industry is getting hotter on HBO.
The financial drama set a record for viewers with the third episode of the third season, attracting 370,000 viewers across platforms on Sunday evening, according to internal ratings from Nielsen and Warner Bros. Discovery.
This is a sharp increase from the 300,000 viewers who tuned in the night the third season premiere aired.
According to HBO, the premiere episode of the third season currently has around 1.4 million viewers, well ahead of last season, when around 900,000 viewers watched the premiere of the second season during the same period.
Compared to HBO’s other Sunday night shows, this may not seem all that significant. industry took over the management of the marquee time slot from House of the Dragonwhich had 8.9 million viewers on the evening of the second season finale.
However, industry These numbers were not expected to be reached, as it is a much more modest series, not tied to any major IP and whose main actors were quite young and unknown at the beginning of the series.
The first two seasons have been aired on Monday nights, with a relatively small but loyal audience. The hope was that the series would gain more recognition by being placed in HBO’s prime Sunday night slot. So far, that seems to be working.
Season 3 consists of eight episodes, with the finale scheduled for September 29th.
Set in the world of high finance, an environment where everything is under pressure, Down and Kay’s drama series is set in the London office of international bank Pierpoint & Co. In season 3, Harper’s (Myha’la) departure from the firm puts her in an interesting position as Yasmin (Marisa Abela), Robert (Harry Lawtey) and Eric (Ken Leung) pursue a new investment opportunity in the form of a green energy company run by Henry Muck (Kit Harington).
The third season cast also includes Conor MacNeill, Sagar Radia, Indy Lewis, Adam Levy, Sarah Parish, Trevor White, Elena Saurel and Irfan Shamji. Other newcomers include Miriam Petche, Roger Barcklay, Fady Elsayed, Fiona Button and Sarah Goldberg.
