'Lioness' Season 3 finale draws 9.7 million viewers, a record for the series
The Paramount+ spy drama starring Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman had its most-watched episode ever, and the finale ranks No. 5 among all Paramount+ original finales.
The third-season finale of 'Lioness' was watched by 9.7 million viewers in its first seven days on Paramount+, Variety reported on Tuesday. That makes it the most-watched episode in the show's history and the fifth most-watched finale of any Paramount+ original series.
Season 3, which ran from 2 August to 20 September, averaged 8.5 million viewers a week, up 62% on the weekly average of Season 2 in 2024. Each week of the new season drew more viewers than the week before.
The series also held its own against streaming rivals, appearing in the Nielsen and Luminate top 10 charts for eight weeks in a row. According to Nielsen, it passed one billion minutes watched in a single week for the first time during finale week, and Season 3 totalled 3.9 billion minutes over its eight-week run, also up 62% on Season 2.
'Lioness' was created by Taylor Sheridan and is produced by Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios. Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman lead a cast that includes Laysla De Oliveira, Genesis Rodriguez, Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, Michael Kelly and Morgan Freeman. Saldaña and Kidman are also executive producers alongside Sheridan and David C. Glasser.