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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
No they’re not even close to similar.
Mad Men averaged over 2 million viewers for every episode from S4 onwards and only S1 averaged less than a million. S2 and S3 were in between.
Succession have never had 1 million viewers for a single episode, ever. It is currently averaging less than 600k viewers per episode. And ratings are going down. They have multiple episodes with less than 500k viewers.
Even if we only compared season 1-3, mad men is crushing succession in viewers.
So no, the shows are not remotely comparable when it comes to being a critical darling that didn’t get viewers. Mad Men was superior critically, culturally and in terms of viewers.
Even just to say their ratings won’t match their critical acclaim isn’t really accurate. Mad Men was a ratings smash, not to mention cultural phenomenon, compared to succession.
Now HBO would say they don’t care about ratings in that way but that’s besides the point.
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You're not doing anything near an apples to apples comparison. Many HBO subscribers don't even have a linear feed. Average on all platforms for Succession is in the 5 million viewer range per episode. Also Mad Men was on basic cable. The Roys are making their way into pop culture and Mad Men was a bit of niche show too. They don't really seem that far off to me.