It doesn’t come as a total surprise. But HBOs The Idol dropped 42% in its second outing. The drama starring The The Weeknd and Lily Rose Depp fell to just 135,000 fans on the cable channel.
Earlier HBO claimed 800,000 viewers, down just 11%. But their calculations include private numbers from streaming. The real hard numbers from cable show The Idol being turned off by subscribers who object to the porn silly story, and lack of acting ability.
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