Sorry Haters, The Boys Is a Bigger Hit Than Ever

Despite the champion efforts of “anti-woke” trolls who are conscionable present realizing The Boys is satire—something bid showrunner Eric Kripke has repeatedly expressed astonishment at—the show’s 4th season, its penultimate, has pulled successful awesome ratings since its June 13 release.

According to a property merchandise shared by Prime Video, play 4 has acceptable caller records for The Boys franchise, “exceeding play 3 viewership by 21% done its archetypal 4 days” and keeping with its inclination of expanding its planetary scope with each caller season. And erstwhile the streamer says global, it means it; 60% of play four’s assemblage “was based extracurricular of the U.S. with outsized performances successful Brazil, UK, and India done its archetypal 4 days.” The caller play besides occupied Prime Video’s fig 1 spot successful 160 countries done those archetypal 4 days.

Based connected the comics by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, The Boys stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, and Cameron Crovetti, positive caller play 4 additions Susan Heyward, Valorie Curry, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. It has already been renewed for a 5th and last season; spin-off Gen V debuted past twelvemonth and has a 2nd play connected the way. A 3rd series, The Boys: Mexico, is besides successful the works.

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