Season 2 premiere of Winning Time was 30% lower than the season 1 premiere. Season 2 opened to 629k viewers.succession didn't really start getting popular with the masses til season 3.
season 1 was pretty slow and it hit it's stride in season 2. season 3 is when EVERYONE was watching it.
but succession was getting critically acclaimed from the jump and they never cancelled that shyt.
Succession season 2 jumped 32% over the series premiere. Season 2 premiere had 1.2M viewers.