Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Euphoria” hit another series high on Sunday, drawing 5.1 million viewers across multiple platforms, a 20% increase from last week and up 45% from the season average. That number was reached despite the HBO drama airing opposite Super Bowl LVI on NBC.As Variety previously exclusively reported, “Euphoria’s” Season 2 per-episode-viewership average is up nearly 100% from its first season.“Euphoria” Season 2 takes place amidst the intertwining lives in the town of East Highland, where 17-year-old Rue (Zendaya) must find hope while balancing the pressures of love, loss, and addiction.The series stars Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Nika King, Eric Dane, Angus Cloud, Jacob Elordi, Algee Smith, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Barbie Ferreira, Maude Apatow, Javon Walton, Dominic Fike, Storm Reid and Austin Abrams.
Fans Campaign for Patrick Dempsey to Reunite With ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Costar Eric Dane on ‘Euphoria’
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Paging Dr. McDreamy! Euphoria fans are clamoring for Patrick Dempsey to make a cameo on the teen drama after learning more about Eric Dane‘s character, Cal Jacobs.
The episode “Ruminations: Big and Little Bullys,” which aired on Sunday, January 23, opened with a flashback to the character’s teenage years, revealing that Cal (played by Elias Kacavas) had romantic feelings for his best friend Derek (Henry Eikenberry). However, before the two could explore a relationship, Cal learns that his girlfriend got pregnant. He decides to marry her and raise their son, Nate (Jacob Elordi).
Fans of the HBO Max series couldn’t help but pick up on a subtle Grey’s Anatomy connection and began pitching the idea that Dempsey, 56, should reunite with Dane, 49, in a future Euphoria episode.
“Cal’s best friend’s name being Derek though?! Sam Levinson knew what he was doing,” one fan wrote on Twitter, sharing a photo of the two actors in character as Grey‘s heartthrobs Derek Shepard and Mark Sloan. Another viewer quipped, “If Derek ever comes back to see Cal… I think we all know the perfect actor to play him as an adult.”
A third Twitter user wrote, “Euphoria ep 3 was so chaotic omg AND the fact that cal’s best friend’s name was derek,” adding that the writers “really said Euphoria x Grey’s Anatomy crossover.”
Dempsey starred as Derek (a.k.a McDreamy) on Grey’s Anatomy from 2005 until he met his shocking end in 2015. His character was friendly with Dane’s during the Last Ship actor’s five-season tenure on the medical drama before his 2012 exit. Both actors made brief appearances on season 17 of the ABC series.
Since leaving Grey Sloan Memorial behind, the former costars have remained close. The pair — who also worked together on 2010’s Valentine’s
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Mónica Marie Zorrilla SPOILER ALERT: This piece contains spoilers for Season 2 of “Euphoria.”If Martha Kelly were to go full-on, TV-show-level Big Bad, her villain origin story would start with her phone’s GPS malfunctioning.“I think if I were to flip out and become a psychopath, it would be because my Google Maps or whatever told me to get off on an exit that stumbled me into some road work that was bringing traffic to a standstill. That would be the thing that turned me into a monster,” the “Euphoria” actor told Variety in her signature, dead-pan voice.The stand-up comedian and “Baskets” breakout star had been a fan of “Euphoria” prior to being handpicked by the showrunner, creator, writer and executive producer Sam Levinson for the role of drug-dealing, middle-aged loner Laurie, one woman you absolutely wouldn’t want to mess with.
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Euphoria season two."I care about her deeply. I also care about the people who care about her, because I think many of them share her story of addiction and sobriety, and many of them share a lot of emotional disorders, and I think it's important that we continue to have that love for her," the star shared on Instagram.Zendaya, who has played beloved characters in the past with other projects, went on to add, “I think it's important that we have characters that are flawed.
HBO Max's 'Euphoria' renewed for season 3
"Euphoria" fans have never, ever been happier. Fans of the trippy, Zendaya-led teen drama will be able to chase the same high after season 2 because the scandalous and visually sensational Sam Levinson series will return for a third season. The Emmy-winning high school show was a shoo-in for a junior year renewal.
‘Euphoria’ renewed for season three by HBO
HBO has renewed US teen drama Euphoria for a third season.The network confirmed the news on Twitter, ahead of the premiere of the fifth episode from season two on Sunday (February 6).In the second season, Rue (Zendaya) has relapsed after Jules (Hunter Schafer) left her for the city in the first season, while classmates Nate (Jacob Elordi), Maddy (Alexa Demie) and Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) are navigating their own tensions with school back in session.The show is written, directed and executive produced by Sam Levinson, who also helmed the 2021 film Malcolm & Marie which also starred Zendaya.#EUPHORIA has been renewed for season 3. pic.twitter.com/JR17ATJQCh— HBO (@HBO_UK) February 4, 2022Francesca Orsi, EVP of HBO programming, said: “Sam, Zendaya, and the entire cast and crew of Euphoria have taken season two to extraordinary heights, challenging narrative convention and form, while maintaining its heart.
‘Euphoria’ Renewed for Season 3 on HBO
Mónica Marie Zorrilla “Euphoria” fans have never, ever been happier.Fans of the trippy, Zendaya-led teen drama will be able to chase the same high after Season 2 because the scandalous and visually sensational Sam Levinson series will return for a third season.The Emmy-winning high school show was a shoo-in for a junior year renewal. Along with the intoxicating amount of social media traction and buzz it generates on a week-by-week basis, the first three installments of Season 2 have nearly doubled in per-episode viewership in comparison to its freshman season.
‘Euphoria’ Renewed For Season 3 By HBO
HBO will get a third dose of Euphoria. The Emmy-winning drama series starring Zendaya from creator Sam Levinson has been renewed for Season 3.Euphoria’s renewal comes as its sophomore season continues to deliver ratings records for both HBO and HBO Max.
‘Euphoria’: twice as many people are watching season two than one
Euphoria than the first, HBO has revealed.According to Variety, the hit teen drama has nearly doubled its season one per-episode viewership, jumping from a 6.6million average for the first season to 13.1million viewers since the second season first aired on January 9.The fourth episode of season two drew 3.2million viewers last Sunday (January 30), which makes it the show’s second-most-watched episode ever behind the third episode of season two, which drew 3.6million viewers.Euphoria was created, written and executive produced by Sam Levinson, who also directs all the episodes of season two. The show stars Emmy winner Zendaya alongside Hunter Schafer, Angus Cloud, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Barbie Ferreira, Maude Apatow and more.Last month, Sweeney praised Levinson for allowing her to cut nude scenes for her character Cassie in season two.Speaking to The Independent, Sweeney said: “Sam [Levinson] is amazing.
‘Euphoria’: Eric Dane On Cal’s Tragic Flashback And Epic Meltdown In Season 2
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Eric Dane is opening up about his big episode of Euphoria and that full frontal scene his character Cal had!
'Euphoria': Eric Dane on Cal's Tragic Flashback and Epic Meltdown in Season 2 (Exclusive)
season 2, Cal Jacobs (Eric Dane) goes on quite the journey, as audiences learn more about his past and watch him completely unravel in the present. Essentially, Cal is “becoming undone,” the 49-year-old actor tells ET as he opens up about the character’s alcohol-fueled meltdown, his toxic relationship with his son, Nate (Jacob Eldori), and wearing another prosthetic penis for the series. While Cal has been slowly unraveling this entire time, it wasn’t until episodes 3 and 4 (both written and directed by creator Sam Levinson) that he completely loses it – with things ending “in epic, dumpster fire of a way,” Dane says of his epic meltdown.
‘Euphoria’ star Chloe Cherry starred in Zendaya-inspired porn parody
cherry on top of the “Euphoria” craze. But before adult film actress-turned-HBO Max ingenue Chloe Cherry began stealing scenes as “Faye,” opposite Emmy winner Zendaya, 25, in the newest season of the illicit substance- and sex-fueled drama, she starred in “Euphoria” parody pornography. “My friend and I, who’s also an adult movie star, we were just both huge fans of the show and we thought that that one scene [with Rue and Jules] was just so beautiful,” Cherry, 24, told Nylon of the mock erotica — which was inspired by a steamy exchange between Zendaya’s character, Rue, and Hunter Schafer’s Jules. “When you’re making a porn parody, the best way to make them is scenes like that, where they’re already insinuating that sex is about to happen,” Cherry continued. “So that’s usually what people would want to see in terms of a porn parody.
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