The Sally Rooney adaptation gave the channel its best ever ratings week on iPlayer this month
05.05.2020 - 20:29 / evoke.ie
Normal People is the show that everyone has been and should be watching.
The series based on Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel is dropping weekly on RTÉ, with the first two episodes having aired last week.
Within the first week, the series has already broken an insane record.
An average of 371,000 viewers tuned in to watch the first two episodes of Normal People on RTÉ One last Tuesday.
In addition, 19,000 people watched the RTÉ+1 broadcast. A further 301,000 streams have been watched to date
The Sally Rooney adaptation gave the channel its best ever ratings week on iPlayer this month
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