HBO’s “Allen v. Farrow” documentary series debuted to just north of 1 million total viewers on Sunday, TheWrap has learned. That number is inclusive of multiple platforms, including linear HBO and HBO Max.
That makes “Allen v. Farrow” the largest debut for an HBO docuseries since “The Case Against Adnan Syed” nearly two years ago. (That one premiered on March 10, 2019.)
The Syed case was first popularized by podcast “Serial.”
“Allen v. Farrow” examines the accusations of sexual abuse Dylan Farrow has lodged against her adoptive father, Woody Allen.
The HBO series pieces together court documents, interviews and home footage taken by her mother, Mia Farrow, including tapes where her Dylan, then 7, recounts being sexually assaulted by Allen in an attic-like area of her Connecticut house in 1992.