Titus Welliver's DC animated series Get Jiro! climbs HBO Max charts

Centre · 1Get Jiro!, an R-rated animated DC Comics series with Titus Welliver voicing a rival chef and warlord named Bob, has risen on HBO Max's viewing charts, according to Screen Rant. 1 2 Centre · 1The show is based on the late Anthony Bourdain's Vertigo Comics property and premiered on Adult Swim with its first two episodes on Sunday, October 4. It is also released on HBO Max, and Brian Tee voices the title character, Jiro. 1 Centre · 1It is set in a near-future, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles where food determines class and wealth and chefs of exclusive restaurants have become mob bosses fighting for control of the city. 1 2

Centre · 1On 9 October, Screen Rant said the series was in HBO Max's weekly Top 10 overall and ranked #3 in countries including Armenia, Georgia and Kazakhstan, #4 in Brazil, #8 in Germany and #10 in England. 1 Centre · 1By 13 October, citing FlixPatrol, Screen Rant reported that Get Jiro! was the 8th most-watched TV show on HBO Max in the United States, its first entry in the US Top 10, and the 4th most popular worldwide, behind only Youth, War and Lanterns. 2 Centre · 1Screen Rant noted that the first season held an 89% Rotten Tomatoes score and has not been renewed, with at least four more episodes still to air. It said a renewal would depend on performance for Adult Swim and HBO Max, and raised the possibility that Warner Bros. Discovery's planned acquisition by Paramount could delay renewals. 1

Centre · 1The series is described as Welliver's fourth DC project. He played Lex Luthor in live action in Titans season 4 and voiced Carmine Falcone in Batman: The Long Halloween and Rorschach in Watchmen. He is best known as Harry Bosch in Bosch, Bosch: Legacy and Ballard. 1 2 Centre · 1A Screen Rant commentary piece argued that Bob gives Welliver a more substantial role than Titans did, since Lex Luthor was killed off in the episode in which he was introduced. It called Get Jiro! "one of the best new shows in the DC universe" and said the initial critic reviews were positive. 3 Centre · 2The chart above Get Jiro! in the US is led by HBO's live-action DC series Lanterns, which Screen Rant said has been HBO Max's most-watched show for several weeks. Lanterns premiered on August 16, 2026. 2 4

Centre · 1Collider, citing Nielsen and Warner Bros. Discovery data, reported that the Lanterns season 1 finale drew 7.2 million US viewers and 10.5 million globally over three days. The global figure was up 13% on the premiere's 9.3 million, and the US figure was up 9% on the premiere's 6.6 million. Collider said the series averages 19.3 million viewers globally and ranks among the top five HBO series launches in platform history. 4 Centre · 1Lanterns has not been formally renewed. Co-creator Damon Lindelof told Collider that a second season is in early development with a writers' room assembled, and that he will not return as its main showrunner. Collider also described the finale as highly divisive. 4 Centre · 1A separate Screen Rant opinion piece used Lanterns' weekly release and growing audience to argue that the binge model is broken, contrasting it with Spider-Noir, which was cancelled after one season. 5