Overview
- The Boys concluded after a planned five-season run and showrunner Eric Kripke has said there will be no sixth season.
- Prime Video reported the final season drew very large audiences, with an average of about 57 million viewers per episode.
- Critics and viewers were divided over the finale, with critics scoring it highly while audience ratings were notably lower on aggregator sites.
- Public debate intensified when tech owner Elon Musk called the ending “pathetic” on X and Kripke publicly mocked that criticism, fueling online discussion.
- Amazon is expanding the franchise with confirmed projects including the 1950s-set Vought Rising and a Latin American series The Boys: México, while canceling the Gen V spinoff.