
Westworld 's debut on HBO had the network's highest viewership ratings for a premiere since the first episode of True Detective, in 2014.

In April 2020, HBO approved a fourth season. The eight-episode third season premiered on Maand concluded on May 3, 2020. HBO renewed the series in November 2016: The 10-episode second season aired from April 22 to June 24, 2018. The first season consisted of 10 episodes, broadcast between October 2 and December 4, 2016. Nolan and Joy serve as executive producers, along with J. Later on, in the third season, the series' setting expands to the real world, in the mid-21st century, where people's lives are driven and controlled by a powerful artificial intelligence named Rehoboam. The park caters to high-paying guests who may indulge their wildest fantasies within the park without fear of retaliation from the hosts, who are prevented by their programming from harming humans.

The story begins in Westworld, a fictional, technologically advanced Wild-West-themed amusement park populated by android "hosts".

Produced and aired by HBO, it is based on the 1973 film of the same name (written and directed by Michael Crichton) and, to a lesser extent, the film's 1976 sequel, Futureworld. Westworld is an American dystopian science fiction neo- Western television series created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy.
