The season finale of The Last of Us drew enormous numbers of viewers (in response to a press launch from HBO), regardless of heavy competitors from the ninety fifth Academy Awards. The ninth episode of the hit online game adaptation was watched by “8.2 million viewers across HBO Max and linear telecasts, based on Nielsen and first party data.”
That’s near double the 4.7 million viewers who watched the present’s premiere again in January. And The Last of Us persistently grew its viewers nearly each single week between the premiere and the finale. Here are the viewers who tuned in from week to week:
- Episode 1 – 4.7 million viewers
- Episode 2 – 5.7 million
- Episode 3 – 6.4 million
- Episode 4 – 7.5 million
- Episode 5 -11.6 million (information throughout the total weekend after Friday premiere)
- Episode 6 – 7.8 million
- Episode 7 – 7.7 million
- Episode 8 – 8.1 million
- Episode 9 – 8.2 million
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The collection “is now averaging 30.4 million viewers across its first six episodes, with the first episode approaching 40 million viewers in the U.S.” That’s significantly spectacular as a result of it truly beats the numbers put up by HBO’s current Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon, which averaged 29 million viewers per episode. (HBO claims that Season 7 of Game of Thrones averaged 32.8 million viewers.) So it’s not stunning that The Last of Us has already been renewed for a second season.
The massive query is: Will HBO permit the present to finish as soon as the collection adapts the occasions of The Last of Us Part II. There’s no Part III sport, at the least not at current. The present’s creators have already stated they plan to show the video games into tv after which finish the present. But these are massive numbers. HBO will certainly need the collection to proceed for some time.
The full season of The Last of Us is now out there to stream on HBO Max, together with a making-of documentary about the present.
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