The Last of Us, with its extremely acclaimed third episode, grew viewers for a second straight week since its premiere. The online game adaptation additionally has marked yet one more milestone for HBO.
Episode 3 of The Last of Us, “visitor”-starring Parks and Recreation‘s Nick Offerman and The White Lotus‘ Murray Bartlett, drew 6.4 million viewers this Sunday night time, up 12 % from Episode 2 (which delivered a record-setting bounce in viewership), and up 37 % from premiere night time.
In addition, Season 1 of the dystopian, video game-based drama is averaging 21.3 million viewers (throughout its first two episodes), which means that 4 present HBO Original sequence now have cross-platform audiences exceeding 15 million viewers per episode:
House of the Dragon Season 1: 29 million weekly viewers
The Last of Us Season 1: 21.3 million viewers
Euphoria Season 2: 19.5 million viewers
The White Lotus Season 2: 15.5 million viewers
This thus marks the primary time that HBO has had a number of present sequence averaging greater than 15 million viewers, throughout all genres. (For instance, in 2002, The Sopranos Season 4 averaged 18.2 million viewers, whereas Sex and the City Season 5 averaged 13.8 million and Six Feet Under Season 2 averaged 12.1 million.)
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