TheLastOfUs went out on a high note. The season finale drew 8.2M viewers across HBO’s linear channel and digital platforms on Sunday, which is the series’ largest same-day audience to date
, with 6.4M people tuning in across HBO Max and linear channels — and that’s with the first half of the episode going up against the AFC Championship on the east coast. By Episode 4, viewership had grown to 7.5M viewers — despite competing with the HBO made the decision to release Episode 5 early on HBO Max, so as not to compete directly with the Super Bowl. But according to Nielsen’s streaming charts, still hit a milestone the week that Episode 5 debuted.
Nielsen data only includes viewing on HBO Max, and Nielsen doesn’t break down viewership by episode. So while it’s not a complete picture, it gives additional context to the series’ growing popularity. HBO’s viewership data indicates that 11.6M people tuned in across the weekend for Episode 5. In the home stretch, the same-day audience inched toward 8M viewers, breaking that milestone with the penultimate episode on March 5.Episode 3 – 6.4 million *Early premiere, includes data from Friday to SundayEpisode 9 – 8.2 million
The series, which is based on the PlayStation game, takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal journey as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
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