The Last of Us HBO TV Series Episode 8 Sets Series Record With 8.1 Million Viewers - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 March 2023 / 3,143 Views
The Last of Us HBO TV series continues to be a hit for HBO and Naughty Dog with the latest episode setting a series record with 8.1 million viewers on premiere night. This is up 74 percent from the series debut night in January.
The TV series has also been the top title on HBO Max for eight straight weeks with all episodes ranking in the week's top 10 individual assets. The average audience for the first five episodes is now nearing a total 30 million viewers across all platforms.
The finale of The Last of Us HBO TV series will premiere this Sunday, March 12 at 9:00 pm ET/PT on HBO and HBO Max.
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Just started this series but I already can tell it's well deserved
Damn at the 30mil average episode viewership number. GoT is HBO’s most popular show of all time, but TLoU is about to surpass the viewership numbers for Game of Thrones’ penultimate season and has a chance at surpassing its final season numbers. And the GoT numbers are measured after 90 days! The numbers:
Season 1 - 9.3 million, Season 2 - 11.6 million, Season 3 - 14.4 million, Season 4 - 19.1 million, Season 5 - 20.2 million, Season 6 - 25.7 million, Season 7-32.8 million, and Season 8 - 46 million.
Source: https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/euphoria-season-2-finale-ratings-1235192015/
Crazy that GoT have much higher viewership at the end when it was worse imho.
90 days after release. After much more time earlier seasons obviously had way higher viewership. Probably way over 100mil.
Gotta hand it to Sony. They turned TLOU into a media franchise.
Can't believe this show is still increasing it's ratings this late. Next episode will most likely break records as well.
I'm sure the finale will be even bigger. Can't wait, but gonna be sad to see it go all over again.
It doesn't stop increasing, although there is barely action and it is even more focused in relationship than the game.
I doubt it's more focussed than the game. I've played the series, and I love that the tv show is being its own things while also being faithful to the series. But in terms of raw emotion and story, the game is as strong as the series if not stronger
Not saying the story of the series is stronger or not, I'm saying that there is a lot less action involved in the series than the game.
Too bad they have to keep a fast pace, just hurrying through things because they only got nine episodes. At least as a fan of the games it feels a bit like hurrying. Maybe they will get more episodes for season two, now that they have a hit in their hands.
By far the BEST episode of the series so far!!! Can't wait to see how the season finale will turn out!
This episode was great, very similar to the game.
