According to HBOthe jump from initial premiere viewership to debut viewership for Episode 2 is the “highest week 2 viewership growth for an HBO original drama series in network history.”
The network also offered another update regarding viewership for the series premiere, stating that “after a full week of availability, Episode 1 now records 18 million viewersnearly 4 times their opening night audience.”
HBO noted last week that “Sunday night viewership for an HBO series typically accounts for 20% to 40% of the show’s total gross viewership per episode.” Therefore, it can be expected that episode 2 of The Last of Ustitled “Infected”, hit another milestone soon.
Set 20 years after the destruction of modern civilization, The Last of Us is starring Peter Pascal as Joel, a die-hard survivor who is hired to smuggle Ellie out (Bella Ramsey), 14, from an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts out as a small job soon turns into a brutal and harrowing journey as both must traverse the US and depend on each other for survival.
The Last of Us is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television. craig mazin Y Neil Druckman write the series and serve as executive producers along with Carolyn Strauss, Evan Wells, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan and Rose Lam.
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