The Final of Us – Finale Attracts Collection Excessive Of 8.2 Million Viewers, Rising Constantly All through Season

The season 1 finale of THE LAST OF US set one other scores excessive on Sunday night time, delivering 8.2 million viewers throughout HBO Max and linear telecasts, based mostly on Nielsen and first social gathering knowledge. The sequence is now averaging 30.4 million viewers throughout its first six episodes, with the primary episode approaching 40 million viewers within the U.S. Exterior of the U.S., THE LAST OF US is now the most-watched present within the historical past of HBO Max in each Europe and Latin America.

THE LAST OF US was successful amongst followers and critics proper out of the gate. Debuting to 4.7 million viewers in January, it has proven constant development all through its first season regardless of enhanced competitors from dwell sports activities telecasts and awards broadcasts. Sunday night time’s finale viewers marked a 75% enhance in debut night time viewing in comparison with the sequence premiere.

THE LAST OF US Weekly Premiere Viewership:

Episode 1 – 4.7 million (Jan. 15)

Episode 2 – 5.7 million (Jan. 22)

Episode 3 – 6.4 million (Jan. 29)

Episode 4 – 7.5 million (Feb. 5)

Episode 5 – 11.6 million (Feb. 10-Feb. 12)*

*Early premiere, contains knowledge from Friday to Sunday

Episode 6 – 7.8 million (Feb. 19)

Episode 7 – 7.7 million (Feb. 26)

Episode 8 – 8.1 million (March 5)

Episode 9 – 8.2 million (March 12)

The season finale of THE LAST OF US, titled “Search for the Gentle,” has been celebrated as “satisfying and stunning” (IGN) and “attractive, evocative” (TVLine). The episode was “executed with a complete lot of coronary heart” (CNN) and set viewers up for “an exciting second season.” (IndieWire). Rolling Stone praised the inaugural season as an “totally unbelievable debut season of tv,” whereas The Ringer proclaimed that is “a must-see sequence.”

Tune-in to HBO tomorrow, March 14 at 9pm ET/PT for one more probability to look at an all-access featurette detailing the daunting behind-the-scenes efforts that went into the manufacturing of the hit sequence THE LAST OF US. The featurette can be accessible as an “Further” hooked up to episode 9 on HBO Max.

Followers can tune in to The Final of Us Podcast, the sequence’ official companion podcast the place host Troy Baker, who performs Joel within the online game, sits down with sequence creators Craig Mazin (Emmy®-winning creator of HBO’s “Chernobyl”) and Neil Druckmann, the creator of the acclaimed online game, for a scene-by-scene deep dive of every episode. Since its premiere, the sequence’ companion podcast stays within the prime 5 on Apple and Spotify’s TV & Movie charts within the U.S. It reclaimed the #1 spot on Apple’s TV & Movie chart following the season finale. Esquire has named it one in every of “The Greatest Podcasts of 2023 (So Far)” and referred to as it “…the right ally to your streaming journey.”

A highlight web page for THE LAST OF US is dwell on HBO Max, that includes behind-the-scenes content material and entry to the companion podcast, in addition to an interactive flashlight to assist followers discover their subsequent sequence to look at. The highlight web page additionally showcases a curated choice of films and sequence from 2003, the yr the life-altering outbreak occurred within the new HBO sequence.