The return of The Last of Us brought in a bigger audience than the show’s series premiere two years ago — but not as big as where season one ended.
The season two premiere of the HBO drama delivered 5.3 million viewers across platforms Sunday night — including the show’s on-air premiere and replays and streaming on Max.
That’s a 13 percent improvement on the series premiere in January 2023, which had 4.7 million night one viewers. The season one audience built steadily over the course of its nine episodes, hitting a high of 8.2 million first-night viewers for its finale. The season as a whole drew better than 32 million viewers per episode (HBO measures series ratings for 90 days after a season premiere).
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