The Last of Us amasses 4.7M viewers in HBO's second-largest debut after House of the Dragon

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Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann's highly-anticipated dystopian drama The Last of Us managed to amass 4.7M viewers across linear TV and HBO Max on Sunday.The post-apocalyptic series - set 20 years after a global pandemic - marks the cable network's second-largest debut after House of the Dragon's historic 9.986M viewership last August.'Our focus was simply to make the best possible adaptation of this beloved story for as big an audience as we could,' the showrunners said in a statement on Tuesday.

Strong start! Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann's highly-anticipated dystopian drama The Last of Us managed to amass 4.7M viewers across linear TV and HBO Max on Sunday'We are overjoyed to see how many fans, both old and new, have welcomed The Last of Us into their homes and their hearts.'In it, Joel (Pedro Pascal) is tasked with transporting 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey), who's miraculously immune to the Cordyceps infection, out of a Boston quarantine zone all the way to the West Coast where a cure is being created.The parasitic fungal infection - inspired by the real-life ophiocordyceps unilateralis - killed off 60% of the population and has four stages of infection, which increasingly causes humans to resemble zombie-like monsters that use echolocation.

Set 20 years after a global pandemic: The post-apocalyptic series marks the cable network's second-largest debut after House of the Dragon's historic 9.986M viewership last August The showrunners (pictured January 9) said in a statement on Tuesday: 'Our focus was simply to make the best possible adaptation of this beloved story for as big an audience as we could.