The Last of Us is gaining traction. In its second week, the series jumped 22% from its debut viewership, drawing 5.7M viewers on Sunday night.
That’s about a million more than the audience that tuned in for the premiere episode last week, and it marks the largest week 2 audience growth for an HBO Original drama series in the history of the network.
Since it debuted, the first episode has now tallied nearly four times its premiere night audience, currently tracking around 18M viewers.
The video game adaptation had already set a record during its premiere night. The audience of 4.7M marked HBO’s largest debut after House of the Dragon since Boardwalk Empire launched in 2010.
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