Despite some hefty Sunday-night competition, The Last of Us continues to climb to new heights in viewership with each passing week. 7.5 million viewers tuned in to the series this weekend across HBO and HBO Max, HBO announced in a press release.
The Last of Us Episode 4 has Joel and Ellie fighting against bandits and more, but the show itself had to fight against the 65th annual Grammy Awards this week, after fighting against the AFC Championship last weekend. Despite that, episode 4’s 7.5 million number is a 17% increase versus episode 3, which pulled in 6.4 million.
Even HBO knows when it’s beaten, though, so with the Super Bowl happening this Sunday, the network is making The Last of Us Episode 5 available on HBO Max on Friday, February 10, at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET. You don’t mess with the Super Bowl.
