The Last of Us is the second best HBO opening in recent years.
Joel and Sarah star in the first part of the beginning of The Last of Us
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After a few long months of waiting and a few weeks filled with anticipation, HBO premiered The Last of Us as its first original series of the year last morning on January 16. Now, the company has revealed that the adaptation of the PlayStation video game has registered the second biggest cable channel premiere in the last 13 yearsbeing surpassed only by House of the Dragon, the new Game of Thrones series.
In the United States, The Last of Us could be seen on the private channel HBO and on the streaming platform HBO Max, accumulating a total of 4.7 million viewers in its premiere. The data represents the second best debut of an HBO program since the arrival Boardwalk Empire in 2010, which means a higher record than Game of Throneswhich was seen at its premiere by a total of 4.2 million viewers at its premiere back in 2011.
The first numbers of The Last of Us also suppose nearly twice as many viewers as Euphoria season 2 premiere, one of HBO’s biggest hits in recent years. Additionally, HBO notes that “Sunday night viewership for an HBO series typically accounts for 20% to 40% of the show’s total gross viewership per episode,” so the number of viewers is expected to grow over the next few weeks.
The Last of Us touches the renewal for a season 2
With a renewal planned for season 2 to begin to cover what was seen in The Last of Us: Part IICasey Bloys, President and Chief Content Officer, HBO and HBO Max, reveals: “We are thrilled to see fans of the series and the game experience this iconic story in a new way, and we extend our gratitude to them for helping to make it a success”, Likewise, he congratulates “Craig, Neil and the brilliant cast and crew who worked tirelessly to bring this show to life. We hope everyone enjoys the rest of the season.”
“Our goal was simply to make the best possible adaptation of this beloved story for the widest possible audience”, reveal for their part the executive producers Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. “We are delighted to see how many fans, both old and new, have welcomed ‘The Last of Us’ into their homes and hearts.”
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For now, we know that The first season will have a total of nine episodes., premiering each of them per week. Although the duration of each chapter varies, it seems that they will all be long enough to cover the contents of the first video game, going even deeper into the characters, something that we have already seen in the chapter titled When you lose yourself in the dark.
With the intention of continuing to adapt the games, it is unknown if the series could condense what happened in The Last of Us: Part II into a single season, although its director has already announced that there are more stories to tell, which suggests that a The third installment on consoles would serve the series in a few years. However, the important thing is to focus now on the successful premiere of the series in its first season.
The future of Naughty Dog
Developer Naughty Dog currently working on two projects for PlayStation. The first is the promising multiplayer game The Last of Us, which aims to be the most ambitious proposal in the studio’s history, which recently published a new image that anticipates the arrival of new characters in unknown locations.
However, it is unknown if the second project is The Last of Us: Part III or a new license more than rumored and even anticipated by the developer. Of course, the saga starring Joel and Ellie is a success after exceeding 37 million copies sold until December 2022, a number that will increase with the arrival of the series and the release of the first part for PC.
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