{"id":134269,"date":"2025-05-26T21:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T21:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134269\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T21:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T21:46:08","slug":"the-last-of-us-season-2-finale-viewership-down-55-from-season-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134269\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 Finale Viewership Down 55% From Season 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

HBO\u2019s \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d<\/a> Season 2 finale aired to half the audience that tuned into the Season 1 finale of the video game adaptation, as Sunday\u2019s season closer saw 3.7 million cross-platform viewers. That\u2019s down 55% from the Season 1 finale, which scored 8.2 million cross-platform viewers, then an impressive feat given that it aired opposite the Oscars.<\/p>\n

Season 2 premiered to 5.3 million cross-platform viewers.<\/p>\n

HBO cautions that \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d Season 2 finale viewership is expected to grow due to low tune-ins on the holiday weekend, and stressed that the franchise overall has seen 90 million viewers since Season 1 ended. Season 2 is tallying nearly 37 million global viewers per episode.<\/p>\n

The show has already been renewed for Season 3.<\/p>\n

Season 2 shocked many viewers (but not gamers) by killing off Pedro Pascal\u2019s protagonist Joel in its second episode, switching lead characters to Bella Ramsey\u2019s Ellie for the rest of the season. This storyline mirrored what happened in the games, a move that drilled down the themes of grief-driven revenge but still proved challenging for some who were attached to Joel.<\/p>\n

The show is once again due for a switch-up in Season 3, with Kaitlyn Dever\u2019s Abby due to become a major central force.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is another side to this story that we have yet to really delve into. And there\u2019s no question that Abby is the hero of her story. Where we go next, all I can say is it will always be centering on somebody, whether it\u2019s Ellie and Dina or whether it\u2019s Abby,\u201d co-creator Craig Mazin said during a press conference<\/a> tied to the Season 2 finale. \u201cBut really, if you want to boil it down, everything is under the cloud or sunlight of Joel \u2014 what Joel did to Abby and what Joel did for Ellie \u2014 and that will never change.\u201d<\/p>\n

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