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While Beyoncé was making Grammy historical past, Harry Styles was reaching the top of his profession, Kim Petras was breaking glass ceilings, and Bonnie Raitt was sweeping the ground together with her fellow nominees, HBO’s The Last of Us was minding its personal enterprise as record-number viewers tuned in for the present’s fourth episode of the season.
Increasing its viewership by 17 p.c, Sunday’s episode – titled “Please Hold My Hand,” – introduced in a complete of seven.5 million viewers from final week’s 6.4 million, in response to Variety.
The present’s first episode scored 4.7 million viewers, making it HBO’s second-biggest premiere in over a decade proper behind House of the Dragon and Game of Thrones. Its second episode noticed a 22 p.c improve, adopted by a 12 p.c improve for its third, per Forbes. Such regular development is basically unprecedented in TV, which makes it clear why the community greenlit it for a second season so quickly.
The post-apocalyptic drama could have been assured in its capability to go up towards the Grammys, nevertheless it doesn’t intend to push its luck with the Super Bowl. The present’s fifth episode will premiere two days early on Friday, Feb. 10, at 9 a.m. ET on HBO Max to compete with the hundreds of thousands of soccer fanatics hellbent on seeing whether or not the Chiefs or the Eagles take dwelling the NFL trophy. However, those that wish to skip the Super Bowl solely can nonetheless catch The Last of Us’ fifth episode throughout its regular linear telecast on the HBO cable community.
The season finale of The Last of Us will as soon as once more bump right into a site visitors jam when it has to compete with the 2023 Oscars on March 12. However, now that its bested popular culture’s largest occasion of the yr, its possibilities of competing with Hollywood’s largest night time of the yr are brighter than ever.
