The episode with Bille and Frank also makes Linda Ronstadt’s song Long, Long Time go viral.
The acclaimed third installment of The Last of Us further grew the viewership of HBO’s post-apocalyptic series based on Naughty Dog’s video game of the same name for the PlayStation consoles, marking another first in cable network history.
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The episode Long, Long Time (in Italy available in streaming with the previous ones on NOW), in which the veteran of Parks and Recreation Nick Offerman and former star of The White Lotus Murray Bartlett starring survivors linked by a 20-year romance Bill and Frank, drew 6.4 million viewers Sunday night, 12% more than the second episode and 37% more than the premiere.
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Previous results had already prompted HBO to renew the series of Craig Mazin e Neil Druckman for a second season. The network also reveals that the first two episodes were watched by an average of 21.3 million viewers combined. This thus marks the first time HBO has aired four series to over 15 million viewers, joining House of the Dragon (29 million) and more recent seasons of Euphoria (19.5 million) e The White Lotus (15.5 million).
Long, Long Time by Linda Ronstadt is very popular on Sporify
It’s not all. The episode’s soundtrack includes a hit song by Linda Ronstadt, Long, Long Time from 1970, as well as a cover of the same sung by the characters of Offerman and Bartlett. “Between 11pm and midnight on Sunday, January 29, there was an over 4900% increase in US streams of Long, Long Time by Linda Ronstadt,” the profile revealed Twitter of the Spotify music service.
Something similar happened last year with Kate Bush’s classic Running Up That Hill (Deal with God)which went viral after a key moment in the fourth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things, also allowing the song to be known by the new generations. Which is probably also happening with Long, Long Time.
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