'Walking Dead' Ratings Hit Series Low
by EG
Once the most-watched scripted show on TV, The Walking Dead has now become just another series in terms of ratings. It now lags behind network fare such as The Conners, The Big Bang Theory and This Is Us among viewers ages 18-49, and the ratings trajectory for TWD is precipitously downward-facing. Read on for details.
Via Deadline.
Three episodes into Season 9 of The Walking Dead, things are in a high wire state of flux and we’re not just talking about how Andrew Lincoln will be leaving the AMC series based on Robert Kirkman’s zombie apocalypse comics on November 4.
On Sunday’s “Warning Signs” third episode, we learned that Lincoln’s Rick Grimes wants to have a baby with Danai Gurira‘s Michonne and that the fragile peace that the former Sheriff’s deputy has built among former enemies is starting to fray, to put it mildly. On the other hand, Norman Reedus’ Daryl Dixon and Lauren Cohan’s Maggie Rhee have decidedly taken a much more ruthless ruling hand than Lincoln’s bridge-building Grimes and the body count is rising, with Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Negan looking to be next.
Yet for all the plot strengths and more in the Corey Reed-penned episode on the Angela Kang-run TWD, the ratings continue to find new series lows.
While overall viewership was up 2% to 5 million on October 21, the live + same day results among adults 18-49 were a declining 1.94. Against a season low Sunday Night Football, that stumble took the once far and away highest-rated show on TV among the key demo down 3% from the previous series low of October 14’s “The Bridge” episode. The 18-49 result also saw a fall of 50% from what the Greg Nicotero- directed third episode of Season 8 snagged back on November 5, 2017.
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