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"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with
power to endanger the public liberty." - - - - John Adams

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

The Walking Dead shocks fans as character death toll rises




The Dead are Dead & Ratings are Up
Simply, the best damn show on TV today.


Damn it all to Zombie Hell . . . stop killing my favorite characters!

The mid-season finale of the Walking Dead saw the corpses piling up . . . and naturally some of them walking around too.

AMC's The Walking Dead delivered one of its most brutal episodes in its four-season run Sunday when the zombie drama killed off not one but two series regulars in its bloody mid-season finale.


After waiting a season and a half for the confrontation between Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and The Governor (David Morrissey), the series based on Robert Kirkman's comics delivered in a major way when the eye-patched baddie drove his tank into the prison community after beheading Hershel (Scott Wilson).

Brutal.  Bloody.  Classic sci-fi / horror film making.

While I think season 4 is a bit weaker than season 3, that is only because season 3 was so insanely good.  But over all the Walking Dead is the best drama on TV bar none.

The Walking Dead is the highest rated show in the history of cable, and the number one show in all of television in the 18-49 demographic.

The show drew 12.1 million viewers and 7.7 million adults in the critical 18-49 age group.

Those numbers are impressive by any standards. Except the show’s own. The Season Four premiere drew a staggering 16.1 million viewers and 10.1 million in the 18-49 demo.

An even more unlikely–and economical–hit for AMC has been The Talking Dead, a TWD themed talk show hosted by Chris Hardwick.  This week it set a record with a 6 million total viewers and 3.8 million in 18-49. Over the first eight episodes, it’s posted a solid average of 4.5 million total viewers with 3.0 million in the coveted 18-49.  That’s represents an increase of 128% and 120% over last year’s numbers.

(Forbes)



Hershel Greene - RIP




1 comment:

Anonymous said...

When that nutty little girl killed the lesbian soldier I was like, "Oh shit."