AMC's The Walking Dead Is a Massive Zombie Hit
The first major live-action television series to feature the zombie apocalypse will likely be sticking around for a while.
AMC's The Walking Dead, a television show based off of the comic book [http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Dead-Compendium-One/dp/1607060760/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288809934&sr=1-1] of the same name, debuted this past Sunday on Halloween night. The network's effort to create a large-scale television show focused on zombies has paid off, as AMC announced that The Walking Dead debuted with the highest ratings the network has ever seen.
The 90-minute episode was watched by 5.3 million viewers, the largest audience for any original series on the network, whose ranks include the popular Breaking Bad [http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Men-Season-Jon-Hamm/dp/B000YABIQ6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288811784&sr=8-1]. It was also the highest rated cable series premiere of 2010.
In case you missed it, Walking Dead feels more like a movie than a television show, which makes sense considering it's being handled by Frank Darabont of Green Mile [http://www.amazon.com/Shawshank-Redemption-Blu-ray-Book/dp/B000Q67876/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1288811623&sr=8-2] fame. The goal of the Robert Kirkman-written graphic novel was to tell a zombie story that didn't end after two hours, and the show reflects this basic idea. It follows Rick Grimes as he wakes up to a world where the dead are everywhere, and some of them are still on their feet. It started off a little slow for me, but it picks up later, and gives what I feel is a more personalized view at how people might handle the existence of zombies.
Walking Dead's first season will conclude after 5 more episodes. AMC was rumored to have picked up the show for a second season before it debuted, with future 13-episode seasons planned, but this hasn't yet been confirmed. After the massive premiere, I think AMC has the intelligence of a zombie if it doesn't give us more Walking Dead.
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The first major live-action television series to feature the zombie apocalypse will likely be sticking around for a while.
AMC's The Walking Dead, a television show based off of the comic book [http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Dead-Compendium-One/dp/1607060760/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288809934&sr=1-1] of the same name, debuted this past Sunday on Halloween night. The network's effort to create a large-scale television show focused on zombies has paid off, as AMC announced that The Walking Dead debuted with the highest ratings the network has ever seen.
The 90-minute episode was watched by 5.3 million viewers, the largest audience for any original series on the network, whose ranks include the popular Breaking Bad [http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Men-Season-Jon-Hamm/dp/B000YABIQ6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288811784&sr=8-1]. It was also the highest rated cable series premiere of 2010.
In case you missed it, Walking Dead feels more like a movie than a television show, which makes sense considering it's being handled by Frank Darabont of Green Mile [http://www.amazon.com/Shawshank-Redemption-Blu-ray-Book/dp/B000Q67876/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1288811623&sr=8-2] fame. The goal of the Robert Kirkman-written graphic novel was to tell a zombie story that didn't end after two hours, and the show reflects this basic idea. It follows Rick Grimes as he wakes up to a world where the dead are everywhere, and some of them are still on their feet. It started off a little slow for me, but it picks up later, and gives what I feel is a more personalized view at how people might handle the existence of zombies.
Walking Dead's first season will conclude after 5 more episodes. AMC was rumored to have picked up the show for a second season before it debuted, with future 13-episode seasons planned, but this hasn't yet been confirmed. After the massive premiere, I think AMC has the intelligence of a zombie if it doesn't give us more Walking Dead.
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