'Walking Dead' opens huge
Last night's season opener draws 7.3 million viewers
‘Walking Dead’ opens huge
David Hiltbrand, Inquirer TV Critic
The zombies came storming back strong last night as Walking Dead opened its second season with 7.3 million viewers last night. AMC termed that “the strongest telecast for any drama in basic cable history."
That’s carefully worded. Sports, reality shows and movies have all pulled in more eyeballs to ad-supported cable, But Walking Dead is off to a very impressive start any way you slice it.
And slice it they did. The 90-minute episode contained perhaps the most gruesome scene to date in what has been a very gory series. Rick and Daryl disembowel a dead zombie to make sure it has not consumed the missing Sophia.
On the plus side, we got to see what Southern Baptist zombies look like in their Sunday go-to-meeting clothes.
In case you missed it, here's a big bite of last night's episode.
Here’s the aspect of last night’s showing that is blowing away everyone in the TV biz. Of those 7.3 million viewers, far more than half (4.8 million, to be precise) fell within the coveted 18-49 age bracketed. That, my friends, is a ratings grand slam.
Dr. Peppers for all my undead friends.
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Nice work on flagging inappropriate comments who ever does that.— hdtv267- I think possibly the best show on TV. Better than even HBO's Boardwalk.— dowens1617
- I suppose my saving grace was that I DVR'd it, because there were TOO MANY FRICKEN COMMERCIALS...every five minutes it cut to commercials. That's was why it was 90 minutes long...they stretched out to get the ad dollars. I guess it doesn't matter, 'cause I'll be back next week anyways.— disulfide
- Worst opening monologue...EVER. Jesus, you should forgive stoptothink....you are Jesus after all.— Jeffritoe
- Show is incredible. Well written and not the "ghoul fest" one would think it would be.— Citizenc92
- The show has been very faithful to the comic book, which is brilliantly written and drawn. Many issues of the book never have a zombie appearance - the drama and tension is provided by the interaction of the 3-dimensional characters (the actual "walking dead" of the title) as they cope withexistential dread and their fight for survival. Incredible TV, although I agree that the commercials tend to become pretty annoying.— theskeptic
- Great show - I'm glad it's back. Not too many good scifi shows on lately. I had hopes for Terra Nova, but it hasn't been all that great.— Ghost of 0bamaRemorse
- Opening monologue was terrible. Totally over-acted. "I met a man... a scientist... he said.... Oh, forget about it...."— stoptothinkisanidiot
