The Walking Dead

The Obliged

It can't end this way for Rick. Can it? We've had months to prepare for it, and the closing moments of The Walking Dead Season 9 Episode 4 set up Rick Grimes' final episode. If anyone had any hope that Andrew Lincoln's tenure would end on a positive note, things certainly aren't looking that way right now. You would think that the swan song for a major character such as Rick would be saved for a mid-season finale, but to have his farewell episode set merely five episodes into the season ... more

Walking Dead Renewed for Season 10

Just six days before The Walking Dead returns with the second half of its ninth season (Sunday, 9/8c), AMC has renewed the hit series for a tenth outing. Thus far across the first half of Season 9, The Walking Dead is averaging 5.2 million total viewers and a 2.0 demo rating, down 33 and 40 percent from its Season 8 average but still leading all AMC shows (and more than doubling spinoff Fear the Walking Dead’s numbers). AMC CEO Josh Sapan hinted back in 2017 that The Walking Dead could remain on the air ... more

'The Walking Dead' Review: Characters Continue To Grate In 'Stradivarius'

This Week On “The Walking Dead” So much of the first half of Season 9 of “The Walking Dead” has been focused on writing out Rick Grimes, leaving precious few episodes left to establish the new time-jump status quo as well as build to a satisfying cliffhanger for the mid-season break. Instead of maximizing that time, “The Walking Dead” has shifted back to auto-pilot, meandering around with very little drive until the November finale. The creative surge the show displayed ... more

Ratings: Walking Dead Ticks (Slightly) Up With Andrew Lincoln's 'Farewell'

Andrew Lincoln’s Walking Dead sorta-sendoff moved the ratings needle for AMC, albeit minimally. Sunday’s episode drew 5.4 million viewers and a 2.1 demo rating — up just 6 percent vs. the previous week (2.0 mil, 2.0 demo). After show Talking Dead, featuring an exclusive interview with Lincoln, enjoyed a more sizable uptick. The Chris Hardwick talker attracted nearly doubled its demo rating week-over-week, nothing a 1.0 vs. last Sunday’s 0.6 (a 66 percen... more