AMC RESURRECTS “ The Walking Dead”

FOR A SECOND SEASON

Biggest Series in Cable History

Among Adults 18-49

Network Greenlights 13-Episode Season of Hit Original Series

Biggest Global Original Series Debut on  Fox International Channels.
 
 
 

Ratings Highlights for The Walking Dead – Episode 2, which premiered  on AMC Sunday, 11/7:

• 10pm airing – 3.1 HH rating with over 4.7 million viewers;
• Adults 18-49 – 3.3 million viewers;
• Adults 25-54 – 2.8 million viewers;
• Men 18-49 – 2.1 million viewers.

Ratings Highlights for the The Walking Dead – Episode 1, which premiered on AMC Sunday, 10/31:

• 10pm airing – 3.7 HH rating with over 5.3 million total viewers;
• Adults 18-49 – 3.6 million viewers;
• Adults 25-54 – 3.1 million viewers;
• Men 18-49 - 2.0 million viewers.

That is awesome news.

A bit of surprising news for the third ep- In a complete reversal of normal tv watching trends the 3rd episode of the walking dead was up 400,000 viewers to 5.1 million almost tying its premiere of 5.3 million.
 
Here is the breakdown for last nights show:
 Total audience 5.1 million
18-49 adults 3.3million
 
Obviously the good word continues to spread for The Walking Dead!

" AWESOME! Cause 6 episodes is not enough.....I was very upset the first season wasn't 12 or 13. Glad the second season will be 13. Any idea as to when they begin shooting? "

" @JoeRiccadonna said:

" AWESOME! Cause 6 episodes is not enough.....I was very upset the first season wasn't 12 or 13. Glad the second season will be 13. Any idea as to when they begin shooting? "

I have a good feeling they'll start shooting in the next couple of weeks, or at the start of winter. "

Quick update from this past Sunday's show Ep 5.
 
 

Sunday night’s episode of The Walking Dead scored a 2.8 adults 18-49 rating and averaged 5.6 million viewers, both season highs, and that during a holiday weekend. Beware the zombies indeed.

Here are the numbers so far for the first season of The Walking Dead:

" @inferiorego said:

" @JoeRiccadonna said:

" AWESOME! Cause 6 episodes is not enough.....I was very upset the first season wasn't 12 or 13. Glad the second season will be 13. Any idea as to when they begin shooting? "

I have a good feeling they'll start shooting in the next couple of weeks, or at the start of winter. "

Inferiororego has it right. Word on the street is that shooting will start in the next 6 weeks (as soon as the scripts are complete). AMC doesn't want to lose viewers while this show is red hot so they are anxious to get the ball rolling asap!  "

It turns out the writing staff for AMC’s hit The Walking Deadwere themselves among the Walking Dead when it comes to future employment.

Deadline TV’s Nellie Andreeva reports that The Walking Deadwriter, executive producer and director Frank Darabont has let go of the writing staff ahead of the second season for which it has already been renewed.

What’s more, I hear Darabont is looking to forgo having a writing staff for the second season of Walking Dead altogether and assign scripts to freelancers.

Perhaps it’s not so surprising. Darabont wrote two of the six episodes and co-wrote or rewrote the other four, according to Ms. Andreeva.  On top of that, two of those four episodes were not written by staff writers to begin with.
 
Just passing along the info.....

" @inferiorego said:

" @JoeRiccadonna said:

" AWESOME! Cause 6 episodes is not enough.....I was very upset the first season wasn't 12 or 13. Glad the second season will be 13. Any idea as to when they begin shooting? "

I have a good feeling they'll start shooting in the next couple of weeks, or at the start of winter. "

Inferiororego has it right. Word on the street is that shooting will start in the next 6 weeks (as soon as the scripts are complete). AMC doesn't want to lose viewers while this show is red hot so they are anxious to get the ball rolling asap!  "

The Finale info!

Key Ratings Highlights for the finale of The Walking Dead:

• 10pm airing – 4.1 HH rating with more than 6 million total viewers;
• 10 pm, 11:00 pm and 1am airings – Gross audience to a 5.7 HH rating with 8.1 million total viewers;
• Adults 18-49 – 4 million viewers;
• Adults 25-54 – 3.5 million viewers.