
On one end, you had the blockbusters, such as "Titanic," that felt hollow and cynical to me - as if they were more about special effects and promotional tie-ins than they were about storytelling. As the 1980's gave way to the 1990's, however, I just grew bored with movies in general. It's not that I'm a "film snob," because there are a LOT of BAD movies that I would watch again no matter what. Like the zombie apocalypse, the TWD universe is endless.You might be the only one who's said that to me, lol. There’s also a spinoff show about long-running TWD characters Carol and Daryl in the works, as well as an anthology series called Tales of the Walking Dead. When it’s over, The Walking Dead will be survived by AMC’s spinoff series Fear the Walking Dead (which has aired seven seasons), The Walking Dead: World Beyond and a trio of upcoming AMC movies centered on original Walking Dead lead Rick Grimes. The current season, which premiered in August 2021, has averaged around 2 million weekly-the show has lost more viewers than heroes, villains, and showrunners, which is saying something. Romero has even referred to TWD as “a soap opera with occasional zombies” ( The Big Issue, 2013).Īt its ratings peak in 2014 with season 5, The Walking Dead was watched by over 17 million viewers, a staggering number for a cable TV drama. Famed Night of the Living Dead director George A.

Though there are plenty of zombies on The Walking Dead (which are never referred to as “zombies,” but “walkers”), the show is really about its living characters and their shifting relationships post-society. The TV series premiered in 2010 on AMC and is currently in its 11th and final season, which resumes October 2.

The Walking Dead ( TWD) is a character-based horror series about a zombie apocalypse, based on Robert Kirkman’s Image Comics graphic novel of the same name.
