The Walking Dead is excellent. If you like zombie movies, you're definitely in for a treat. The series premiere was 90 minutes and felt every bit like a movie. I can't imagine how long they could actually stretch this series out for more than 2-3 seasons (similar to Jericho) but I imagine I'll enjoy it for as long as they run it. AMC does great TV.
Watching the repeat of it right now, and definitely liking it. This is definitely going to become part of my group of shows to watch each week.
My only problem with it is that it's an old story line. It's the same as 28 Days Later. Guy wakes up in the hospital, zombies or some type of deformed beings all around.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
I was actually a little surprised about how graphic it was though, nice to see they didn't cheese it up.
Just read that The Walking Dead garnered a 3.3 rating last night. To compare, Mad Men usually gets 0.9.
Just finished The Walking Dead....wow the end was intense.
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Too bad the contest to become a zombie on the show ends in the morning :D
An hour to go until the new episode of The Walking Dead. Can't wait. The premiere was so damn good last week that I've watched practically every repeat AMC had on during the week, and I'm really looking forward to tonight's episode.
Yeah, that was a hell of an ending. Definitely gives me a ton of hope for the entire series. And from the sounds of it, the contest to become a zombie in Season 2 (if AMC does renew it for a second season) is a weekly thing. They're going to have a new code every week during each new episode, so you still have how ever many more chances to enter.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
It's already been confirmed for a second season. Unfortunately this season is only 6 episodes.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
Nice. That's good to hear. Yeah, I noticed that contest for a chance to be a zombie in the second season ends in December, so unfortunately a short first season. But, they probably didn't want to spend the money making it a dozen episode long season on the chance that it might have crashed and burned. But that certainly isn't happening anytime soon.Quote:
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And you definitely can't complain about this show not being graphic enough. :D The horse's guts getting ripped out, the group of survivors sitting there going to town on a dead zed with an axe, they sure aren't going light.
Just watched the pilot of Walking Dead. That was really good....now I have to find a way to get Ep. 2 and the rest of the season - I don't get AMC and they only plan on showing the premiere episode online.
I'm also enjoying the show thus far.
I think there is a pretty good hope for three seasons at the very least from what has been said. 3.3 million people is quite a big deal for a series debut on cable.Quote:
Originally Posted by gschwendt
That's crazy that you don't get AMC, that's even on non-digital cable here. The second episode was very awesome too, love the introduction of the city characters.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
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Actually, just found out we get AMC. It is buried in the middle of a bunch of shop-at-home channels. Never surf in that range and only found it when I looked for the channel # online.
Well, you're in luck for catching last night's episode. It's on AMC three more times this week:Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
Friday - 10pm EST
Saturday - 1am EST
Sunday - 2:30am EST
I'll need to catch that Friday night episode. The new ones always come on while I'm at work.
I still need to watch last week's The Walking Dead. Maybe tomorrow.
Anyone who didn't have a chance to watch last week's episode of The Walking Dead, right now at 9pm EST is your last chance before tonight's new episode in an hour.
Damn, the end of the new Walking Dead caught me completely by surprise tonight. That was a really good episode tonight. God I hate having to wait an entire week for the next episode.
That's why I save them all up and watch them all at once (or over a couple of days). Saves me from having to wait an entire week for cliffhangers and such.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
I don't remember what the name of that episode was when I fired it up on the DVR, but it should have been called:Quote:
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Shows like The Walking Dead and LOST are definitely series that are infinitely more enjoyable sitting down and watching for hours on end when they come out on DVD or even on DVR in 2-3 episode bursts to make them like a movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
I need to catch up on episodes 3 and 4 of The Walking Dead lol
Plus Top Gear debuted on History last night....my roommate said it's pretty good. I'm a big fan of Adam Ferrara, so I'll have to check it out.
Just watched episodes 3 & 4 of The Walking Dead....the end of 4 was just WOW.
wow what a cool new show...I read about the show on here and tried finding the episodes on Hulu. The link was dead though so I had to download the episodes through the PS store.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
From Pasta...
http://entertainment.pastapadre.com/...s-ratings-high
Great news that the 5th episode topped the Halloween ratings. I think we're going to see this show for a few years at least.
I hope it's trajectory is more like LOST and less like Heroes.
Meh, I hope it's neither and just does what they think will keep it good and end it where it should be ended. Lost was GREAT until it kept going and coming up with totally stupid bullshit to keep it going. Lost is the perfect example of a television series that shouldn't have went past season 3.Quote:
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It's even happening to one of my favorite shows ever, How I Met Your Mother. At first, they had a VERY clear plan of how long the show was going to last, but then they've kept it going for at least an extra season too long (but it's still great and incredibly fuckin' hilarious).
Yeah The Walking Dead could very well be a show that shouldn't go past season three.....but it's hard to tell right now. I can almost guarantee season three is inked after the first five week's performances.
Fairly sure he meant ratings trajectory ...Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
Best show planning ever was Babylon 5, imo. JMS went in with a 5 year plan, and it went 5 years.
I mainly meant in terms of staying constant in numbers & fan loyalty. When Heroes first came out, it was on fire - NBC planned a spin-off along with multiple seasons and people raved. Come a season or two later, the spin-off was axed as the plot of Heroes started to get silly and the show was quickly axed during the midst of the fourth season. I watched the start of S4 but never finished.Quote:
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The middle of LOST did lose some viewers as they were frustrated with pace (the writers admitted they were frustrated with ABC not helping them get signed off on an end date at that point as well), but I think the everything beyond that point satisfied most fans if they stuck with it.
Season finale of The Walking Dead tonight! Can't wait.
Yep... and for anyone who has missed an episode, they're doing a marathon beginning with Episode 1 at 4:30et/3:30ct.Quote:
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Found out Dish Network changed AMC to a new tier....won't be able to watch season finale tonight. :mad: How tacky.
EDIT - Seems it was a 'free preview' (for three+ weeks?) until Nov. 30. I'll find another way to watch it...I'm not paying for a higher tier.
Apparently Google knows you and I are friends, Chris. I'm not sure how I feel about this :DQuote:
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cdj80: @dishnetwork Where did AMC go? Coincidence that it changes tiers the week of @WalkingDead_AMC season finale? Not happy about this...
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Chris -
Google knows all and sees all! Scary.
Here's something interesting. Apparently when Walking Dead premiered, Dish Network was pumping out press releases specifically announcing that it was on "AMC with Dish Network". As if you couldn't get it anywhere else. http://www.tv.com/the-walking-dead-p...ws/182912.html
I'm now leaning towards your suggestions of "convenient timing" conspiracy.
Nice find. Dish has done this in the past with other channels. They've bumped CBS College Sports up and down tiers during the football season before. I think they moved or dropped ESPNU HD as well, not sure though on that one.
The ratings for "The Walking Dead's" just-ended first season have been such that perhaps AMC is wishing that it had lasted more than just six weeks.
The anticipation for the season finale garnered six million viewers, according to the network, and it received the highest ratings of any basic cable show, ever, in the all-important 18-49 demographic.
To put those numbers into perspective, October's season finale of "Mad Men" had an audience of 2.44 million, according to TVbytheNumbers.com.
(On the other hand, that 18-49 number is very important, because the New York Post reported in 2007 that a post-"High School Musical 2" episode of "Hannah Montana," with much of its audience under 18, averaged 10.7 million viewers.)
As hot as "The Walking Dead" is, it's not quite to the level of some episodes of "The Sopranos" final season, which on two occasions had around 13 million viewers.
Still, the network says that "The Walking Dead's" average 18-49 viewership of 3.5 million for this season makes it the most watched drama series in basic cable history in the demographic.
The big question is, now that the show has grown beyond its core fanbase, will the "Dead-heads" tune in once again next Halloween (the likely start date for season two), despite the long wait? What do you think? Share your comments below.
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12...ecords/?hpt=T2
However, I heard the season two debut was bumped up to this summer...not 100% confirmed though.
Interesting take from the end of the finale.....from EW.com's TV Recap
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If anyone wants to watch it all again, or see that episode that they missed when it first aired, AMC is doing a Walking Dead marathon tonight and tomorrow night starting at 8pm. Episodes 1, 2 and 3 on tonight; 4, 5 and 6 on tomorrow starting at 8.