maloney414 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 (edited) Heres the official numbers for AMC series openers: Walking Dead: 8,100,000 Mad Men - 900,000 Breaking Bad - 1,343,000 Rubicon - 1,700,000 http://ifanboy.com/content/articles/THE_WALKING_DEAD_Breaks_AMC_Ratings_Records Man thats wonderful news . Hopefully those numbers can be maintained but I just don't think this type of show is for everyone. Yeah, it's like a show about a science teacher that gets cancer and decides to deal meth, or a bunch of womanizing a-holes who smoke and drink all day while deciding the best way to sell soap. IT'LL NEVER CATCH ON!!! The rating numbers right now are less than 3% of the domestic population. So the other 97% have Dancing with the Stars or So You Think You Can Perform Oral Surgery that they can watch instead. Even if the numbers fall by 50% and level out it will be an enormous ratings monster for a cable dramatic program. To compare. The Soprano's Series Finale drew 11.9 million viewers. That's a show that had been on the air for 8 years, had 111 Emmy nominations and 21 Emmy wins. Walking Dead's 8 million is a huge start for a show that only a small portion of the country really knew how good it was going into the first episode. +1 Great points! (thumbs u Edited November 2, 2010 by maloney414 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkman Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 (edited) Heres the official numbers for AMC series openers: Walking Dead: 8,100,000 Mad Men - 900,000 Breaking Bad - 1,343,000 Rubicon - 1,700,000 http://ifanboy.com/content/articles/THE_WALKING_DEAD_Breaks_AMC_Ratings_Records Man thats wonderful news . Hopefully those numbers can be maintained but I just don't think this type of show is for everyone. Yeah, it's like a show about a science teacher that gets cancer and decides to deal meth, or a bunch of womanizing a-holes who smoke and drink all day while deciding the best way to sell soap. IT'LL NEVER CATCH ON!!! The rating numbers right now are less than 3% of the domestic population. So the other 97% have Dancing with the Stars or So You Think You Can Perform Oral Surgery that they can watch instead. Even if the numbers fall by 50% and level out it will be an enormous ratings monster for a cable dramatic program. To compare. The Soprano's Series Finale drew 11.9 million viewers. That's a show that had been on the air for 8 years, had 111 Emmy nominations and 21 Emmy wins. Walking Dead's 8 million is a huge start for a show that only a small portion of the country really knew how good it was going into the first episode. horror shows are always harder to catch on. cheating men and drug dealing shows don't scare people like horror shows do. i would have never watch this had it not been a comic book first. i hate horror. and most of us know it's about to get gorier. luckily, it's so well acted and written that it should be able to maintain good numbers, but never assume that a horror show will be as popular as a non horror show. it's typically been that way. Edited November 2, 2010 by Hawkman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monstro Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 My family was wondering why they just didn't have them stay at the police station ... nice warm showers which they seemed to like ... ... much more secure location as well .. If anything get some food & what not supplies & bullets & guns in a jail cell ... have the keys in it ... zombies manage to break in you lock your self in & then just shoot them all till they are dead ... Makes sense eh ?.. Also I rolled my eyes about rick telling the kid to be sure you want to kill or what ever he said lecturing them about the guns ... What is to be sure about ?! They are zombies & already dead my guess is even if Rick said, "hey why don't you guys pack up your stuff and I'll take you to the police station where it safer", Morgan wouldn't have wanted to leave the house cause that's where his wife is still roaming around. same reason he didn't go with Rick to Atlanta, he said he wasn't ready to leave her yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEP Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Still havent seen it yet. Maybe tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan91 Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 I finally got to watch the rest tonight and I really liked it. I thought it was ok that they strayed away from the comic for parts. I just hope they don't stray too far away. Can't wait for the next episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolph-migration Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Is the next one out next Sunday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synch Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Is the next one out next Sunday? http://epguides.com/ book mark this page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itssmeeeeee Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 its just a shame that the season is just signed one for 6 episodes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 We finally watched it tonight! Very cool. Haven't read the books, but it was fun to see my friend Sarah as the dude's wife! She's really good! Looking forward to the next episode. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEP Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Still havent seen it. Maybe tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synch Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 (edited) So whats the tv show going to do when carl starts to grow ?.. The more I think about it the more I think the tv series will change vastly from the comic book... Heck what happens when the tv show catches up to the comic book plot ?!!? They are not just going to sit there for a year waiting for kirkman to pimp out new books Edited November 4, 2010 by synch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelfangirl Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 So whats the tv show going to do when carl starts to grow ?.. The more I think about it the more I think the tv series will change vastly from the comic book... Heck what happens when the tv show catches up to the comic book plot ?!!? They are not just going to sit there for a year waiting for kirkman to pimp out new books You have a good point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comix4fun Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 So whats the tv show going to do when carl starts to grow ?.. The more I think about it the more I think the tv series will change vastly from the comic book... Heck what happens when the tv show catches up to the comic book plot ?!!? They are not just going to sit there for a year waiting for kirkman to pimp out new books You have a good point That would probably take us into a 6th season, perhaps further out. By then the series would have another 6 years worth of issues...72 more issues to mine for material. I don't think there will be a shortage of material. If it makes it anywhere near a 5th - 6th season everyone fan and pro alike should be thrilled with it's success. It would be a minor miracle for that to happen given the state of television dramatic series today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synch Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 True guess we will just have to wait and see what happens ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N/A Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 5 seasons with an ending like 6 Feet Under would be awesome!! I can't think of a series I really enjoyed past season 5. Even Dexter is.......a little mellow right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Nielsen Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 has episode 2 aired yet, it's so quite in here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cimm Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Not until 10:00 PM Eastern time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Nielsen Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 That's like speaking Russian to me...I'm over here in metric country But in 2 hours ? according to a timezone converter i looked at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cimm Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 yeah, 2 hours and 8 minutes as of now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Nielsen Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 (thumbs u Think I'll stay up a little late then to hear what people think of this episode... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
