Despite the much-publicised departure of one of the show’s original stars, The Walking Dead’s season 8 midseason premiere couldn’t halt the zombie drama’s ratings decline, with ‘Honor’ drawing the lowest midseason premiere numbers in the show’s history.
Variety reports that the episode pulled in a 3.6 rating in the key 18-49 demo, with 8.3 million viewers in total. That’s lower than any other Walking Dead midseason premiere, but it is up slightly from the midseason finale back in December, which had a 3.4 rating and 7.9 million viewers.
Despite the ongoing ratings decline, The Walking Dead still remains the top-rated drama on Sundays, and the number one show on TV among its key demo for the sixth season in a row.
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AMC will be revamping things for season nine, with Angela Kang taking over as showrunner as Scott M. Gimple takes up the new position of chief content officer for The Walking Dead and its companion show Fear the Walking Dead.
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