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The Walking Dead BEATS Sunday Night Football in ratings
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By contrast, NBC’s Sunday Night Football was broadcast television’s top rated program for the 2013/2014 TV season.
Last week, a blowout game on SNF helped put Walking Dead in the top spot demo-wise on both broadcast and cable.
Week-to-week, Walking Dead was down 12% in total viewers from October 12, which was what the series did in Week 2 of its fourth season last October 20. Written by Kirkman, last night’s “Strangers’ episode got a 7.7 rating in the key demo. That’s an 11% drop from last week’s premiere but still better than SNF’s 7.0 fast nationals rating and everything else on both broadcast and cable last night. If it holds, that’s two in a row for Walking Dead, though the SNF demo result could change when final numbers come in. Last week, SNF went from a 6.6 to its eventual 7.0.
How is The Walking Dead besting football? For one thing, no one throws a flag to gum-up the works every time the zombie action starts to get good. The Walking Dead is also a cultural juggernaut and showrunner Scott Gimple has steered it toward what is, quite possibly, its finest season debut in terms of quality and buzzy iconic moments. This victory feels earned, I just wonder if it will continue for as long as these programs have to co-exist on the schedule.
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This show keeps surprising every week with its record breaking ratings and deserves a thread everytime
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