With the first half of the eighth season of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” over, the news is only bad for the zombie drama as the recent batch of episodes averaged a 3.9 and 8.7 million viewers per episode – a major drop from the 5.7 and 12.1 million viewers per episode average of the previous season’s first half.
The recent eighth season finale averaged a 3.4 rating in adults 18-49 and 7.9 million viewers in Nielsen Live+Same Day ratings – the show’s lowest-rated midseason finale since its second season back in 2011 which drew a 3.5 and 6.6 million viewers.
Despite the drop, the midseason finale was by far the top-rated show of the night and after show “Talking Dead” came in second with a 1.4 rating and 3.4 million viewers.
Source: Variety
