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The Walking Dead Hits Ratings Low For Midseason Episode
Variety reports that The Walking Dead hit a midseason finale ratings low for the second consecutive year with Sunday’s episode. “Evolution” brought in 5.1 million viewers and a 2.0 average rating in the adults 18-49 demo in Nielsen Live+Same Day data. This was a 41% drop in the demo and 35% in total viewers. You can see the midseason ratings for each season from highest-rated to lowest.
Season 5: 7.6 rating, 14.8 million viewers
Season 6: 7.0 rating, 14 million viewers
Season 4: 6.1 rating, 12.1 million viewers
Season 3: 5.4 rating, 10.5 million
Season 7: 5.1 rating, 10.6 million
Season 2: 3.5 rating, 6.6 million
Season 8: 3.4 rating, 7.9 million
Season 9: 2.0 rating, 5.1 million
Season one did not have a midseason finale as it was only six episodes long. Season 9 has hit series lows multiple times this season. The second episode had a 2.0 rating, then episode three hit 1.9 and last week’s hit 1.8. Last week’s episode also came close to the series low for viewers with 4.8 million. The current low was set during season one and is 4.7 million. The show was up, however, from last week’s episode and was still the highest-rated show on cable.