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“The Walking Dead”: How Much Did the Final Episode of Rick Grimes Increase the Show’s Ratings?
This past Sunday night’s episode of “The Walking Dead” was certainly one of the most must-watch in the show’s history, as it promised the final hour of the show’s hero, Rick Grimes. Of course, it was only afterwards that we learned Andrew Lincoln actually will be back in a series of made-for-TV movies, but the alluring promise surely jacked up the ratings, right?
Well, not by all that much, actually.
Via THR, the heavily promoted “What Comes After” delivered a 2.1 rating among adults 18-49 and 5.4 million viewers, up only slightly from the 5.1 million viewers who tuned in to watch the previous week’s episode. “What Comes After” is the second most watched episode of Season 9 so far, with the premiered grabbing 6 million viewers back in October.
For the sake of comparison, even the lowest-rated episode of the show’s previous season, Season 8, had 6.3 million viewers, significantly higher than Rick’s big farewell episode.
“The Walking Dead” is undoubtedly in a slump that it may never recover from, but as we always make sure to note, these are still huge numbers for any TV show to be pulling in. We can only assume that the exit of Rick Grimes, however, will only make the show fall even harder in the ratings in the weeks to come, which should be interesting to see.
Then again, there’s always the chance that a new direction for the tired series could win former fans back, which is something that AMC is no doubt hoping for post-Rick Grimes.
“American Horror Story” lucky season 13 will be an all-star reunion in more ways than one. Ryan Murphy teased an Avengers-level new season that sees returning players take on multiple roles.
The return of Jessica Lange and first images had many speculating that the 13th season of FX’s anthology series would pick up from “Coven.” It turns out that’s only partially accurate.
Murphy revealed to Entertainment Tonight that the new season is a sequel to “all seasons combined.”
Murphy continued, “So Sarah Paulson is playing six or seven roles. Jessica Lange is playing all four of her iconic characters. Evan Peters is playing five characters, and of course Kathy Bates and Emma Roberts and Billie Lourd. It’s like the Avengers! They all come together to defeat the ultimate evil.”
To be fair, that is hinted at in the film’s official synopsis: “An unrivaled 13th installment that will do justice to everyone’s most feared number. Bringing together an all-star cast, many of whom are reprising fan-favorite roles, American Horror Story: 13 continues to build on the anthology’s decades-long legacy that has been streamed more than 700 million hours across the globe and spawned a legion of dedicated fans.”
“American HorrorStory has redefined the genre with various installments featuring a creepy murder house, a coven of witches, a traveling freak show, a haunted hotel and the apocalypse itself. Which iconic horrors will return to haunt the hallowed halls of 13 and what new terrors await? Light your candles, draw your pentagrams and prepare for a supreme surprise.”
The detail that this all-star cast would take on every iteration they’ve played throughout twelve seasons, though, is new.
Angela Bassett, Gabourey Sidibe, Leslie Grossman, John Carroll Lynch, and Mat Fraser also star.
Newcomers this season include Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Berto Colon (“The Night Agent”), and cult filmmaker John Waters.
Related: Everything we know about Season 13 so far.
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