13.5 million just because.

 

12.26

 

The numbers keep decreasing.

Well, I try 11.30 this time.

 

Soooooooooooooooooooooooo all I have to do is fly the helicopter?

Cool!!

 

12.02 million plus the 1000+ times I will re-watch all the Jesus bits between 10 p.m central and 3 a.m. central

 

11.0

The previous episode was long and meandering with no momentum to this episode. I see this as another step back.

 

Ratings right now are sitting around where they were in Season 3B, so I think the decline will level off and I'll go with this one being a 11.6.

 

Sounds like I am gonna have a HELLUVA time. lol

12.47

 

11.2. Ratings aren't as good as they used to be. For the first time ever, I'm finding it hard to talk about the previous episodes with friends that are fans because they haven't been watching. I imagined that's why they didn't promote the next episode and instead did "scenes from the coming weeks" out of fear no one would watch the Tara episode.

 

***********Live +3 Numbers for Episode 4/Service***********​

The Walking Dead Episode 4 ratings update:

Episode 4 numbers increased once again when factoring in the +3 data. In the key demo of 18-49 yo viewers the numbers increased by 2.3 points bringing the adjusted total to a7.7 rating

Episode 4 viewer numbers also increased by 4.32 million viewers when factoring in the +3 data. This brings the total viewership to 15.72 million

 

http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articl...able-originals-network-finals-11-20-2016.html

I win? 11.0 as I guessed.

I think we're still going to see one more drop with a Tara-centric (lol why???!) next. The problem with these bottle episodes is they make for poor momentum into next weeks episode and when they focus on an uninteresting background character like Tara. Seriously, it's been like a full season since she's even made an appearance!

 

It's more difficult to predict this year since ratings are trending down. I thought after the 90 minute Alexandria/Negan episode that it'd at least stabilize a bit.

My own feeling is that while they built up a nice premiere with the contrived cliffhanger, a lot of people were turned off in the end for two reasons. The first is that the show was uneven last year and frustrating following the Glenn dumpster dive. So while the audience didn't decline too much some people were placed on the edge with their interest in the show. Then they got hit with that dark double death episode and bailed. Would have been wise to give the general audience several months to recover from all of that.

 

Hmmm while the show is safe for another season I am not so sure that Mr. Gimple is safe for another season.

Time will tell...will be interesting to see how it all plays out before they are heading into the writers room for season 8.

I do wish that they would bring back some of the directors from earlier seasons (i.e. Michelle McLaren; Ernest Dickerson)

 

I am not a fan at all of the Gimp man. He plays it too safe, plays it too close to the comics. I enjoy the show, but I really think there is so much untapped potential. I think there is a severe lack of intimacy between the characters. It seems like a lot of characters have never even held a casual conversation with each other. They can say how much they care about each other, but I just don't feel it sometimes.

You are definitely right about getting some back some better directors. Despite the setting, the look of the show is very meh. I have a SEVERE pete peeve of Nicotero directing every important episode. He is an AWFUL director. He is just the makeup guy really and has never directed anything outside of TWD. His camerawork is heavy-handed and amateurish. He doesn't know how to convey subtle emotion or tell a story without smashing you over the head with it... literally.