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The debut episode of The Walking Dead: Dead City drew in enough viewers to become the biggest cable drama premiere of the year

We’re about halfway done with 2023, and any cable drama premieres that come along in the second half of the year have a new viewership number to try to beat. The Hollywood Reporter reports that The Walking Dead‘s spin-off, The Walking Dead Dead City, is now the largest cable drama debut in 2023. The show attracted 683,000 viewers on AMC, and viewers of simulcasts The Hollywood Reporter notes that “Dead City also became the top series premiere ever on the AMC+ streaming service, in both viewers and acquisition (i.e., people subscribing to watch a show), surpassing Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches (though as usual with streaming platforms, detailed viewing figures aren’t made public).”

Of course, 1.12 million is far below the number of viewers that used to tune in for The Walking Dead at its peak, but it’s about in line with the viewership of the final season’s episodes, and as The Hollywood Reporter points out, “The days of millions of viewers watching a cable series on-air the night it debuts — at least one not named (or related to) Yellowstone — are largely past, but Dead City does compare favorably to several recent AMC premieres. The series beat the same-day viewer tallies for the first episodes of Interview With the Vampire (622,000 viewers), Mayfair Witches (577,000) and Tales of the Walking Dead (572,000).”

Eli Jorne, who has been a writer and co-executive producer on The Walking Dead for multiple seasons, serves as showrunner on The Walking Dead: Dead City. This show features Maggie, Negan and their journey into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan that has been cut off from the mainland for a long time. The Walking Dead: Dead City picks up “a few years” after the conclusion of

The Walking Dead.Joining Cohan and Morgan in the cast are Mahina Napoleon (NCIS: Hawai’i010010 Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Cohan was the first to reveal that The Walking Dead: Dead City picks up “a few years” after the conclusion of The Walking Dead

.Joining Cohan and Morgan in the cast are Mahina Napoleon (NCIS: Hawai’i), Zeljko Ivanek (Madam Secretary), and Jonathan Higginbotham (Shining Vale). Gaius Charles (Fright Lights

) plays Izaak. He is “confident and ruthless in his pursuit of justice with the force of his desire and his menace.” Izaak is a man who enjoys his job and mixes humor with the terror that he inspires. This is a man who loves his family and is dedicated to creating a safe environment for his wife. He has patience and resilience, and he walks rather than runs from his mistakes.” He has patience and resilience and walks rather than runs from his mistakes.”Cohan, Morgan, and Jorne are executive producing The Walking Dead: Dead City

with Scott M. Gimple, the Chief Content Officer of the Walking Dead Universe.Did you tune in for the debut of The Walking Dead: Dead City

The debut episode of The Walking Dead: Dead City drew in enough viewers to become the biggest cable drama premiere of the year

We’re about halfway done with 2023, and any cable drama premieres that come along in the second half of the year have a new viewership number to try to beat. The Hollywood Reporter reports that The Walking Dead‘s spin-off, The Walking Dead Dead City, is now the largest cable drama debut in 2023. The show attracted 683,000 viewers on AMC, and viewers of simulcasts The Hollywood Reporter notes that “Dead City also became the top series premiere ever on the AMC+ streaming service, in both viewers and acquisition (i.e., people subscribing to watch a show), surpassing Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches (though as usual with streaming platforms, detailed viewing figures aren’t made public).”

Of course, 1.12 million is far below the number of viewers that used to tune in for The Walking Dead at its peak, but it’s about in line with the viewership of the final season’s episodes, and as The Hollywood Reporter points out, “The days of millions of viewers watching a cable series on-air the night it debuts — at least one not named (or related to) Yellowstone — are largely past, but Dead City does compare favorably to several recent AMC premieres. The series beat the same-day viewer tallies for the first episodes of Interview With the Vampire (622,000 viewers), Mayfair Witches (577,000) and Tales of the Walking Dead (572,000).”

Eli Jorne, who has been a writer and co-executive producer on The Walking Dead for multiple seasons, serves as showrunner on The Walking Dead: Dead City. This show features Maggie, Negan and their journey into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan that has been cut off from the mainland for a long time. The Walking Dead: Dead City picks up “a few years” after the conclusion of

The Walking Dead.Joining Cohan and Morgan in the cast are Mahina Napoleon (NCIS: Hawai’i010010 Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Cohan was the first to reveal that The Walking Dead: Dead City picks up “a few years” after the conclusion of The Walking Dead

.Joining Cohan and Morgan in the cast are Mahina Napoleon (NCIS: Hawai’i), Zeljko Ivanek (Madam Secretary), and Jonathan Higginbotham (Shining Vale). Gaius Charles (Fright Lights

) plays Izaak. He is “confident and ruthless in his pursuit of justice with the force of his desire and his menace.” Izaak is a man who enjoys his job and mixes humor with the terror that he inspires. This is a man who loves his family and is dedicated to creating a safe environment for his wife. He has patience and resilience, and he walks rather than runs from his mistakes.” He has patience and resilience and walks rather than runs from his mistakes.”Cohan, Morgan, and Jorne are executive producing The Walking Dead: Dead City

with Scott M. Gimple, the Chief Content Officer of the Walking Dead Universe.Did you tune in for the debut of The Walking Dead: Dead City