AMC’s The Walking Dead returned for its 100th episode and Season Eight premiere Sunday night as the #1 show on television for an unprecedented sixth consecutive season, delivering 15 million total viewers, 9.3 million adults 25-54 and 8.8 million adults 18-49 in Nielsen live+3 ratings. The two-hour special episode of Talking Dead, conducted live in front of 6,000 fans at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, delivered 5 million total viewers, 2.9 million adults 25-54 and 2.7 million adults 18-49 in Nielsen live+3 ratings.
The season premiere of The Walking Dead now ranks as the top telecast this broadcast season among adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. The Walking Dead continues to significantly out-deliver top shows on fully-distributed broadcast networks like The Big Bang Theory and This is Us.
