by King Hazard
On Sunday night, the season 7 premiere of The Walking Dead was one the most brutal episodes in the history of the series. For months, fans have been speculating who would be knocked off the show and in the end it became a shocking surprise most weren’t expecting.
Besides experiencing an up close encounter with a baseball bat named Lucille, millions of viewers watched Negan break Rick completely down in front of his tribe. In fact, over 20 million viewers tuned in to AMC to watch this blood-splattering episode. The season 7 premiere solidified The Walking Dead as the number one show on television by a wide and expanding margin for a fifth consecutive season.
Charlie Collier, president of AMC said,
When millions of fans come together at almost exactly the same time to share a story – a story elevated, that viewers anticipate and have time to let sink in and discuss, moments we collectively feel – it’s as good as television gets and a reminder of the power of weekly storytelling. This week, ‘The Walking Dead’ once again provided that for all of us. Rest in peace, Glenn and Abraham. You will never be forgotten.
The Walking Dead season seven premiere also became a major event in social media, becoming the most social series program of 2016, according to Nielsen. Fans tuned in and tweeted 4.6 million times globally and 1.8 million times in the U.S. (according to Twitter data), making the premiere the top tweeted show of 2016.
The zombie series returns on AMC this Sunday night.
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