Yes, the franchise still enjoys ratings that most shows would envy, and has plenty more offshoots and even films planned for its future-but there’s no doubt the franchise is still looking for ways to win back those sky-high ratings it enjoyed for so long.įear the Walking Dead appears to have been the first stage in a larger franchise overhaul. Newly installed show-runner Angela Kang is taking the series’s helm at a crucial moment ratings have been plummeting for years now, as Negan’s arrival proved far less successful than the show’s writers had hoped.
