It’s perhaps a sign that audiences aren’t as happy with Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Negan as readers were with the comic series’ villain, or that they’re growing weary of how the growing number of supporting characters is limiting the time spent with the leads.
At no point during The Walking Dead’s run so far has there been a ratings disparity of that size within a single season.
Here in Season 7, however, they’re awful.
The premiere, which answered the highly discussed Season 6 cliffhanger, was seen by 17.03 million viewers, so that means a little over 6 million people fell out of regular viewing by the time “Go Getters” hit.