Sometimes we’ll spend 30 minutes or even an entire episode getting to know a new character or spending time with a character that isn’t a lead on the series.
While members of ensemble casts have gotten nominated by the Golden Globes over the years, The Walking Dead has more key players than nearly any other show on television and it also has a penchant for killing off more major players than most other shows.
It’s an amazing character study on dystopian societies, but it means that the key players don’t always get the screen time they might get on other shows and that could be translating into a lack of award nominations.
People show up to watch characters like Rick, Daryl, Carol and Michonne kick-ass and make the tough decisions, but the show really spends a lot of time expanding its universe and introducing us to an ever-growing number of people living during the walker apocalypse.