After the Live+3 stats were tallied across the TV-scape, only Sunday Night Football came close with its 6.6 demo rating, while This Is Us and The Good Doctor, for example, capped off at a 4.5 and a 3.6 rating, respectively.
While shows like the aforementioned Good Doctor, The Big Bang Theory and others actually still netted bigger audiences than The Walking Dead premiere, AMC can be happiest about the upped ratings for the key 18-49 demographic.
Plus, those were the only two shows that came closest to equaling The Walking Dead’s delayed viewing gains, as both added another 1.6 rating to the previous totals.
The zombie drama’s already massive 5.0 demo rating skyrocketed to a 6.8, with 8.8 million viewers falling into that all-important age bracket, according to TVByTheNumbers.