“The Walking Dead” faces two losses as it heads into its 10th season this fall: the departure of main castmember Danai Gurira; and the abrupt ending of the comic book series that served as its source material. Yet AMC’s programming chief argues the zombie series is nowhere near its expiration date.
“Once ‘Game of Thrones’ is technically off the air, it’s the No. 2 show on TV,” David Madden, president of programming, entertainment networks, told TheWrap on Thursday. “You don’t sneeze at it being No. 2 out of the three billion shows that are on TV.” Madden admitted they were initially worried that the audience would drop off after lead Andrew Lincoln left the show in the middle of last season.