Afgelopen nacht ging The Walking Dead seizoen 5 na een pauze van enkele maanden weer verder. Deze werd in Amerika alleen al door 15 miljoen mensen bekeken, wereldwijd liggen deze cijfers zeker drie keer zo hoog door de downloaders.

"The Walking Dead" returned for the second half of its fifth season with a mid-season premiere that delivered 15.6 million total viewers and 10.1 million adults 18-49. "The Walking Dead" remains the #1 show in all of television among adults 18-49. Last night's episode was the highest performing regularly-scheduled entertainment program of 2015. With time-shifted playback added in, this mid-season premiere of "The Walking Dead" should exceed more than 20 million viewers.