The episode also did well on streaming, according to the company. The premiere episode of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live is now the most-watched episode of any series ever on AMC+. No specific numbers were released, but AMC did say that the series' streaming ratings are already higher than the first viewing week for each season premiere on the platform.
AMC has been keen on Live+3 figures instead of direct viewing figures for a number of years. The tactic makes sense, given the way audiences watch television these days (rarely live). Viewership has generally declined for the franchise over the past five years, but these numbers indicate that there is still a strong, dedicated audience for The Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live is the sixth spin-off in the TWD universe, starring Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira.
It's a love story between Rick and Michonne, kept apart by distance, an unstoppable force, and the ghosts of who they were. They are thrown into another world built on a war against the dead - and, ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation they have never known before? Are they enemies? Loved ones? Victims? Victors? Will they still be alive without each other - or will they discover that they too are the walking dead?
The cast also includes Pollyanna McIntosh returning as Jadis from The Walking Dead, Terry O'Quinn as Beale, Matthew August Jeffers as Nat and Lesley-Ann Brandt as Pearl.
