Although it’s still dwarfed by the parent series, and its ratings dropped significantly in the second season, fans shouldn’t worry that the Fear the Walking Dead TV show will be cancelled too soon. AMC renewed The Walking Dead prequel series through season four, back in April of 2017. What’s not clear is whether that renewal was for a fourth and final season. It’s likely that both creative and business considerations will influence that decision. Notably, despite its drop-off, Fear the Walking Dead is still AMC’s second highest rated series. Will it end next season, or continue for years to come? Stay tuned.
An AMC horror drama, Fear the Walking Dead stars Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Rubén Blades, Mercedes Mason, and Colman Domingo. Buffy veteran Emma Caulfield is also joining the new installment. The story unfolds in Los Angeles and Mexico and centers on a blended family. This dysfunctional group must band together, in the face of the coming Zombie Apocalypse.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s chances of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
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For comparisons: The second season of Fear the Walking Dead averaged a 1.83 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 4.19 million total viewers. Compared to season one, it was down by nearly 52% and 45%, respectively.
What do you think? Do you still like the Fear the Walking Dead TV series? Should AMC cancel or renew this TV series, beyond the fourth season? Please sound off, in the comments, below.
Cancel Fear the Walking Dummies. Sorry but anyone who says it’s better than The Walking Dead is lying and are likely ex The 100 fans. Stick to your baby shows but know your place. The ratings are clear enough to prove it’s not even better than The Flash.
Oh yeah, they are more than likely Clexa fans who are only watching the show because Alycia Debnam Carey is in it.
The 100 fans got rid of them but now they are annoying TWD’s fandom ;c
It’s the same sh*t from them on Twitter all the time. They are all fans of some lesbian character she played on something else and now Alicia Clark is their new “icon”. Seems like they only watch to drool on her. I bet if you actually asked them about the story, they wouldn’t even care, they only watch for the episodes she’s there. They’re such sad people. The irony is normal viewers think Alicia is a pretty sh*t character that could die at any minute like all the others and nobody would care. Send those idiots back to the show… Read more »
I think i can talk on behalf of The100’s fandom when i say that we don’t want that kind of people back
Please take them, the Fear fandom certainly doesn’t want them. Take Alicia back too, I’m sick of them making her some kind of false savior of their show just to pander to The 100 fandom. You can have her, the character selection is so poor in Fear, especially among the females, that it would be the first step towards genuine improvement with this show. Anything that girl touches, she ruind it.
All les – I mean, f/f shippers are annoying. They revolve entire shows around their lame ships, hate all men, fictional or not, want them to die, and for all women to become lovers. It’s the same as on Black Mirror, with that crap San Junipero being praised just for that, and the shippers not even caring about the rest of the show. Whenever a show adds a f/f pairing, I know it’s ruined.
Yeah and this show was ruined for me the moment I heard Alycia was gonna be on it, I couldn’t stand her or her overly extra cult fandom.
I haven’t even seen a single episode of The 100, let alone being a fan dummy, so I’ve no idea what you’re talking about, therefore, don’t make assumptions you can’t back up. And what is even the link between this show and 100?! FTWD had a to start, I had my doubts, but I kept watching and it was the best decision ever. Of course, everyone has doubts with spin off with regards to success. But they pulled this off quite well I must admit. I hope they renew this show, because I want to know how **** went down… Read more »
You really like FTWD and think it has promise?? Lol join the queues of lesbians with ADC tshirts saying the same. I’m surprised you don’t know the link since those f/f idiots are all over Twitter slamming other shows. You get what you dish out.
Time to deep six this show. Characters all need to become zombies. It’s just really a dumb show it’s stupid.
I like Fear twd. The original characters have evolved and I’ve really grown to like them. I’ve noticed a few insightful convos between characters which added to the show. Moar zombie stuff!! I hope the show continues.
With that ratings pattern?!! You’re deluded. It’s dumb and most want it cancelled. Alicia as the leader also? Ffs this show is going to the grave.
Too bad, go watch Alycia on Neighbors instead. Nobody cares.
And plus, there are barely any zombies in Fear.
See zombie horde in season 3 heading for the camp. Zombie horde in earlier season 3 in the road.
Zombie stuff? This show has been missing zombies since season 2, except for one or two episodes and then the latest one (too late, you spent too much time on boring humans, zombies can’t be scary anymore. Zombie fans have left the show) Zombie shows, and yes that’s what they are, that don’t focus on zombies deserve to fail. But apparently, wanting these shows to focus on zombies is the most unpopular opinion you can have. Accusations of being shallow and action-minded will be hurled, claiming that you only want characters slaying zombies left and right. When what I want… Read more »
Are you sure about that?! Go see season and tell me whether zombies are not scary enough. Dumb as the soldier who thought it was a good idea to rip a hole in the wall only to have hundreds of rats outing out and a sneak walker attack grab him and pull him through the tiny hole despite his significant size while eating his face off. I’ve seen many gore scenes, but never have I seen **** like that in TWD.
Nope, Fear was always the dumb little brother that never shoulda gone beyond season one. The characters are so extraaaaaaaaa!!
To add, I don’t mean that protagonists shouldn’t have any focus at all. I just mean I hate it when these shows jump the shark (heck yes that’s what they do) and focus on “bad” humans, while zombies are not just pushed to the background, but treated as easily killable jokes Some bad people are ok. But Fear has barely given us any zombies at all. And TWD has mostly cast them aside for the boring Saviours. Redditors act like the show is going deeper when it is ~revealed that humans are the real threat and how gun fights are… Read more »
Lol looks like Fear the Walking Dead is trying to be The 100 now by having it become so far fetched they are now talking to a man in space. This is definitely one surefire way to kill the show indefinitely.
This show is garbage,it need to cancel is soon is possible.
The people defending this show sound to me like the people who still think that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewarts (he’s engaged to another , she’s gay with a gf) are going to get back together and live together forever lol . No one is telling you to stop loving this train wreck, but we’re asking you to be objective . this show is sh***y . there are some movies and shows out there that suck , but that i love . but i objectively know that they suck , unlike you guys 🙂 So don’t be ashamed to keep… Read more »
I don’t like the show, but to say your opinion(or any opinion) is objective is delusional. They have people who enjoy the show if no one liked it then the ratings would be zero. To me your opinion is like telling someone because you don’t like their wife/husband then it’s crazy they love and married their wife/husband…
Waw , this tv show is a train wreck … I just read the ratings of season 1 and 2 and it’s shocking to see how many viewers this show has lost . the pilot (season 1) had more than 10 million viewers , by the end of that season , only 6 million people were watching . then season 2 dropped from 6 million viewers to only 3 and now it can painfully gather 2 million viewers . The show must have really SUCKED to lose 8 million viewers in less than 3 seasons !! what happened there ?… Read more »
Lol the ratings are biased, they don’t reflect the ratings. Comicbook.com never ever faults Fear and always makes excuses for its bad decisions. But if you want to know the truth, look at the ratings, not the biased reviews. That’s how bad it really is, you can’t hide a massive dip like that.
*the reviews are biased I mean. They are often positive because the show pays people off to write positive reviews. But ratings don’t lie.
It was always a garbage show. The reason it got 14 million in season 1 episode 1 is because TWD fans had hope for it. They also thought it would provide answers. What they got instead was a parallel lesser carbon copy with no new answers and a dumb family with less acting ability to show for it. After that episode, people ditched straight away. Now the only ones who watch it are lesbian communities online, Teen Wolf fans and 13 year old Jake Paul mentality redditers. That’s basically it. Anyone who says this show is in any way deep… Read more »
I don’t like the show anymore and find it hard to watch, but it annoys me when people act like their opinions are facts for everyone else. They have plenty of shows that did bad in ratings, but have cult-like loyal followers. The Original Star Trek comes to mind.
Fear the Walking Dead is AMC’s second most watched show on its channel. While it’s not the ratings juggernaut its more popular parent show is, it’s not going to be axed any time soon. Going by your comparisons, Preacher, Into the Badlands, and Better Call Saul will have that fate long before Fear will.
Going by how much faster ratings are dropping for Fear, compared to Badlands or Preacher, it really isn’t unimaginable for the show to get bumped down to 4th place, at least, and be cancelled.
Mike you are wrong. FTWD started out at 14million BECAUSE of The Walking Dead alone. It is dropping by an average of almost one million each season. AMC isn’t a generous network and Fear has showed so much less consistency than the shows you mentioned like Preacher and Better Call Saul. They are also better quality than Fear. A blind man could see it’s never going to be The Walking Dead. But at the rate it’s falling, it’s hitting CW level. Cancellation is definitely on the cards sooner than you think. It is almost loss making, it’s not cheap to… Read more »
Actually last I heard, Fear has gone down to the third most watched show.
If the midseason premier is a preview of what is to come, cancel it. Took all I could muster to watch boring back-to-back episodes. TWD it’s not, not by a long shot.
I predict that total percentage drop will reach around 100% by the end. Yes, every show, except for those on HBO, is experiencing ratings drops, probably due to stuff like streaming services, rather than actual less viewers. But 100% drop? There’s no other explanation. 3A has been the worst so far.
FTo correct myself, I guess it should be 80% rather than 100%, because that would mean no one is watching at all. Fear would break records for the largest seasonal drop yet. Into The Badlands and Preacher deserve the 2nd and 3rd spots among AMC shows.
Walking Dead is awesome, but Fear is unoriginal and just rehashes scenes from its parent show. Boring characters don’t help either.
Fear the walking dead is so boring!!! I hate sub-titles for one, but the whole story line is so weak!! CANCEL IT ALREADY!!!!!!
I totally agree!!!! It’s all I could do to watch the mid-season premiere. It took 3 separate sittings because I fell asleep each time I tried to watch it. It’s an impotent shadow of TWD, with only the walkers that bind them- and we don’t even get many of those in Fear!! Please, put this show out of its misery.
This seems to be the only sane place where there are still valid criticisms on the show. Everyone everywhere else is sucking up to it full time. Especially on Reddit, where they wonder why ratings are still going down when “it is being praised as the best season so far”, some even think it has surpassed the original show and is the best thing on TV with “deep” storylines on Indians fighting Whites, rather than, you know, what we really want, zombies and survival horror. Must be a vocal minority since ratings have dropped so much and the critics have… Read more »
Wait, did you say “deep” storylines on Native Americans fighting whites? LOOOLLLLLLL!! Who said that?! This show is trying to pretend that it is being more “culturally inclusive” by featuring it in Mexico with… Native Americans (not too accurate but ok) AND having entire episodes in Spanish. Only all of those things only add to the complete insult that it is when you see that they created one of THE dumbest, most irritating white American families they could conjure as the main stars with z list tween actors to compliment. Fear the Walking Dead? More like the Brady Bunch lampooning… Read more »
I just also really fail to see how teens getting drunk around a zombie in a cage / jar (?) could be thought of something so “deep”. I thought I was the only one that found the scene and the reactions to it cringey. The whole plot, then subplot of the teenagers was boring too. I just hope a massive horde arrives and kills a lot of people.
You literally spoke my mind. Everyone thought that Alicia was the smartest and bravest one in the group and that scene was “so deep” and “funny” simultaneously. Turned out she is just a needy teen wanting sex to tie her over and that she is just as much of an idiot as everyone else. Nothing deep about any of it.
I agree It seems it is a Hollywood watered down version of the original. It is like they Had to include everyone to be inclusive, not because it had anything to do with the storyline. Tired of this politicizing everything I watch on some channels.
Dont know why I keep sporatically checking in with this show. I want to like it, but it just flat out sucks. No idea where this is going. It’s the third season now and it’s old and should be retired. The second half of the third season starts this weekend. Think I’ll go to be early rather than watch it so I’m well rested for work the next day instead.
I don’t even check it, just the ratings now and again to giggle at how fast it’s falling. Crossover? Yeah, no thanks. You have a point though Hank, Kirkman has cable eating out of the palm of his hand when the only options are this garbage and bed. When it has no competition, it is gonna make it look like it’s doing better than it really is when truthfully, most think it is a show for idiots.
I’m sorry but Alycia Debnam Hooey is just an embarrassing export on US TV given by Australia. Yall can take her back.
Awww. I like her