Last year, Fear the Walking Dead was AMC’s second highest-rated scripted series (behind The Walking Dead). The zombie drama did very well for the cable channel but the numbers dropped quite a bit over the short season. Will the ratings keep falling or will they rise? Cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned.
Fear the Walking Dead, explores the onset of the undead apocalypse through the lens of a fractured family. Set in a city where people come to escape, shield secrets, and bury their pasts, a mysterious outbreak threatens to disrupt what little stability high school guidance counselor Madison Clark (Kim Dickens) and English teacher Travis Manawa (Cliff Curtis) have managed to find. The rest of the cast includes Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Lorenzo James Henrie, Rubén Blades, Mercedes Mason, and Colman Domingo.
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.
4/15 update: AMC has renewed Fear the Walking Dead for a third season. Details here.
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For comparisons: The first season of Fear the Walking Dead averaged a 3.80 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 7.61 million total viewers.
What do you think? Do you still like the Fear the Walking Dead TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a third season?
First off it didn’t help the show that they took it off the air for three months. What was the network thinking in this decision. It breaks any momentum the show had going into a full season. I for one am tired of these mid season breaks but this one was extremely long for a show desperately looking to ad viewership.
That’s exactly why I didn’t stick around. A really long break with a really awful show is just not a good combination at all. Personally, I will always detest this show, most of all for the fact that it separated Clexa. I will never support this, never. And the Fear loyalists should just stop playing the victims already. You are not the victims here. And I have seen a LOT of what I would call abuse from your side in fact. On one forum I witnessed one Fear loyalist tell one guy who critiqued it to “go die in a… Read more »
Anyone who thinks TWD should be cancelled over Fear must be completely out of their minds. Firstly, if TWD gets cut, Fear will automatically die too, it is tied to TWD’s lifeline as it is. Secondly, it’s more than obvious from the ratings that Fear will be the first to get cancelled…and soon!!
They already have a 3rd season in the works
Obviously you haven’t heard of such a thing as ‘mid season cancellations’ before. If a show falls deep enough, it is quite a common occurrence, often on cliffhangers too…imagine that!!! If you want proof a couple of examples include Ringer and The Lying Game. And even if this thing is lucky enough to scrape through by it’s teeth for a 3rd season, season 3 was renewed a long time ago before the ratings dropped again…and again. Season 4 at this stage will be a source of debate, put it that way. But seeing as the majority always wins and the… Read more »
Why are you so angry? All I said is they have a third season in the works. I don’t care or need proof of any other shows cancellations. Thats asinine.
Because people like you who aggressively defend it are always so rude and obnoxious towards anyone who has even the slightest critiques for it. And we were impatient at first, now we’re just plain sick of it. People always defend it for stupid, insignificant reasons too and it’s people like you who only make us detest it more. It’s nothing personal really but people hate this show now and it won’t have a long future at this rate. Asinine yourself, this thing won’t survive.Cancel please.
You are the only person who looks angry.
I like it and I personally couldn’t care less if you want it to be canelled. Just stop watching it. There’s no need to attack people who like it.
Actually, from what I see, they have a very valid point and reflect the opinions of more of us than you would ever dream of imagining. And hold on buddy, it’s gone way beyond just ‘not watching it’ now. This show is having a domino effect on other shows we like too. Exhibit A; It is turning people off the REAL WD franchise because of how BAD Fear is… it is zombie overkill. And now they keep teasing a crossover…wtf!! That show Fear needs to back off and stay in it’s own territory, well away from TWD which it is… Read more »
Good for you that you like it but you need to start accepting that not everyone feels the same way as you, nobody is obliged to like it or want it to stick around. Felix, you ‘lovers’ of this show should respect that for some people, this show has gone well beyond just ‘not watching it’, it has been the cause of a lot of general upset. And btw, I was also not too happy about the way Mexicans were portrayed in such a cliched way, not happy at all. Tut tut, what a disgrace of a show.
Fear the Walking Dead is BETTER then The Walking Dead. What they should do is CANCEL The Walking Dead!!!!!!
You are so transparent, you are obviously the same person. The majority rules over the minority and the majority is aware that Fear is crap, we want it cancelled. It won’t have much of a future. Look at the ratings mate.
Fear the Walking Dead is BETTER Then The Walking Dead. What they should do is CANCEL The Walking Dead!!!!
Fear the Walking Dead is better then The Walking Dead. What they should do is CANCEL The Walking Dead!!!!!
I love Fear the Walking Dead. I think it is better the The Walking Dead. I think you need keep show going you need a least have a season 4,5 and hopefully there would be some more.
You are therefore slightly delusional and in the minority. It turned out to be an awful spin-off and is one of the most hated cable shows in history. The show will die and we will never support it. It disgraces the good name of TWD, the show we love that has been ongoing for years. And the fact Fears ratings plummeted from 10 million so fast after season 1, episode 1 and is continuously falling since…says a whole lot really. Those ratings up above have minus figures beside them. In other words, they are decreasing.
One of the most hated shows in cable history? You are delusional. Just because you and your friends say this show sucks doesn’t make it so. Not everyone likes the same stuff and over 3 million viewers will argue that statement. FTWD started with over 10 million viewers because of TWD which is the highest rating TV show with over 14 million viewers. FTWD has dropped drastically because it’s not TWD. An average TV shows ranges around 1.5 million the current ratings at over 3 million are around the same as GoT ratings which is pretty damn good. When TWD… Read more »
You left out a vital part, it is 3 million….and dropping, Lol!!! Also, you forget that cable tv is dying anyway and more people are switching to the likes of netflix everyday because that’s where most of the big players lie where they get well over 3 million. Also, it’s not really surprising is it seeing as the producers of Fear don’t have the guts to air it at the same time as any big players now. They do it during the slow season where it’s only real competition is the likes of ‘Power’ and ‘Family Guy’….says A LOT really,… Read more »
Does anyone know where to find the live+3 ratings for the past few weeks episodes? Could not find it anywhere. Would be interesting to see how it did.
The problem with this show? I don’t care about any of the characters. And the writing stinks. I won’t be back next season.
Yeah completely agree with every word you said, neither will I, that two hour finale sucked!! And I’m sick of this seemingly being aimed at a teen audience. I’m not oblivious to the fact that most teens watch this muck and are trying to keep it’s head above water just because that young girl Alycia was in another popular show. And I am sick and tired of them trying to squeeze all the juice to run the show outta her because a) it’s not working, heck I sure ain’t sticking around just for that and b) do you actually think… Read more »
I think you hit it right on the nose. I could pick 4 or 5 characters that I would like to see them keep, and then they can get rid of everyone else. I’ll be back, but the writers have to do something drastic. It just isn’t happening.
Dude, the second season is done and dusted. If you don’t like it now, what makes you think the next season will be better? Do what you want of course but I just personally would not waste my time with it at this stage. All I needed was the first 3 episodes of Season 1 to clarify to me that this show is an epic failure. I won’t support it at all because if they cancel it, the writers/producers are so obstinate that they will keep churning them out anyway (only hopefully a better version next time). And I have… Read more »
Oh ok so there was another drop in the ratings for date of death? That’s good news, I hope it keeps dropping so that the ratings are so low they would have to cancel it. Some dude on one of the other forums said he thought this show was a genius. From where I see it, it seems to be a genius at losing fans but not really for much else. Let it be cancelled, it is one of the most hated shows on air to date and the majority have spoken. It has overstayed it’s welcome on our screens… Read more »
Yeah this is officially the worst spin-off I ever seen in my life, pretty pathetic. On the av club there were something like 230 hates for Fear/that episode only one day from it being cast. There is still a handful that like it, I respect the harmless ones, a lot though I find are aggressively defensive of it and a little deluded, I’m a bit concerned. I would appreciate if they would quit stalling and at the very latest, cancel it at mid-season 3 please, sooner if possible. Shout out to all the Lexa fans out there btw, don’t give… Read more »
The problem with this show is that it’s a totally wasted opportunity. They could’ve come up with something really epic if they had delved into how the president, the media, the army, the cops, etc… reacted to the zombie situation. Instead, they just focused AGAIN on a single group of people and gave us a “poor man’s walking dead” with boring, annoying characters written by clearly uninspired writers. What a f…ing shame.
Totally agree as that is what they implied the show would be about. Instead we got a cheap imitation of The Walking Dead and one with so many flaws and inaccuracies.
Cancel it. It’s lifeless, boring, and under utilizes their best characters. What happened to Michele Ang? She ‘could’ have injected some dark life into the series and she’s nowhere to be found now.
I’ll be honest with you lot, I hate-watch this show because every time I see it, I don’t have high expectations and I’m always correct in my instincts anyway and it aggravates me more and more then afterwards and I just.want.it.cancelled already!!!! I say this A) as a loyal fan of TWD and B) as a loyal fan of the 100. Speaking of which, Alycia Debnam Carey needs to return to that show….clexa, lexa and the 100 fans in general miss her in it everyday and the 100 was her home where she was truly loved and adored, it helped… Read more »
This has never been the show Iimagined as the one chance to go back and show the first month before Rick’s awakening, to show the breakdown of society from the West Coast / city view. I imagined/wanted those six episodes to be six days or a couple each of the devolve, not the family drama. It got better but it also lost it’s timetable. Like the second season better than the first, but I can live or shamble on without the series if it continues to bleed audience share/care. The genre is taking a turn away for me, both for… Read more »
Yeah, Fear has actually pushed me towards zombie fatigue in general, I’m sick of it now. I have been watching it but I’m not receiving any enjoyment from it, I’m just watching it until the end of season 2 in the hopes that certain people will get killed off and simply because all the good shows don’t come out til October, there’s literally nothing on tv. After that I’m done though, I’ve had as much as I can take and it’s just draining to listen to people who aggressively defend it all the time and slam those who feel aggrieved.… Read more »
I’m bored of the hotel, I’m bored of the colonia; It’s feeling like Herschel’s farm all over again. It’s really a shame because I so wanted to enjoy this spin-off.