The network continues to expand its \u2019The Walking Dead\u2019 universe.<\/b>
\nThough ratings for The Walking Dead have taken a precipitous fall since its peak, they appear to have leveled off now, and have actually seen slight upticks in the latter half of season 9 in spite of the absences of Andrew Lincoln and Lauren Cohan. With Game of Thrones returning in April, The Walking Dead will no longer be the highest rated show on cable. It will have to settle for being one of the highest rated shows on cable. AMC nevertheless believes that ratings for the The Walking Dead and its spin-off Fear the Walking Dead (among the top five rated cable shows of last season) are enough to sustain yet a third The Walking Dead series.
Details are basically non-existent at the moment, save for the fact that a third series is in \u201cactive development,\u201d according to Ed Carroll, chief operating officer of AMC. \u201cWe\u2019re not yet at a stage where we\u2019ll be announcing its plans to premiere. But we have hired creative people that have pitched story outlines. We feel very good about the development of that series.\u201d Scott Gimple also teased another The Walking Dead spin-off last year.
Those comments came during the company\u2019s fourth-quarter 2018 conference call with media analysts and reporters, and they don\u2019t give us any idea about what kind of spin-off to expect to go along with the Andrew Lincoln movies (which will now also feature Danai Gurira, as she is expected to depart in the series 10th season).<\/p>\n