# A Walking Dead Spin Off is coming. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-walking-dead-spin-off-is-coming/668994 "2013-09-16T18:35:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-walking-dead-spin-off-is-coming/668994/21 "2013-09-16T21:37:59Z")
> [@Tarwater](#): > > And what gives you this impression? I’m no fan of the show, but its viewership has been climbing steadily since the first season, with last season’s final episode pulling double what the first season’s final episode got. The only thing a spin-off seems to indicate is that AMC wants to exploit the enormous audience the show has. The impression is from watching the show from the begninning - the first season was, shall we say - “tight” - it was well plotted, well scripted - the pacing was good - etc - since then, they ‘drag out’ the stories to fill time, etc - the ‘soap opera’ affect as another poster noted - its clear they don’t have an endgame, and ‘because’ its so poular, they are now afraid to mess with TWD formula - so- in a spinnoff, they can. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-walking-dead-spin-off-is-coming/668994/22 "2013-09-16T21:39:50Z")
Speaking of slow-moving, expressionless horrors, the show could easily be called “The Killing - Season 3”. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-walking-dead-spin-off-is-coming/668994/23 "2013-09-16T21:56:18Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The moment this spin-off was announced, the cast (and production team) of “The Walking Dead” lost bargaining power. Only if the show is a massive and overshadowing hit. If it fails or is seen only as an auxiliary show–they just gave the entire cast of the original an even better bargaining position. I’m pretty excited as long as they do something interesting. I don’t really want to follow just another band of survivors. Show me something new. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-walking-dead-spin-off-is-coming/668994/24 "2013-09-16T22:36:18Z")
> [@bump](#): > > That’s exactly why I quit watching TWD after the episode where Darryl and Merle were about to fight the zombies in that pit. > > The show has become a soap opera in a post-zombapocalyptic setting, not a show about people surviving the zombie apocalypse. Isn’t it based on a comic book? Are they not following the books, or is the problem that they are, and the books are crappy? ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-walking-dead-spin-off-is-coming/668994/25 "2013-09-16T23:22:29Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Isn’t it based on a comic book? Are they not following the books, or is the problem that they are, and the books are crappy? There are some beats that match the comics, but overall it’s diverged pretty far. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-walking-dead-spin-off-is-coming/668994/26 "2013-09-17T03:13:55Z")
Why stop at one? Walking Dead:Miami Walking Dead:SVU Walking Dead:The Next Generation Lets just turn AMC into nothing but Walking Dead spinoffs! YES! YES! YES! love the show, f da hate, don’t like it go back to watching Cougarton Abbey or whatever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-walking-dead-spin-off-is-coming/668994.md?page=1)