The Walking Dead faced stiff competition on Sunday night. There was Stranger Things on Netflix, The Deuce‘s season finale, Sunday Night Football, and, oh yeah, the most exciting game in the 113-year history of the World Series. “The Damned” was still by far the most-watched episode of any program on cable that night, but it was the least-watched episode of the series in five years.
TV By the Numbers reports that Sunday’s episode drew a 4.0 rating in the all-important 18-49 demographic, which was “the lowest for the show since March 11, 2012 — the next-to-last episode of season two. TWD’s 8.92 million viewers were the least since the season two finale.” That long-ago episode was the introduction of Michonne; Shane was killed only a week before.
The ratings tumble is particularly worrisome for The Walking Dead, because not only did the show bring back a character we haven’t seen since the first season, one of Negan’s Saviors was played by an old school TGIF favorite.
Yes, that IS Minkus (Lee Norris) from Boy Meets World #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/mU2vlf8MQl
— The Walking Dead (@TheWalkingDead) October 30, 2017
Minkus sighting! Who caught that Lee Norris cameo on #TheWalkingDead? #BoyMeetsWorld pic.twitter.com/7pGDEGDW8d
— Lesley Goldberg (@Snoodit) October 30, 2017
That’s right: it’s Minkus from Boy Meets World!
If you’re unfamiliar with the character, he was basically the Negan to Cory’s Rick (or the Rick to Cory’s Negan?), if Negan was a big nerd who wore heavy sweaters. If a big-time cameo like STUART MINKUS isn’t going to win back The Walking Dead viewers, I don’t know what will. (Actually, I do: Urkel-Bot.)
(Via TV By the Numbers)
