Nothing Can Stop The Walking Dead

AMC’s zombie apocalypse drama tops the Olympics, everything else on TV

The midseason premiere of AMC’s The Walking Dead did its usual number on the rest of the TV landscape, scaring up 15.8 million viewers and a whopping 8.2 rating in the adults 18-49 demo.

Season 4 resumed Sunday night against NBC’s coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics and a special live tribute to the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ triumphant arrival in the U.S. On the premium cable front, Dead battled HBO’s killer new drama series, True Detective, and Showtime’s bibulous comedy, Shameless.

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