1. Viewers are realizing that these characters aren’t worth caring about! Nothing about them inspires feelings of empathy from the viewers. I actually WANT a lot of these characters to get killed off…especially Nick and his idiotic drug addict stepson. This guy is _no_ Rick Grimes. The audience needs to form a connection with these characters in order to care about them and worry for their well-being, and so far that just isn’t happening. The original series spawned the catch-phrase “If Darryl dies, we riot”. NOBODY in this cast is going to form that kind of a bond with the audience. Bad casting can turn even the greatest scripts and the highest production values into piles of poo.

2. This whole “blended family” angle is something that many viewers don’t want rammed down their throats. They don’t identify with it so they can’t identify with the characters themselves, and they won’t care about the characters surviving the zombie apocalypse. This was a massive mistake.

3. They’re taking MUCH too long to reach the apex of the zombie apocalypse! We know that civilization can’t fall apart completely in just a few episodes, but these early episodes have been dominated by boring conversations and excruciatingly slow development of the plot…it’s putting us to sleep! More action and a faster pace is needed to keep the audience’s attention.

Even my hardcore Walking Dead-addicted girlfriend said she wouldn’t care if FtWD ended after season 1 wrapped up. And that’s saying something.