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Originally Posted by ChristmasNeeve

It is 8 seasons in now though, maybe they should be thinking about ending it tbh

It still hits 7 to 8 million viewers regularly... there have been huge drops from its peak (about 20% drop I think?) HOWEVER... AMC's second highest rated is FTWD at 2.5 million and they don't have any other shows that break 2 million, and haven't since Breaking Bad, which again at it's peak was only at about 5 million and averaged neared 4 million.

Basically... AMC would be committing financial suicide if they cancelled it. Whether it SHOULD end I guess is another matter - I think if they set a 10 season target as their definite finale then S9 and S10 would probably be amazing... because it would have a real direction. However I just can't see them doing that, they'll bleed it totally dry and probably run to around 12 seasons, with more spin-offs.

Personally I think at the very least... as above... they need a new showrunner, a new writing team and a new ideology: After "All Out War" finishes they need to split from the comics and go in completely their own direction. Reintroduce real risk to the big characters... have more episodes that are just balls-to-the-wall survival, and I don't think it would have a problem picking up again. Basically it's gotten too "comic book heroes", but that's because it's trying to stick relatively close to the source material... time to let it go.