The Walking Dead Ratings Drop Against SNL 40th Anniversary Special

NBC's Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special, which ran for over three hours on Sunday night, took a bite out of The Walking Dead. AMC's hit-zombie series was off by 22 percent in the key 18-49 demographic from its midseason premiere. 

Overall, The Walking Dead had 12.3 million viewers, another stumble of 22% from the 15.8 million who tuned in last week. During the same 9 – 10 PM slot, the SNL 40 special had an 8.4 rating in the key demo with a peak of 10.68 million watching among adults 18-49. Head-to-head in overall viewers during the hour, SNL had 24.32 million watching according to final numbers from Nielsen. - Deadline

Last week, The Walking Dead was beaten by the Grammys and now the SNL special bested it. Are there chinks in its armor or are these just blips?

Don't miss the next episode of The Walking Dead, Sun., Feb. 22nd at 9/8c.