The highly anticipated season 3 of "The Walking Dead" received high ratings on Sunday night as 10.9 million viewers tuned in. According to Entertainment Weekly, the show's ratings went up more than 50 percent from its second season.
That number would have doubled for the horror series if it weren't for the carriage dispute between AMC and Dish Network.
According to E! News, AMC president Charlie Collier said in a statement, "Thank you for the fans for making The Walking Dead such a tremendous success. We are honored and humbled that television's largest adult audience resides on AMC."
"So many people on both sides of the camera worked tirelessly on this project, and I thank and congratulate each of them for their amazing contribution."
The blood gushing TV show is based on the comic book series "The Walking Dead" by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard.
It's about a sheriff, Rick Grimes, who wakes up after being in a coma to find the world taken over by zombies, who are referred to as "walkers" in the show. While on the quest to find his family, Andrew Lincoln, who plays the role of the sheriff, encounters other survivors along the way.
EW reported that AMC claims the telecast was the highest-rated programs of the fall in the adult demo, which is higher than all the broadcast shows.
Many people flooded social media networks with updates about the show they couldn't wait for.
With the first episode of the third season leaving fans to wonder who is a friend or a foe, who will turn into a walker, who is loyal or dangerous and who will die soon has fans begging for more as they wait for the second episode to air on AMC, Sunday.
"'The Walking Dead' is the most successful basic cable drama of all time in the adults 18-49 demographic," EW reported.
"Last season's finale delivered a then-record 9 million viewers, a full of which were in the demo."
