"Fear the Walking Dead" had premiered with a strong viewership and set a new record for US pay- TV history. Its second episode also garnered a not- so- far ratings but it dropped with 16 percent.
According to forbes.com, the show had received a decent viewership from British audience with 200,000 viewers during the launch night of AMC's UK channel and it's expected to go up as the awareness of AMC channels in UK increases.
Despite of the show's good ratings, some critics are still commenting that there are some plot points that the show runners can improve.
1. The yellow filter of the show should be removed
'Fear the Walking Dead's' setting of sunny Los Angeles is very similar with its mother 'The Walking Dead' setting in Georgia. The producers are working hard to make the show stand in its own but the yellow filter makes the show looks like a copy of 'The Walking Dead.'
2. Remove the McDreary family and start it off with someone else entirely
Many critics say that 'Fear the Walking Dead's main characters are not interesting. They lack depth as the family is a picture of a normal one. The only one interesting is their son Nick (played by Frank Dillane) who apparently is a heroin addict and that's the only thing that makes him interesting. The story is being dragged and killing off the family and replacing with a new set could be its saving grace.
3. Lack of realistic media trends and practices
There has been a lack of traditional media presence in the show especially for issues that are as odd as zombies. Normally, TV news bulletins are used to speed up a story's plot and LA authorities will surely be responding to this kind of issues.
4. A living villain can add spice
It could be someone like 'The Governor' in 'The Walking Dead.' An antagonist, which is not zombie, can add more character to the main cast and can bring out the family's true character and survival skills when they're not only competing with the dead but also with the living.
5. Zombies. It's the point of all this.
The story is about a zombie apocalypse and yet the first two episode almost failed to show one. Though it can be theorized that the producers are saving it for a show- stopping finale, people need to see zombies. And soon.
Some critics are saying that 'Fear the Walking Dead' is the perfect picture of a normal life without all the chaos of zombies. In an interview with mic.com, Kevin Yeoman of Screenrant, said that the story clearly set the show to stand on its own feet. He also added, "It is a deliberate choice made by writer Dave Erickson and director Adam Davidson that initially feels risky and kind of exciting, but only because the audience is already so well acquainted with this particular world. The pilot is flouting the very thing whose popularity allowed it to spring into existence in the first place. By not putting zombies [in] front and center, Fear leaves a gaping hole that must be filled by something."
