‘The Walking Dead’ Backlash Over Season 7 Premiere Caused Drastic Changes Amid Ratings Slide
There’s no doubting that the season premiere for The Walking Dead was shocking and more than a little gruesome. The violence in that episode as Negan killed two primary characters prompted some heavy backlash and negative responses. AMC listened to that feedback and pushed producers to tone down the violence in upcoming episodes.
Per Gale Anne Hurd, executive producer on The Walking Dead, they were able to look at the feedback on the level of violence. Because of it, “we did tone it down for episodes we were still filming for later in the season.”
Hurd was speaking at the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) at a panel with AMC Networks president and CEO Josh Sapan and Colman Domingo, star of Fear the Walking Dead.
Hurd wanted it made clear that the feedback from the fans was heard and paid attention to. To her, the visceral reaction that fans had to the premiere only emphasized how much they had invested in the show. “This is not a show that is torture porn,” she said during the panel. She also made it clear that the producers and writers made sure that they never crossed that line.
Considering the gruesome death of Spencer in the midseason finale,
“When something matters a lot and it has a universality, then you’re bothered by it and you care about it,” noted Sapan during the panel.
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