The Walking Dead was part of a very different television landscape when it premiered back in 2010.
For years, it was one of the most successful shows on television, one that would quickly become one of the most defining iterations of its genre.
Things won’t be so easy for any of the three major spin-offs currently in the works, however.
The Walking Dead: Dead City, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, and the untitled spinoff featuring Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) Grimes are all setting themselves up to fail by focusing on major characters from the original show.
If The Walking Dead wants to have any hope of standing out from its substantial competition, it needs to move beyond the original show and stop focusing on characters and stories well past their prime.
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