'The Walking Dead' Season 5 Premiere Sets New Ratings Record

It's almost become routine for The Walking Dead to break its own ratings records at this point, but the Season 5 premiere, "No Sanctuary," did it again.

The episode hauled in 17.3 million viewers and 11 million adults in the ages 18 to 49 demographic. The total number of viewers beat the AMC series' previous record high (16.1 million for the Season 4 premiere) by more than one million and by more than 600,000 in the crucial 18 to 49 demo (10.4 million for the Season 4 premiere).

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

In case you missed it, here's what The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman told EW.com about the post-credits scene from the premiere with Morgan (Lennie James).

"Possibly in better shape, but he's on the road, he's alone. You never know, we've got to see him interact with people. He could still be a loon. But yeah, he's on their trail. Rick left him a map, so he knew roughly where Rick was, and it's clear that he's decided, 'Hey, you know, living alone in this horrible town is not for me. Maybe I do need to reenter society. Maybe I do need to find these people.' And I like to think he got to that prison and was like, 'Wait, what's going on? Like, everyone's gone now?' So yeah, he's actually on their trail, and the Terminus thing is helping him hopefully stay on that trail. And it's certainly a question as to whether he'll meet up with them, or when he'll meet up with them, but we've got a lot of big plans for the character of Morgan, so stay tuned."

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