Cablemetrics: The Shannara Chronicles, Suits, The Walking Dead, Vinyl

These numbers are current through Thursday, March 3.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Slow premiere week, but there were a couple season finales. MTV's The Shannara Chronicles (0.40) headed to the bubble with its best rating in four weeks. Given that it only started with a 0.48, this show held on decently enough in the post-premiere episodes. But is a 0.4ish same-day rating enough for a likely expensive fantasy epic? To be seen...

Cablemetrics: The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, Billions, Girls

These numbers are current through Thursday, February 25.

WHAT MATTERS:

• The Walking Dead held nearly all of its premiere audience in week two, dropping just 3% to a 6.58. The year-to-year trend improved a lot since it dropped big against the Oscars in week two of last season, but that effect will be cancelled out next week when last night's rating against Oscar is added.

Cablemetrics: The Walking Dead, Vinyl, Better Call Saul, Vikings

These numbers are current through Thursday, February 18.

WHAT MATTERS:

• The Walking Dead opened the back half of season six with a 6.75 demo rating, which is still unthinkably high in today's landscape... and yet down by 15% from the last spring premiere, and nearly 10% from the fall 2015 premiere. It's the lowest TWD half-season premiere in three years. (For perspective, only one non-Walking Dead regularly-scheduled scripted episode has done a higher number in that three-year span: the Empire season one finale.)

SpotVault - Vinyl (HBO) - 2015-16 Ratings