• New York Times, Thursday, March 7, 2013 3:15 PM

"When a show about the walking dead on basic cable beats every network show in the ratings demographic that advertisers care most about, you have to wonder who the real zombies are," writes David Carr in an analysis of AMC's success with "The Walking Dead as a marker for cable networks' resurgence over broadcast channels. According to Carr, the zombies can mean both the broadcast nets, as "something continues to roam, and tries to devour all in its path even though its natural life is over" -- and the predators that "continue to gnaw on everything in their path, including the broadcast networks’ historical claim to being the only place to find a mass audience."

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