However, the show didn’t find the same success as its predecessors.
Critics and audiences alike eviscerated the series, which aired on AMC as a “two-season limited event.”
Thus, it’s an easy pick for this last place.
The Walking Dead: World Beyond.Chip Jackson/AMC
But hey, perhapsThe Walking Dead’sfuture spin-offswill fare better.
The show follows people in a small town whose lives are upended by a sudden zombie attack.
As such,Z Nationfaltered.
Kristy Dawn Dinsmore as Amy, Morgan Holmstom as Sarah Blackwood, Natalie Malaika as Lauren Howell.Sergei Bachlakov/DOTD S1 Productions/SYFY
The ghoulies were not-alive-but-not-dead, eat human flesh, were drawn to noise, etc.
The show was middling across all metrics, hence its placement toward the lower end.
Helix (20142015)
SyFy’sHelixonly lasted two seasonsand didn’t generate exceptional buzz.
Tom Everett Scott as Garnett.Oliver Irwin/Syfy
This fresh angle, and its relative critical success, earnHelixthe middle spot here.
After season 3, it was more likeTWD, but the two shows continued to coexist.
Overall, this was a hard show to rank.
Daybreak.Ursula Coyote/Netflix
Given its strengths and cultural presence, I slotFTWDhere, fittingly just behind its genesis show.
Thus, it’s a no-brainer thatThe Walking Deadfalls toward the top of this list.
It infected viewers with a love for zombies, and set the stage for the current zombie TV landscape.
JESSE LIPSCOMBE as MANCE, OWEN CROW SHOE as CIV 2, CHANTELLE HAN as SISTER TWO, and ELAINE YANG as SISTER ONE.NETFLIX
Santa Clarita Diet (20172019)
When I ranked vampire shows, I saidvampires are best serious.
Fun indeed, and well worth tasting.
With plenty of vampire andwitch showsalready under its belt, it dug into the zombie subgenre withiZombie.
Billy Campbell as Dr. Alan Farragut, Kyra Zagorsky as Dr. Julia Walker.Philippe Bosse/Syfy
Wild twist: eating brains of corpses gave her the person’s memories.
What does one do with all of this new insight?
Fortunately, Olivia did some good with this new power of sorts by helping a police officer solve crimes.
Lennie James as Morgan Jones.Lauren “Lo” Smith/AMC
In the process, she found herself re-energized for her half-life.
Jensen gave it a B+ and showered it in praise, including for its actors.
Jensen wrote thatiZombie’s “diverse elements work together to nourish an allegory for re-humanization in dehumanizing times.”
Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon on ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC
Ultimately, while it may not have cured the real world,iZombieoffered a great escape.
Drew Barrymore.Saeed Adyani/Netflix
Rahul Kohli as Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti and Rose McIver as Olivia.Cate Cameron/The CW
The Bloater arrives in ‘The Last of Us’ season 1, episode 5.HBO
