` ` The Walking Dead 's '' third season premiere with 10.9 million viewers . For a cable show to come along and prove that getting a huge rating in the valuable adult demo for a third-year show is still very possible must give pause . It was already the the most successful basic cable drama of all time in the cable market . Last night was up more than 50 % from season two .
` ` The Walking Dead 's '' third season premiere with 10.9 million viewers . It was already the the most successful basic cable drama of all time in the cable market . Last night was up more than 50 % from season two .