Which is why the ratings are the lowest they ever been.
Yeah, Negan was pretty good during season 7 but I just couldn't see Rick being as submissive as he was during the whole season and that's what kinda put me off.
Personally think the diehard fans that have kept it going, there's no doubt that viewers have dropped quite dramatically for this over time.
Despite what others may think of the show as long as they keep making more shows I'll be watching them.
I just finished watching Ozark on Netflix which IMO was awesome and kept me glued to the screen, I also binged Bates Motel a while before that and enjoyed both of those a lot more than recent TWD episodes/seasons (although both entirely different shows I know). Now I've started again on Breaking Bad and as I'd forgotten quite how incredible that is 
So yeah, for me personally, not a huge fan of TWD anymore, sadly.. 
But each to their own of course 
I'm one of those people. Finished the ninth season yesterday. It's a huge improvement over 7 and 8. Especially the penultimate episode was very well done and makes jumping back in worth it alone. I forgot most about this story twist (I've read the comics up until book 14) and it really got to me. But yeah, the show's going around in circles, that can't be ignored: There's yet another hostile group, yet another group of newcomers, yet another cliché love interest, yet another member of the group questioning their own methods, etc. etc. etc.
yeah been told that by a few that the ninth was a big improvement, it's one of things thing where I mean to get back to watching it but don't quite get around to it and always end up watching something else.
