Re: Walking Dead
I feel they shot themselves in the foot with the season 3 ending in that it pretty much wraps up the series. Seriously aside from 1 plot point in regards to 1 person everything is wrapped up. It's like how I felt after the 4th episode of the 4th series of Misfits. There's nothing cliffhanger-esque enough for me to feel like I would have to watch the next episode. While I wasn't a big fan of the season 2 or 3 of Walking Dead I was at least curious enough about it that I watched it. I feel absolutely no desire to continue watching Walking Dead unless there's praise for the new episodes. Similarly I don't feel much of a desire to watch past the episodes I have in Misfits unless I read that the programme's finale is really awesome.

All in all even if the following episodes of Walking Dead get nielsen ratings, unless they really step up the quality, I wouldn't doubt people thinking they should've just stopped after season 3. Well those that don't already think the series was screwed since the start of season 2.