Part Zombie Series Was The Walking Dead's Biggest Rival Before Botching Its Finale

Part Zombie Series Was The Walking Dead's Biggest Rival Before Botching Its Finale frames iZombie as a major 2010s rival that struggled to match its potential. The article links the Walking Dead’s success to a broader post-apocalyptic and horror wave, noting how shows like Fallout and The Last of Us borrow elements from the genre’s established playbook. It then shifts to iZombie, a CW series adapted from comics by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred, which ran 71 episodes from 2015 to 2019. Developed by Rob Thomas, it stands out by telling the story from the zombie perspective: after Olivia “Liv” Moore, played by Rose McIver, is bitten, she eats brains to absorb memories and uses those insights to help police solve murders at the King County morgue. The premise creates recurring personality complications for Liv, while her colleagues Ravi and Clive drive cases. The piece argues the finale was widely disliked and left the series short of expectations.