Frank Darabont was the original creator of "The Walking Dead" and not Scott Gimple and certainly not Robert Kirkman. I wonder if anyone noticed that some of the actors from Darabont's film "The Mist" were casted for TWD. They were Laurie Holden, Melissa McBride, and Jeffrey DeMunn. During the first season, Thomas Jane was going to be casted for TWD but due to his contractual obligations to the HBO series "Hung" he was taken off the list.
I never really noticed there were 10 regressive shows in six seasons. I just noticed that in the last few seasons they've been doing things like the Beth, Noah and Morgan driven ones. I never thought that the entire Season 2 was boring per se because the Rick Grimes, Lori Grimes, Carl Grimes, Shane Walsh and Dale Horvath characters were all essential in telling a story leading up to further carnage. The best seasons were later on such as the Governor, Terminus and now Alexandria.