I liked the first seasons of The Walking Dead. I thought the drama was actually pretty decent, and I liked seeing the zombie concept fleshed out more than it had been in other screen incarnations. The first season actually kept going somewhere. The second season, on the other hand, kept boring me, and I haven't kept up with the third season, even though I have the episodes from Amazon's video store on my hard drive to watch.
I would agree that Breaking Bad takes the cake for compelling TV, with a steady escalation of jaw-dropping moments. I don't remember the last time I was this wrapped up in a story.
As long as we're talking AMC, Mad Men does deserve a shout-out. There's been some really unexpected writing in that show. I've never seen anything like it.
