The CW has been on a long-overdue winning streak this season: After the ratings success of The Flash and the critical and awards acclaim of Jane the Virgin, now here comes the network's attempt to break into the popular walking dead genre with iZombie.
Like Buffy Summers or Veronica Mars before her, iZombie's Liv Moore is aiming to become The CW's next great heroine. After a freak zombie attack, Liv's (Rose McIver) seemingly perfect life as a med student on her way to
Comic Book Resources – iZombie Debut Episode Earns Solid Ratings – The CW's DC-filled Tuesday night lineup of Flash and iZombie pushed the network up to second place in the key demographic.
iZombie wasn't the only premiere Tuesday night: NBC rolled out new comedies Undateable (6.5 million, 1.9) and One Big Happy (5.6 million, 1.6). Reviews on those two were less positive, both averaging below 50 percent on
The wonderfully bananas series about a zombie medical examiner, who also solves crime, is infectiously charming. It's maddeningly charming. The pilot of this series should be tranquilized, tagged, and studied for its charm. Yeah, we really liked iZombie.