Is The Walking Dead Toning Down Violence Because Of Fans? Here's The Real Story

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The Walking Dead has been more brutal than ever before in Season 7. The premiere kicked off the extreme violence when Negan used two good guys' heads for tee-ball practice, and Negan hasn't exactly gotten nicer in the weeks since. Some of the worst of the violence began to happen just off-camera, however, and many fans began to wonder if the producers were toning down the brutality due to backlash. Producer Gale Anne Hurd recently came out and said that the show had backed off the bloodiness after the fan response. However, the other two big producers on the series are singing a very different tune. Producer and director Greg Nicotero has a different answer, saying this about whether the violence was toned down: