They should just go completely left field with the shyt after this Rick and Maggie beef.
Base the show around the zombies.
and what they go thru.
their trials and tribulations.
the journey of them getting around.
and then...
have one of them get smart.
like in Dawn of the Dead. or that Warm Bodies shyt.
and then he organizes the other zombies (who are still kinda dumb but they somehow understand him) to strike against the living.
call it...
The Walking Dead: Things Are Getting Messy!!