The problem is the reception has been really negative, just look on twitter, I know people will still tune in but this has backfired on them already.
Doing shyt like this can kill a show, especially if they don't have the balls to do what's necessary and kill a main character. You know they gonna milk this shyt too, first episode of season 7 will be a backstory on somebody nobody cares about, then they turn around and kill the homo who nobody gives a shyt about
I don't think the backfire would be even be all that bad if they didn't pull that corny shyt with Glenn and that magical dumpster.
It's cheap. The show is almost too big to fail at this point.
Negan's antics will bring people back most likely.