I have never seen the show... I like the horror movie genre and I like zombie movies, but they aren't my favorite, yet I own a TWD Premium.
I actually disliked the pro I played on location because of all the SDTM stuff. Ate my quarters so fast. However, I must have been lucky on initial set up of my premium at home because I never get SDTM from the pops and hardly ever from the prison magnet. In fact, my prison magnet will almost always slam the ball back into the zombie head (and register) whenever I start "Clear the Prison Yard."
As for the game... for me, every shot is satisfying. Love the huge ramps and the return-to-plunger lane (with the spinner) shot. The code is amazing and the way the drop targets are used is brilliant in my opinion. And the DMD (especially with an upgraded ColorDMD) is my favorite of all Sterns.
I love the musical soundtrack and I like the call outs (again, I have never seen the show). To be honest, one of my favorite things on the pin are the sound effects. The gunshots when hitting shots to clear the prison yard or kills escaping zombies from the barn, the loud crash type sound when hitting shots in Tunnel mode... it all just works really well.
So, for me, this pin is the total package. My only gripe is that I wished Borg managed to get a scoop in there somewhere. I like scoops.