Ok, spent the last 3 weeks binge watching this at the cigar lounge. There were 8 of us in the bingeing group. I found it pretty funny. Simply because I could myself trapped with a group of fairly worthless survivors. It took a little time to develop (along with the characters), but we all found it fairly funny and often hilarious. Yes, both Phil #1 and Carol were fairly annoying, but I would bet that those would be the type to survive an extinction level virus.
Again, we are sad that there are only 4 seasons, as it really ends on a cliffhanger, that opens up many doors for stories in season 5. Plus we don't have full backgrounds on some of the major characters.
And the thing is they are just as smart as the group in The Walking Dead et al. When it comes to survival skills.